Dr. Gail Gross – The Only Way Out is Through: A Ten-Step Journey from Grief to Wholeness

Dr. Gail Gross, one of our revered scholars of Psychology, applies her personal experiences to strategies – applicable to all – in taking grief to healing and wholeness of life. It is simply riveting and practical advice. Once you start reading  The Only Way Out is Through, you will not be able to stop.  (C.R. (Bob) Bell, Vice Admiral (Retired) United States Navy)

The Only Way Out is Through  can help each one of us navigate life’s transitions successfully. The thing that sets Dr. Gail Gross apart is her tremendous capacity for intimacy. Talking with her is like sharing time with a longtime friend. It’s a quality that listeners can feel from the moment they tune into her show. It’s one thing to know your stuff, and quite another to be able to make that knowledge accessible. Dr. Gail Gross does both, easily and with great charm.  (Arianna Huffington, Former Co-Founder & Editor-In-Chief of The Huffington Post and Founder of Thrive Global)

Dr Gail Gross has once again gifted us with valuable information on how to navigate through the challenges of life’s many transitions for our long term happiness. I do think, as you can imagine, that this is a very important book for everyone to read, as we all face many of life’s difficult transitions. She has gifted the reader with valuable information for life’s happiness.  (Goldie Hawn, actress and author)

The Only Way Out is Through  is one of the few books that merges Jungian psychology with contemporary psychological methods to support the importance of the interior life, in relation to personal transition. As a result, Gail has written a book for everyone-defining new ways for individuals to grow personally and for societies to benefit universally.  (Pat Mitchell, Former CEO, Public Broadcast Service)

With startling honesty and courage, Gail Gross charts her journey through one of the greatest tragedies a parent can experience and shows us what unexpected revelations and gifts await on the other side of Darkness.  (Tara Lynda Guber, Founder, Yoga Ed.)

The Only Way Out is Through  provides a compelling analysis of the seriousness of grief, especially grief over the loss of a special loved one. In her opening chapters, Dr. Gross thoroughly examines the life threatening, relationship destroying aspects of grief as well as the beginning of a potential transformational process which can lead to a more purposeful, more complete life. It is the danger
that grief poses that should cause us to take its condition seriously and guard ourselves against much conventional wisdom.

Dr. Gross writes about the subject with both a deep sensitivity, as someone who has felt the depths of grief, as well as with a beautiful understanding which comes from an inspired intellect. The Only Way Out if Through is her journey as she seeks an answer to the mystery of a sudden loss of someone who had so much to live for and so much living to do. She examines the breadth and depth of religion, philosophy, social conventions and customs, and psychology, as Dr. Gross is well regarded and sought after for her expertise in dream analysis.

However, it is her discussion of what we make of ourselves and our grief, a new self and its potential, and her recommendations for living through our grief and suggestions of how to live with our grief by facing a new reality, which speaks to a broad audience. Her advice speaks to both those who grieve and those who want to help the griever with very practical and productive methods of not only avoiding the potential dangers of grief but to use our grief to empower and lead us to a better place and a better life.

In a sense, Dr. Gross’ book ends where it begins but on the other side of a way out is through. Deeply personal, intellectually challenging, rich in suggestions for getting though the grief process,  The Only Way Out is Through  ends as it begins as a testament to love, vulnerability and self-discovery.  (Lloyd M. Bentsen III, President, Bentsen Financial Corp.)

Dr. Gail Gross shows us the way through the grief, the pain, and the sorrow of loss, and into great personal healing and inner peace. She shows us that the path to the light is through a deep review of our lives, and that surrender does not mean giving up, but having the courage to be reborn and return renewed back to our family and to ourselves. Keep this book by your bedside, it will inspire you to greatness!  (Alberto Villoldo Ph.D, Bestselling author of One Spirit Medicine)

With the informed mind of a psychologist, and the wise heart of a parent, Dr Gail Gross, a devoted meditator has developed an illuminating guide to make grieving a conscious process which can increase capacity for healing and renewal. Filled with self empowering wisdom, this book is a significant contribution to understanding the connections between Jungian psychology and conscious choices in the path of transformation. Grief can be devastating to each of us in some stage in our lives. Gail’s comprehensive assessment of grief will be invaluable to those who want to come to terms with traumatized feelings and steer back to a path of full health and quality of life.  (Mireille Gillings, Founder & CEO of HUYA Bioscience International)

The Only Way Out is Through  explores new ground in the area of individual transformation. Dr. Gross offers powerful tools we can apply to help us better understand how to successfully navigate life’s transitions.  (Lynda Resnick, Vice Chair and Co-Owner, The Wonderful Company)

Dr. Gail Gross has written an epoch book that will be of great value. Parents and others can follow her empathetic approach to successfully getting through the healing process from grief. She is a brilliant psychologist with a great perspective.  (Michael B. Yanney, Chairman Emeritus, Burlington Capital)

Gail Gross, PhD, EdD, MEd, is a nationally recognized family and child development expert, author and lecturer. Her positive and integrative approach to difficult issues helps families navigate today’s complex problems. Dr. Gross is frequently called upon by national and regional media to offer her insight on topics involving family relationships, education, behavior, and development issues. Dr. Gross has contributed to broadcast, print and online media including CNN, the Today Show, FOX’s The O’Reilly Factor, MSNBC, The New York Times and USA Today. She is a veteran radio talk show host as well as the host of the nationally syndicated PBS program, €œLet’s Talk. € Dr. Gross is a longtime leader in finding solutions to the nation’s toughest education challenges. She co-founded the first-of-its kind Cuney Home School with her husband Jenard, in partnership with Texas Southern University, in 1996. The school serves as a national model for improving the academic performance of students from housing projects by engaging the parents. Additionally, she recently completed leading a landmark, yearlong study in the Houston Independent School District to examine how stress-reduction affects academics, attendance, and bullying in elementary school students, and a second study on stress and its effects on learning. Such work has earned her accolades from distinguished leaders such as the Dalai Lama, who presented her with the first Spirit of Freedom award in 1998. Most recently, she received the Good Heart Humanitarian Award from Jewish Women International.