Healing from Life's Deepest Hurts: Reclaiming Your Life After Grief, Loss, or Trauma - Paperback

by Haar Kimberly Lpc Lmft (Author)

God can transform your pain into joy

- a gentle guide through the stages of healing from grief, loss, or trauma
- compassionate biblical wisdom and practical mental health tools
- from a survivor of domestic violence, licensed professional counselor, and licensed marriage and family therapist with nearly two decades of experience


No matter what life has been like, at some point or another we all have the same question: Why does God allow bad things to happen? Grief, loss, and trauma affect each of us, and there are times it feels like the pain will never end. Yet hope, healing, and inner peace are not only possible, they are promises that our good God has made--and will keep.

But how? When? What can I do to experience such healing? How do I move through pain and find the other side of grief? When will I get my life back? Will I ever feel happy again?

In this compassionate book, licensed counselor and domestic violence survivor Kimberly Haar leads you through a transformative journey of healing. Drawing from both personal and professional experience, she shows you how to navigate the difficult seasons of life with vulnerability, faith, and resilience so that you can ultimately embrace hope, find joy, and rediscover God's deep and abiding love for you.

If you've been struggling with feelings of shame, guilt, anger, unforgiveness, or the sense that you have been abandoned by God, this honest yet encouraging book may be exactly what you need to turn the corner toward full restoration.

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God can transform your pain into joy

While the wounds of grief, loss, and trauma may look different for each person, the pain we feel is very much the same. Yet hope and healing are possible.

In this raw and compassionate book, licensed counselor Kimberly Haar pulls back the curtain on her own devastating journey as a domestic violence survivor. Assaulted and kidnapped by her ex-husband and witnessing the man she loved shot ten times, she offers a lifeline of hope to those wrestling with seemingly inescapable pain. Drawing from both personal and professional experience, she reveals how it is possible to navigate life's darkest seasons with vulnerability, faith, and resilience so that you can ultimately embrace hope, find joy, and rediscover God's deep and abiding love for you.

If you've been struggling with feelings of shame, guilt, anger, unforgiveness, or the sense that you have been abandoned by God, this honest yet encouraging book may be exactly what you need to turn the corner toward healing.


"How is it possible that our deepest pain can be an avenue of hope, peace, and even joy in our lives? Through inspiring narrative and practical wisdom, licensed counselor and domestic violence survivor Kimberly Haar shows us how. Don't miss this beautiful invitation!"--Nicole Zasowski, licensed marriage and family therapist and author of What If It's Wonderful?

"Kimberly shares not only her own faith journey but also vital tools to help us exchange our pain, our fear, and our doubt for complete surrender to God's good and perfect plan in order to heal from life's deepest hurts."--Dr. Michelle Bengtson, board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and author of Sacred Scars and Breaking Anxiety's Grip

Author Biography

Kimberly Haar, LPC, LMFT, is a survivor of domestic violence, a licensed professional counselor, and a licensed marriage and family therapist with nearly two decades of experience helping others find healing and wholeness in life. She holds an MA in Marriage and Family Therapy from Southern Nazarene University and is a featured cohost on Oasis Radio Network. Kimberly's therapy practice is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she continues to inspire hope and strength in those facing life's challenges.