Mechthild Schroeter-Rupieper

Stories that Tell a Life, Because death wrote them

»How can you stand all the sadness in your job?« grief counselor Mechthild Schroeter-Rupieper is often asked. In reality, her work is often joyful, even if grief isn’t banished because of it. And that is what she demonstrates in these funny and sad, deep and ordinary, beautiful and sometimes absurd stories drawn from her very typical work experiences.
»Life and death, laughing and crying simply belong hand-in-hand,« she says. That is why these experiences help create a place for death in our lives again. »A varied and deep book about life and death, and the fact that we cannot have one without the other.«

  • True stories from the life of a grief counselor
  • A plea to once again make room for death in people’s lives
  • Demonstrates that death and life go hand-in-hand – like laughing and crying
  • A varied and deep book about life and death, and the fact that we cannot have one without the other

ISBN: 978-3-8436-0882-4
Hardcover
160 pages
Format 14 x 22 cm
EUR 18.00

Title in German

The Author

© Martin Möller

Mechthild Schroeter-Rupieper

Mechthild Schroeter-Rupieper, born in 1964, is a grief counselor. In her grief institute she offers families, in particular, the opportunity to learn to live with their sadness, together and individually, and also to find their way back into the mainstream of life. In addition she teaches courses for grief counselors, and is in especially great demand among pastoral care workers and teachers. She is married, has three sons and lives in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.