Why Read The Book

I look at my grief as the reason I found my purpose, what I learned through my experiences, and how It saved my life informs this book. Reading self-help books, listening to podcasts, and finding ways to find joy helped me to find myself again. I'm no expert, I'm not a doctor or psychologist, I'm a woman that saved my own life, and I want to share my story as others did with me. Reading the stories of others grieving helped me to not feel so alone, and allowed me to know connectivity and witness alignment within our experiences.

I want nothing more than to offer the grieving a chance to hear my story about how loss helped me to become a catalyst for rebirth and navigating the world with new lenses. In this tribute to my father, I encourage others battling loss, depression, or suicidal thoughts by sharing my own evolution and self-discovery during my most vulnerable time.

"Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone assures you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope."

Elizabeth Gilbert

About The Book

When your entire world is shattered due to extreme loss, the only thing you can hold on to now is your memories. You look for connectivity and alignment with others through your grieving process.

Having experienced grief at the age of sixteen when her father passed due to an unexpected heart aneurysm, Teeanna Isaac began to question her purpose in life itself. She struggled with many mental health issues, from depression to anxiety, and frequently journaled her nine-year battle with grief. In Why I Had to Lose, Teeanna Isaac offers the bereaved compassion and shares the healing experiences that catapulted her into a life of self discovery.

With a profound approach to learning about oneself to bear the unbearable aspect of loss, Isaac writes from a deep understanding as she touches on subjects of depression and suicidal thoughts and even offers advice from her mother in a segment entitled Widow to Widow.

In this compelling and heartfelt book, you will learn:

That grief isn't cyclical, and there may not be some exact stages that you have to achieve to find joy again.
All about the intimate engagement of love and melancholy and how to use this in your journey of self-discovery.
How grief can cause damage to one's sense of self and tips on how to not fall into bad habits.
Practical advice for managing mental health issues with stories from her mother and siblings nine years past their first day of grieving.
How to help the grieving and ways to be there for the bereaved without bombarding or crowding their physical or mental spaces.

We are all faced with significant loss, in our post-pandemic world where death riddled the globe, we all need time to grieve. Why I Had To Lose offers research, tips, and personal stories plucked from her diaries. In this eloquent tribute to her father, Isaac offers a unique guide through an experience we all must face and compassion for those who don't understand how to help the bereaved.

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