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Claire Bidwell Smith follows The Rules of Inheritance with After This--an exploration of the afterlife that is part personal and part prescriptive, an invitation on a journey into the unknown. In her therapy practice specializing in grief, Smith confronts the quandary of what happens next. In a dynamic five-part structure, she answers the unanswerable questions--Will I ever see my parents again? Can my parents see me now, even though they are gone? Will I remain connected to my own daughters when I die?--for herself and for all of us. Chronicling our steps along the path that bridges this world and the next, she undergoes past-life regressions, sessions with mediums and psychics, and immerses herself in the ceremonies of organized religion and the rigors of scientific experimentation. After This is unique in the power of the personal that underlies the book's message: what we believe about what happens next affects everything about how we live--and love--right now.

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With deep compassion, profound vulnerability, and transcendent lyricism, Claire Bidwell Smith embraces that which we so often run from in this culture: loss. This is a transformative book that will change the way you think about death, and by extension, life. -- Jillian Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of Some Girls With wisdom and grace, Claire Bidwell Smith navigates the mysteries of grief to show us that there is great meaning and even magic to be found in exploring the unknown. -- Maria Shriver, New York Times bestselling author of What's Heaven?

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Claire Bidwell Smith is a therapist specializing in grief and the author of two books of nonfiction, including the memoir The Rules of Inheritance, the basis for a major motion picture. She holds a bachelor's degree from the New School University and a master's degree from Antioch University. Smith is a licensed therapist in both California and Illinois and has a thriving private practice in Los Angeles, where she lives. Claire Bidwell Smith is a therapist specializing in grief and the author of two books of nonfiction, including the memoir The Rules of Inheritance, the basis for a major motion picture. She holds a bachelor's degree from the New School University and a master's degree from Antioch University. Smith is a licensed therapist in both California and Illinois and has a thriving private practice in Los Angeles, where she lives.

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