When you spend your life with someone, they become your best friend-they exist in the bits and pieces of every day. That was true for Susan Page. Then, her husband Greg of forty-three years died, leaving her to exist in the space and silence he left behind.

SUSAN PAGE is an experienced business process improvement consultant in the computer, banking, and entertainment industries. After losing the love of her life, she looked for, but could not find, an established process on how to move through the grief cycle. Along Susan's journey, she learned lessons and reconnected with her faith. Finding the empowerment of living, and thriving, in this new chapter of her life led her to want to share her journey and those lessons with others. In When You Lose Your Spouse: A Practical Guide through the Grieving Process, you will discover:

• The year of firsts,
• Secondary losses,
• Discovering a new "normal,"
• The importance of people,
• How God can help.

Falling back on her process background, she created her own formula using her business process expertise to survive her massive loss, designing and developing an eight-week program that focuses on the loss of a spouse, which she continues to facilitate today. With the encouragement of the hundreds of widows and widowers Susan has met along her journey, she shares with you practical advice and her personal journey.

SUSAN PAGE is also the author of the popular book, now in its second edition, on how to improve a company's business processes, The Power of Business Process Improvement: 10 Simple Steps to Increase Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Adaptability, published by the American Management Association.