Santa Fe (MMD Newswire) -- Last week ForeWord Reviews made Galen Stoller's book, My Life after Life, a finalist for their Book of the Year Awards, and now Galen's first book in his Death Walker series was made a 2012 Nautilus Book Award WInner. www.my-life-after-life.com
The Nautilus Awards are in their 12th year in recognizing books that promote Spiritual Growth, Conscious Living, and Positive Social Change. ForeWord Reviews choose Galen's book from over 700 publishers, the finalists were selected from 1200 entries in 60 genre categories. These books are examples of independent publishing at its finest. www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/my-life-after-life Award winners are chosen by librarians and booksellers who are on the front lines, working everyday with patrons and customers.
ForeWord is the only review trade journal devoted exclusively to books from independent houses.
Galen Stoller's Death Walker series is a book project between father and son born of a love that knows no boundaries between dimensions. As such, it is meant to inspire a more conscious approach toward people involved in the transition called death, whether they are grieving or the object of grief. Individually and collectively, it is intended to help provide not only comfort but also deepened understanding of what is actually taking place in moving from one world to another.
Like birth, death is not always an easy passage. And yet it demands to be demystified, as does the entire spectrum of moving from there to here and back again. As caregivers and loved ones know, from a purely practical viewpoint, many need help in this process, some need healing, and we all need love.
Galen's father set up the Grief SOS website immedately after the train accident that transitioned Galen from his earth life. www.GriefSOS.com Here he explains his discovery of how the "love" hormone oxytocin can be used to treat severe acute grief. The book Oxytocin: the hormone of healing and hope was published last month by Dream Treader Press. www.dreamtreaderpress.com