Books and Publications

I interviewed Federica Attanasi, author of “The Shape of Emptiness,” a poetic collection of words and images about perinatal grief. Writing has been my way of breathing inside the void. …

The new edition of “Assisting Perinatal Death – The Notebook,” aimed at hospital perinatal health professionals and obstetrics, gynecology and nursing students, is out. The notebook released in 2018 was …

A family of cats is waiting for their new baby kitten to join them, but unfortunately that time never comes. After a period of grief, where they experience difficult emotions …

Historia de dos gatitos y un hermanito especial Una familia de gatos, padres y dos gatitos if they prepare for the llegada de un nuevo hermanito, que …

Assisting perinatal death: The role of hospital staff in supporting bereaved parents and family members The death of a child in the perinatal period is a serious …

The broken dream is the first book that integrates the testimonies of parents and operators with the classic assumptions of psychoeducation applied to the experience of perinatal bereavement.

“While I was still in the irreparable, the rest of the world had started to turn again” – Aptonomia di Anna Maria Castoldi “Then what you weren’t ready for happens, …

“If I look back in time I see many different and evolved me over the days, but if I have to define the breaking point of what I was from …

This is a bit of a funny story, very colorful and musical enough to be read aloud. (It’s also a true story, but don’t tell anyone about it). It begins …

The Words of Love is a permanent initiative of CiaoLapo Onlus, born in 2011. The night in the eyes is the third volume of the competition, (the first is The …