I invite you to listen to my brief meditation which can help soothe anxiety:
For Grievers:
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy, Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
Widow to Widow: Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life, Genevieve Davis Ginsberg
Grace and Grit, Ken Wilbur
Final Gifts, M. Callanan and P. Kelly
On Grief and Grieving, David Kessler
Healing the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear and Despair, Miriam Greenspan
How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Has Died, Therese Rando
Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide, Lukas and Seiden
Men and Grief, Carol Staudacher
Unattended Sorrow and Who Dies? Meetings at the Edge, Stephen Levine
The Wilderness of Grief, Alan Wolfelt
Finding Hope When a Child Dies, Sukie Miller
The Bereaved Parent, Harriet Schiff
Beyond Endurance: When a Child Dies, R. Knapp
Losing a Parent, Alexandra Kennedy
Losing a Parent, Finding Yourself, Victoria Secunda
Motherless Daughters, Alexandra Kennedy
A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
A Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
Consolations, David Whyte
Transforming Death:Creating Sacred Space for the Dying, Melody LeBaron
For Children:
How It Feels When a Parent Dies, Jill Krementz
The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
Annie and the Old One, Miska Miles
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf, Leo Buscaglia
The Littlest Angel, Charles Tazewell
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children, B. Mellonie and R. Ingpen
Seasons of Grief: Helping Children Grow Through Loss, Donna Gaffney
My Grandpa Died Today, Joan Fassler
When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving and Healing, Marilyn Grotman
Movies:
Shadowlands Message in a Bottle Up
City of Angels Ordinary People Philomena
Meet Joe Black Truly, Madly, Deeply Steel Magnolias
Online:
www.walkingthroughgrief.com – online resources include DVD’s for facilitating grief groups
www.nctsn.org – resources/promising practices for grief and trauma
For Clinicians:
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief, Francis Weller
Supporting People Through Loss and Grief: An Introduction for Counsellors and Other Caring Practitioners, John Wilson
Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner, William Worden