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.whatsyourgrief.com

www.centerforloss.com

GriefNet

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