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Companion tools, meditations, downloads, and healing resources organized by chapter to support you through grief.
This sacred space contains everything you need to deepen your healing journey. All resources are organized by chapter and available exclusively for readers like you.
By Dr. Laura Berman • Grief Healing Collective
Grief Resource List
These are some of the podcasts, organizations, and practitioners I’ve found especially thoughtful and supportive through both my professional work and my own grief journey. This list will continue to grow. If you have a resource you’ve found helpful and would like to suggest for inclusion, please email us HERE.
Helpful Books to Read After Loss 23 curated resources
- Berman, Laura. Crying Out Loud: A Path Through Grief into a Live Reimagined
- Bloomfield, Harold H. How to Survive the Loss of a Love.
- Bowler, Kate. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved.
- Cacciatore, Joanne. Bearing the Unbearable.
- Carlson, Kristine. From Heartbreak to Wholeness: The Hero’s Journey to Joy.
- Devine, Megan. It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand.
- Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking.
- Fernandez, Carla. Renegade Grief.
- Gould, Melissa. Widowish.
- Jackson, Laura Lynne. Signs.
- Jackson, Laura Lynne. The Light Between Us.
- Jarvis, Meghan Riordan. Can Anyone Tell Me? Essential Questions About Grief and Loss.
- Keefauver, Lisa. Grief Is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss.
- Kessler, David. Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief.
- Kushner, Harold. When Bad Things Happen to Good People.
- Leiner Grant, Barri. Remember & Reflect Deck.
- Lewis, C. S. A Grief Observed.
- Moorjani, Anita. Dying to Be Me.
- Myss, Caroline. Entering the Castle.
- O’Connor, Mary-Frances. The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss.
- Smith, Claire Bidwell. Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss.
- Walsch, Neale Donald. Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue.
- Zukav, Gary. The Dancing Universe. (Originally titled The Dancing Universe / The Dancing Wu Li Masters depending on edition.)
Supportive and Inspiring Podcasts to Explore 10 curated resources
All There Is with Anderson Cooper
A deeply personal exploration of grief and loss told through Anderson’s story and the voices of others who have walked this path.
Crying Out Loud with Dr. Laura Berman
Hosted by Dr. Laura Berman, this podcast blends her clinical expertise and lived experience of loss with conversations with leading grief experts, spiritual teachers, mediums, and fellow grievers exploring healing, meaning, and continued connection after loss
Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
Hosted by a divinity professor living with stage IV cancer, this show explores how people find meaning, resilience, and hope amid suffering.
Grief and Rebirth with Irene Weinberg
Conversations with healers, grief experts, and spiritual teachers exploring grief, trauma, and spiritual growth after loss.
Grief Out Loud (The Dougy Center)
Honest stories about grief from young people, families, and professionals, combined with practical tools for navigating loss.
Healing Grief with David Kessler
Renowned grief expert David Kessler explores how we heal after loss through stories, teachings, and conversations with other leaders in the grief field.
Language of Love with Dr. Laura Berman
While not exclusively grief-focused, this podcast often explores healing relationships after loss, intimacy after grief, signs from the other side, and conversations with mediums and near-death experiencers.
The Telepathy Tapes
While not grief-centered, this podcast explores intuition, consciousness, and what may be possible beyond the physical world.
The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema Bryant
A powerful resource for reclaiming identity, healing trauma, and reconnecting with a sense of wholeness.
The Widowed Parent Podcast
Guidance and community for widowed parents navigating grief and life after loss.
Somatic Experiencing and Trauma Resources 2 curated resources
EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
Directory of certified therapists who use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a powerful trauma treatment often used for grief and traumatic loss. Many practitioners offer virtual sessions.
Hakomi Institute
A global community of practitioners using the Hakomi Method, a gentle mindfulness-based approach to healing that works with the body’s wisdom to shift unconscious patterns and emotional pain.
Grief Healing Resources Available (Nationally or Online) 11 curated resources
The Compassionate Friends
Peer-led support for families grieving the death of a child, regardless of age. Offers local chapters, online communities, and events such as the annual Worldwide Candle Lighting. Also supports siblings and grandparents.
The Dougy Center – National Grief Center for Children & Families
A pioneering organization offering peer support and education for children, teens, young adults, and families navigating grief.
Grief.com
A pioneering organization offering peer support and education for children, teens, young adults, and families navigating grief.
Grief Healing Collective
Led by Dr. Laura Berman, this healing community offers virtual retreats, grief circles, and workshops designed to help adults navigate loss and find a supportive community.
Helping Parents Heal
A spiritually oriented support network for parents who have lost a child, offering meetings, webinars with mediums and spiritual teachers, and resources to support continued connection.
The Memory Circle
A gathering space for group and individual support for those learning to live with loss. Founded by grief specialist and educator Barri Leiner Grant.
My Grief Angels
A fully virtual grief support network offering free online peer-led groups for different types of loss, including programs for children and young adults.
New Hope Grief Support Community
Offers grief support groups, camps, and online tools for children, teens, and families navigating loss.
TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors)
Provides support for those grieving military-related loss, including peer mentorship, counseling, and programs for children and adults
The Dinner Party
A peer-led community for 20- to 40-somethings who have experienced loss, offering both in-person and virtual gatherings.
What’s Your Grief
Offers grief education, courses, creative expression tools, and practical coping strategies for many types of loss.
Mediums and Intuitive Practitioners I Trust 4 curated resources
Breathwork Facilitators 2 curated resources
David Elliott Breathwork – Classes & Events
Guided breathwork sessions grounded in embodied breathing and pranayama traditions.
Emma Gray – Breathwork & Emotional Release Practices
Emma Gray is a Reiki master and breathwork facilitator who offers guided breathwork sessions focused on emotional processing, nervous system regulation, and releasing grief stored in the body.
Grief.com Breathwork & Grief Yoga Sessions with Paul Denniston
Paul Denniston, founder of Grief Yoga®, teaches powerful breathwork and movement-based practices designed specifically for grief. His sessions combine breath, gentle movement, and sound to help release emotions that can become trapped in the body after loss and reconnect participants with resilience and love.
Global Professional Breathwork Alliance Practitioner Directory
Search for certified breathwork facilitators around the world.
Illustrations & Grief Trigger Tracker
Illustrations
Visual grief support materials and healing artwork collection
Grief Trigger Tracker
Identify and navigate grief triggers with this guided tool
Opening Your Container Meditation
Opening Your Container Meditation
A guided meditation to safely open your grief container and process emotions
Nervous System Support
Grief and Gut Cheat Sheet
Quick reference guide on the connection between grief and gut health
Hyper and Hypo Arousal Support Strategies
Tools to regulate your nervous system through grief
Tapping for Nervous System Regulation
EFT tapping guide to calm your nervous system during grief
How to Support a Griever
How to Support a Griever
A compassionate guide for friends and family supporting someone through grief
Brain-Boosting Habits for Grievers
25 Brain-Boosting Habits for Grievers
Practical habits to support brain health and cognitive function during grief
Creative Expression
Writing Prompts
Printable PDF of guided writing prompts to explore and express your grief
Grief Doodle Template
Creative doodling template to express grief through art and drawing
Meditation & Journaling
Tonglen Meditation for Grief
A Tibetan compassion meditation adapted for grief healing
Release and Rewrite Journaling Exercise
A journaling process to release painful narratives and rewrite your story
Turning Pain into Purpose
Purpose Mapping
Printable PDF guide on turning pain into purpose and finding meaning after loss
Grief Healing Soundbath
Grief Healing Soundbath by Genevieve Deely
An immersive sound bath designed to support grief healing and release
Ecstatic Dance
Ecstatic Dance Mixes
Curated dance music mixes to move grief through the body and release emotion
Glimmer Journal & Body Wisdom
Glimmer Journal
A guided journal to notice and collect moments of joy and light during grief
Find Your Full-Body Yes (or No)
A somatic practice to reconnect with your body's innate wisdom and intuition
Rituals of Remembrance
Rituals of Remembrance
Meaningful rituals and ceremonies to honour and remember your loved one
Assessing Your Relationships in Grief
Anchors, Buoys and Boats
A framework to evaluate which relationships support, sustain, or drain you during grief
Assessing Your Relationships in Grief
Anchors, Buoys and Boats
A framework to evaluate which relationships support, sustain, or drain you during grief
Grief in Love Connection Kit
Grief in Love Connection Kit
Resources to help maintain and nurture romantic relationships while grieving
Crying Out Loud Parent Companion
Crying Out Loud Parent Companion
A compassionate companion guide for parents navigating grief alongside children
Faith after Loss
Faith after Loss Journal
A reflective journal exploring faith, spirituality and meaning-making after loss
A Soft Place to Land: Meditation for Doubt and Grief
A gentle meditation offering comfort and solace during spiritual doubt and grief
Prayer & Guided Meditations
A Prayer for When Words are Hard to Find
Katherine Woodward Thomas — a healing prayer to offer comfort when grief leaves you speechless
Guided Meditations that Support Grievers
A curated collection of guided meditations designed for the grieving heart
Soul Connection Meditations
Tuning Into Their Soul Signature Meditation
A deeply personal meditation to sense and reconnect with your loved one's essence
Journey Into Their World Meditation
A guided journey to explore and honour your loved one's inner world and spirit
Open Heart & Energetic Connection
Open Hearted Meditation
A heart-opening meditation to expand capacity for love, loss and healing
Channeled Writing & Guided Meditation
Automatic writing practice with a companion guided meditation to deepen connection
Energetic Blending with Your Loved One
An advanced practice to sense and blend your energy with your loved one's presence
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