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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: schapman@parentcollective.org.

Helpful Books to Read After Loss23 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.).
The Compassionate Friends
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.

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Grief.com
Grief.com

A pioneering organization offering peer support and education for children, teens, young adults, and families navigating grief.

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Grief Healing Collective
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.

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Helping Parents Heal
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.

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The Memory Circle
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.

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My Grief Angels
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.

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The Dinner Party
The Dinner Party

A peer-led community for 20- to 40-somethings who have experienced loss, offering both in-person and virtual gatherings.

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EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
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.

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Hakomi Institute
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.

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Grief.com Breathwork & Grief Yoga Sessions with Paul Denniston
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.

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Crying Out Loud with Dr. Laura Berman
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

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Language of Love with Dr. Laura Berman
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.

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The Telepathy Tapes
The Telepathy Tapes

While not grief-centered, this podcast explores intuition, consciousness, and what may be possible beyond the physical world.

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Chapter 1

Illustrations & Grief Trigger Tracker

Ch 1
pdf

Grief Tracker

Grief can appear suddenly. A song, a date, a scent, or an unexpected moment can open the floodgates. This simple tracker helps you gently notice patterns in your grief without judgment. Over time, it can help you understand what your body needs and what supports your healing.

Chapter 2

Opening Your Container

Ch 2
pdf

Grief & Gut Cheat Sheet

Ch 2
pdf

Opening Your Container

Chapter 3

Nervous System Support

Resources coming soon

We're gently preparing this chapter. Check back soon — new resources are added regularly.

Chapter 4

Supporting a Griever

Ch 4
pdf

Do’s and Dont’sfor Supporting a Griever

Chapter 5

Brain & Body Health

Ch 5
pdf

25 Brain-Boosting Habits for Grievers

Soothing the Nervous System.

Chapter 6

Creative Expression

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We're gently preparing this chapter. Check back soon — new resources are added regularly.

Chapter 7

Meditation & Journaling

Ch 7
pdf

Tonglen Meditation for Grief

Tonglen is a practice that invites individuals to breathe in their pain and breathe out love to transform suffering into compassion.

Ch 7
audio

Tonglen

Chapter 8

Turning Pain into Purpose

Ch 8
pdf

Purpose Mapping

A Gentle guide for turning grief into meaning

Chapter 9

Sound Healing

Resources coming soon

We're gently preparing this chapter. Check back soon — new resources are added regularly.

Chapter 10

Movement & Dance

Ch 10
pdf

Ecstatic Dance Mixes

Chapter 11

Glimmers & Intuition

Ch 11
pdf

Glimmer Journal

A 7-Day Practice For Noticing Life Again

Chapter 12

Rituals of Remembrance

Ch 12
pdf

Ritual of Remembrance

A Creative Grief Companion

Chapter 13

Relationships in Grief

Ch 13
pdf

Anchors, Buoys, and Boats Map

Assessing Your Relationships in Grief

Chapter 14

Grief & Friendship

Ch 14
pdf

Grief & Friendship Survival Kit

A gentle guide for finding your people after loss

Chapter 15

Grief in Love

Ch 15
pdf

Grieve in Love Connection Kit

When grief challenges your love, let connection be the bridge.

Chapter 16

Grieving as a Parent

Ch 16
pdf

The Crying Out Loud Parents Companion

Gentle Tools for Support Your Grieving Child ( Without Forgetting Yourself)

Chapter 17

Faith & Doubt

Ch 17
audio

Soft place to land

Chapter 18

Prayer & Guided Support

Ch 18
pdf

A Prayer for When Words Are Hard to Find

This document recounts a personal experience shared by Dr. Laura Berman regarding the difficulty of finding words for prayer following the death of her son, Sammy.

Chapter 19

Connecting with Their Soul

Ch 19
pdf

Journey Into Their World

A guided meditation to reconnect with and visit your loved one in their world.

Ch 19
pdf

Tuning Into Your Soul Signature and Theirs

Chapter 20

Continuing the Connection

Ch 20
pdf

Open-Hearted Meditation

A Practice to soften grief and open to connection.

Ch 20
audio

Automatic Writing

Ch 20
audio

Energetic Blending

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