Grief Resources: Love & Loss Support for Grieving Hearts

Compiled by Joanna Barrett, LMHC

Grief is a deeply personal experience, and there is no single “right” way to navigate loss. This collection of grief resources includes books for adults and children, guided journals, meditations, podcasts, and professional support services. Each offers comfort, insight, and practical tools to help you navigate grief, find connection, and move toward healing at your own pace. I hope you find these resources helpful. And if you want some extra support navigating grief I would be honored to support you.

BOOKS FOR ADULTS

• It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine
• Living with Grief: Mindful Meditations and Self-Care Strategies for Navigating Loss by Heather Stang
• Mindfulness & Grief: With Guided Meditations to Calm Your Mind and Restore Your Spirit by Heather Stang
• Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief by Martha Whitmore Hickman
• Grief Is Love: Living with Loss by Marisa Renee Lee
• Still Here: A Poetry Memoir of Grief & Love by Jenny Smith
• Prayers of Honoring Grief by Pixie Lighthorse
• The Wound Makes the Medicine by Pixie Lighthorse
• Loss: Poems to Better Weather the Many Waves of Grief by Donna Ashworth
• Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change by Day Schildkret
• The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller
• The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss by Mary-Frances O’Connor
• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön
• Navigating Grief and Loss: 25 Buddhist Practices to Keep Your Heart Open to Yourself and Others by Kimberly Brown
• The Grief Recovery Handbook by John W. James and Russell Friedman

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

• When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief by Marge Heegaard
• Why Did You Die?: Activities to Help Children Cope with Grief and Loss by Ellen Goldring and Erika Leeuwenburgh 
• The Invisible String (book series) by Patrice Karst

JOURNALS

• Navigating Grief: A Guided Journal (Prompts and Exercises for Reflection and Healing) by Mia Roldan
• From Grief to Peace: A guided journal for navigating loss with compassion and mindfulness by Heather Stang
• How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed: A Journal for Grief by Megan Devine

PET LOSS

• Kelly Drescher Johnson – Veterinary Chaplaincy Services
• Gloria Herdt’s Podcast Interview with Joanna Barrett on YouTube: Honoring a Pet’s Legacy after Pet Loss with Joanna
• Books:
  • The Invisible Leash: An Invisible String Story About the Loss of a Pet by Patrice Karst
  • The Loss of a Pet: A Guide to Coping with the Grieving Process When a Pet Dies by Wallace Sife
  • Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die by Jon Katz

GUIDED MEDITATIONS

• Resting with Grief: A Yoga Nidra for Loss (Insight Timer)

PODCASTS

• “All There Is” – Anderson Cooper
• “Grief Out Loud” – Jana DeCristofaro
• “Grief Works” – Julia Samuel
• “Open to Hope” – Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley
• “Grief 2 Growth” – Brian D. Smith
• “Where’s the Grief” – Jordon Ferber
• “Mindfulness and Grief” – Heather Stang
• “Shapes of Grief” – Liz Gleeson
• “Good Grief” – Blake Kasemeier
• “Coming Back: Life After Grief” – Shelby Forsythia
• “Griefcast” – Cariad Lloyd

GRIEF PROFESSIONALS, GROUPS & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Joanna Barrett, LMHC, LPC, NCC -(Licensed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia)
• Julie Foster, A New Path Life & Grief Coaching
• Jennifer Newberg, It’s Lifey HopeHub for Widows
• Hope Floats Healing & Wellness Center (Kingston, MA) 
• Kelly Drescher Johnson, Veterinary Chaplaincy Services for Pet Loss
• Barri Leiner Grant’s The Memory Circle
• David Kessler’s Tender Hearts Support Community
• Dr. Bill Webster’s The Centre for the Grief Journey
• Paul Denniston’s Grief Yoga
• Heather Stang’s Mindfulness and Grief
• Grief Share Groups
• Parameter Foundation programs

SEARCH DIRECTORIES TO LOCATE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

• ZenCare
• Psychology Today 
• Mental Health Match
• Therapy Den

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I am not affiliated with any of these resources, and I do not receive any financial compensation. Books can be ordered directly from the author’s website, a local bookstore, or www.bookshop.org.