Grieve

Ram Dass

The first spiritual lifeline in our earliest days. With the book as a launching pad, the exploration is endless, wise and discoverable.

Anderson Cooper

What started as a podcast about his personal re-exploration of grief, has set in motion a community of valuable, relatable and crucial support. The Steve Colbert episode hooked my broken heart.

This non-profit, volunteer run, national organization is non-dogmatic yet invitingly spiritual. Founded by bereaved parents, this was my first stop in realising that I am not alone and my first step in interacting with like minded grievers. With abounding love, they offer various easily accessible resources.

Mary Frances O'Connor

Thank god I found her books! Grief is physical! I was feeling a little crazy with how my body was dramatically reacting to grief, until I stumbled upon her brilliant science based work.

Micheal Newton

I found this book fascinating, surprisingly healing and it cracked open my mind to possibilities I hadn’t previously considered. Grief has a way of fueling exploration and expanding the way we make sense of this world.

Joan Didion

This memoir of mourning and the complexities of loss is as brilliantly written as it is heartbreakingly powerful.

Perdita Finn

Weaving her stories of personal grief while making intuitive connections with the invisible world, held me captive with parallel personal experiences.  Somehow while reading, a glimmer of magic was fighting its way to appear amidst my profound pain.

Alua Arthur

Alua’s stunning memoir floored me. Her authenticity and courage unavoidably inspiring. Her writing honest and raw, she makes a sharp pivot in her life to work amongst the dying and usher a whole new community of passionate death doulas with her.

Claire Bidwell Smith

Gentle, intuitive, thorough and careful with her expertise. Her lifeline of varied resources and wisdom are to be cherished, trusted and savored.

David Kessler

Through lived experiences and studies with the masters, David has been a leading voice in grief support for decades. I found his resources varied, thorough, trustworthy and wise enough to become a student of myself.

I wish I had found this website in my early days of grief. It is indeed a safe harbor for exploring multiple resources for many types of loss and needs. Wrap yourself in a blanket and plan to stay a while and savor your findings.

Sibling Loss Grief Coach

Gretchen is a shining light of hope in the desperately underserved community of sibling grievers. Follow her Instagram, join her group, share her far and wide. We need more expert acknowledgement and support for siblings facing the complex unimaginable.

Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

“An approach to grief that moves beyond platitudes and cliche. It offers a way to truly grow through grief that is not a moving beyond but is more of an organic composting and recycling of the soul”

Film by grieving parents Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds

This documentary spoke honestly to my broken mother heart in my early days of grief. Their inspiring story of of hope that with ritual and honor we could somehow make meaning in our lives after such loss as well.

Documentary film

Ram Dass reflects on love, life and death as his own days draw to a close

This foundation is a volunteer run, science backed, global movement that helps to change worldview about death, grief, and life after physical death. The shared information from scientists, researchers and academics is abundant, powerful and I found it all to be validating and powerfully healing.

Paula Becker

A beautiful, gentle and easy to absorb book for the earliest days of grief. Meant for shaky hands and open hearts.