Resources to Help Grievers
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Where to Find Resources
My website www.jillgriefcounselor.com has a tab on the top, called Book List. I encourage you to click on it and take a look at the books within the different categories of grief.
That said, I have identified some newer books that I am sharing with you here. And, I’m adding a list of some of the many informative and interesting podcasts about grief too.
New Book Recommendations
The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss
by Mary-Frances O’Connor
In this book, renowned grief expert and neuroscientist Mary-Frances O’Connor, Ph.D. shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve. She provides a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and coping with loss. The author makes cutting-edge neuroscience accessible through her contagious enthusiasm, and guides us through how we encode love and grief. With love, our neurons help us form attachments to others; but, with loss, our brain must come to terms with where our loved ones went, or how to imagine a future without them.
The Grieving Body: How the Stresses of Loss Can be an Opportunity for Healing
by Mary-Frances O’Connor
This book is a follow up to The Grieving Brain. It focuses on the impact of grief on the human body. Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. The impact of grief on our physical bodies is often overlooked. Dr. O’Connor gives the readers vital scientific research, revealing new insights on its profound physiological impact. The book addresses questions about the ways in which bereavement affects us in our heart, body, cognition, and physical health.
Navigating Intense Grief - How to Recover from a Devastating Loss: A Trusted Companion Guide with Proven Tools for Overcoming Deep Pain, Handling Emotional Waves, and Finding Transformative Healing
by Emily Vandenberg
Grief is a complex and deeply personal experience that can leave you feeling shattered, isolated, and uncertain about the future. The intensity of the pain can be all-consuming. This book can be your trusted companion as a grief recovery handbook. It offers information about the grieving process, tools and exercises for handling intense emotions, guidance for rebuilding life after loss, support and validation, and hope for the future.
So, What's Grief Really Like?: A Book About Grief and Loss
by Susan-Rose McIntyre
This book, written by a grief counselor who suffered the death of a loved one, helps readers find a deeper understanding of their grief from her own heartfelt reflections. She shares tasks and tips to help readers cope with their loss and helps readers realize that they are not alone in their grief.
Grief Podcast Recommendations
The Mindfulness & Grief Podcast (with Heather Stang): Combines meditation techniques with clinical knowledge for healing.
Coming Back: Life After Loss (with Shelby Forsythia): Focuses on rebuilding life after various types of loss.
Not Your Average Grief Podcast (with Shauna R. Dukes): Highlights the everyday, nuanced experience of navigating life after loss.
What About Grief? (with Larry Holm): A candid look at navigating the "unmapped highway" of loss.
Shapes of Grief (with grief therapist Liz Gleeson - award-winning top-rated grief podcast): Grief can feel so lonely but talking about it and listening to others share their experiences helps.
All There Is (with Anderson Cooper): Anderson Cooper’s deeply personal exploration of grief in all its complexities appear in moving and honest discussions. He learns from others who have faced life-altering losses.
Grief Works (with Julia Samel) This grief therapist shares stories about life, death, and surviving.
Grief Out Loud (with Jana DeCristofaro from The Dougey Center): She opens up often-avoided conversations surrounding grief. Supports children and teens also.
What’s Your Grief (with Eleanor Haley and Litsa Williams): Whether you are thinking about dating a widower or need some advice on how to parent while grieving, mental health professionals Eleanor and Litsa attempt to demystify “the complicated and sometimes crazy experience of living life after loss.”
These are just a few of the ones I am selecting for you in this blogpost. You can do your own search and find the grief podcast that can help you most.
