Grief Resources

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It was on a Tuesday that my husband died, so in his memory, I am dedicating occasional Tuesdays to all things grief, including book reviews, links to recommended readings and podcasts, guest posts, and grief-related topics.

If you have read a book or an article that you’d like to recommend to other readers, or if you want to share other grief-related material, please leave a comment on this page or send me an email: lynn.haraldson@gmail.com.

Articles & Essays

Sometimes Ted Lasso Isn’t Enough by Lynn Haraldson, Brevity Blog, April 2022
Lisa Marie Presley writes about grief following her son’s death August 2022
Why a Family Cuttoff Can Produce Both Grief and Relief from Psychology Today, September 2022
Grief and A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) by Mark Liebenow
Accommodation to Unnatural Death by Edward Rynearson, MD, Violent Death Bereavement Society
My Sister Passes Me on a Bench at the Zoo by Misty Urban, from River Teeth, February 17, 2020
Long Should Grief Last? from Modern Loss, March 2022
Why Does Mourning Have an Expiration Date? from Bitch Media, April 2020
What if There’s No Such Thing as Closure? from the New York Times, December 2021
How Your Brain Copes with Grief, and Why it Takes Time to Heal from NPR, December 2021
Why We Need Vocabulary to Describe the Ending of the Grief that Comes After Loss from Lit Hub, December 2021
Can we ever truly know the depth & breadth of the grief experience? from Shapes of Grief, Autumn 2021
The Physics of Death (and What Happens to Your Energy When You Die) from Futurism.com
Half-Life by Lisa Ellison
Clasping Hands by Michael Todd Cohen, from Barren Magazine
Things to do in the Belly of Despair by Kerry Herlihy from Beautiful Things, May 16, 2022
What We Keep in Loss: William Blake’s Stirring Letter to a Bereaved Father, The Marginalia
How We Grieve: Meghan O’Rourke on the Messiness of Mourning and Learning to Live with Loss, The Marginalia
The Half Life of Love by Megan Devine from Modern Loss

Meditations & Talks

Journeys Through Grief, with Emily Silva Hockstra and Lynn Haraldson
Navigating Loss Without Closure, On Being with Krista Tippet
Grieving and Timeless Love, Tara Brach
Self-Kindness Inside Grief, Megan Devine
Speaking Grief, Megan Devine
Grief is Good, Joe Primo

Websites & Social Media

Refuge in Grief
Survivors of Violent Loss Network
What’s Your Grief?
Widower’s Grief
A Season of Snowflakes & Sympathy, from the blog A Librarian Looks at Life
The Good Grief Space on Instagram
Living with Grief on Instagram
The Grief Circle on Instagram
Happy Grievingon Instagram
The Hungover Widow
Claire Bidwell Smith
The Full Catastrophe Blog by Casey Mulligan Walsh
Memoir and Writing on Mother Loss by Carmel Breathnach
Modern Loss
National Grief Awareness Day (August 30)
Grief.com
empowerHER by Cara Belvin (support for children who’ve lost their mother)
Harbor Light Coaching (grief counseling)

Resources for Those Who Support Grieving Loved Ones

Heartspoken: How to Write Notes that Connect, Comfort, Encourage, and Inspire by Elizabeth Cottrell