Grief is a universal human experience that touches us all in different ways over the course of a lifetime. Because it is often misunderstood, we may find ourselves alone in navigating the emotional tsunamis and their wake with few resources and little support. This can leave us feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, frightened, and isolated.

Voyages works closely with clients to nurture them through the pain of loss to the possibility of life. Some prefer to navigate grief on their own or in the privacy of their intimate relationships, while others appreciate guidance and support to help them process and navigate everything that comes up. Whatever your style of dealing with grief may be, the following list of resources can support you in discovering the best path forward for YOU.

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Online Grief Communities:

Mindfulness Grief Institute
Grief In Common
Grief Anonymous
My Grief Angels
Grief.com

Grief Support for Children:

National Alliance for Grieving Children
The Dougy Center: National Center for Grieving Children and Families
The Child Bereavement Center
The Elizabeth Hospice Children’s Bereavement Support

Traumatic Grief Resources:

Traumatic Grief Support
What’s Your Grief Blog: Grief After Traumatic Loss
National Child Traumatic Stress Resource
Child Mind Institute

Additional Resources:

Healing Trauma through Somatic Experiencing
Processing Grief through Dreams
Grief in Buddhism
The Relationship between Grief & Addiction

Death & Dying Reading List

  • The Art of Dying Well, by Kathy Butler
  • Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande
  • Walking Each Other Home, by Marabai Bush and Ram Dass
  • The Lost Art of Dying, by L.S. Dugdale
  • Life Lessons, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler
  • Life After Death, by Deepak Chopra
  • The Beauty of What Remains, by Steve Leder
  • On Grief and Grieving: Finding The Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
  • Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief, by David Kessler
  • I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One, by Brook Noel and Pamela DeBlair, PhD
  • It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand, by Megan Devine
  • Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief, by Martha Hickman
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good People, by Harold Kushner
  • Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief, by Joanne Cacciatore, PhD
  • Grieving is Loving: Compassionate Words for Bearing the Unbearable, by Joanne Cacciatore, PhD
  • No Death, No Fear, by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss, by Sameet Kumar, PhD
  • When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chӧdrӧn
  • The Grief Recovery Handbook, by John W. James and Russell Friedman
  • When Children Grieve, by John W. James and Russell Friedman