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Tools to Help You Through Grief and Loss
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items Days before Christmas 2023, my Mum suddenly passed away. Crying at the airport, surrounded by holiday cheer, families excited to spend time together. I flew home to plan her funeral. This list includes resources that help me navigate sadness and loss...
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Books on Grief & Loss
Meditation Videos
Comforting Tools
Gifts to Give Someone Grieving
Articles on Grief and Supporting Someone Experiencing Loss
Books on Grief & Loss
These books have been helping me understand loss and will give you the guidance you need to pull through this tough time.
Good Mourning is a compassionate survival guide for anyone dealing with grief
Good Mourning: Honest conversations about grief and loss
After more than a decade of being a practicing medium, Theresa Caputo brings the powerful lessons she has learned about grief, healing, and finding happiness in the wake of tragedy
Good Grief: Heal Your Soul, Honor Your Loved Ones, and Learn to Live Again
This inspiring work clearly describes that not only do we survive our physical death, but more importantly, that the bonds of love between the two worlds are eternal.
Spirits Beside Us: Gain Healing and Comfort from Loved Ones in the Afterlife
Teaching you how to ritualize and recover from the daily losses in our lives.
Good Mourning: Moving Through Everyday Losses with Wisdom from the Other Side
Journaling to move through overwhelming feelings and practicing self-care through relaxation techniques, nutrition tips, and meditation practices
Progressing Through Grief: Guided Exercises to Understand Your Emotions and Recover from Loss
A source of consolation and information for all who grieve the death of their mother.
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
A book for anyone who's experienced the pain of mourning, who's struggled to find a job, who is devastated by a bad breakup.
Navigating Grief and Loss: 25 Buddhist Practices to Keep Your Heart Open to Yourself and Others
Meditation Videos
Sometimes the silence is horrible, these meditations will help comfort you during the moments your mind goes wild.
A 3 hour meditation to help you feel comfort as you drift off to sleep.
Guided Sleep Meditation for Grief & Loss (People or Pets)
18 min spoken meditation to help you with grief, very relaxing and comforting.
Coping with Grief: Guided Spoken Meditation for healing after a loss of a loved one
I've put this under meditation as these podcasts are here to listen to in times of grief if meditation is not your thing.
Podcasts for grief and loss
Comforting Tools
Keep an open mind and reach for comfort in things that can help alleviate your grief even if just for a moment.
Writing letters to your loved one is very healing.
Dear Custom Name Journal - Grief Journal
You may thing soft-toys are for children, but I have found they help give great comfort when you are feeling down. Great for people who can't have pets.
Large Weighted Elephant Plush 2kg
I use tarot as a way to reflect on my feelings and feel a little more positive about the future. A small way to reconnect with myself.
The Light Seer's Tarot
Wrapping myself up in something fluffy is always comforting, this blanket is weighted which helps relieve anxiety when it rolls round.
Oodie Weighted Blanket
A Comfort Cub can be offered as a lasting, thoughtful gift for someone in mourning.
The Comfort Cub: A gift for someone grieving
I've used this for years in times of stress and when I feel anxious.
Bach Rescue Remedy Drops 10ml
Stuffed animals that hug you back. I really want one of these.
Hugimals World - Weighted Stuffed Animals for Adults, Kids & Teens
A guided journal designed to help you process grief and find healing after loss
Guided Grief Journal
Gifts to Give Someone Grieving
Do you know someone who has just experienced a loss? Some of these gift ideas may help you let them know that you are there for them.
Guided grief journal with prompts.
Daily Writing Journal Grief Journey
Personalise a candle with the name of your loved ones loss.
In Loving Memory Scented Candle
Filled with calming lavender and personalised with your own words.
Personalised sympathy self care gift box
A very beautiful gift, especially for those who feel crystal healing gives them comfort.
Grief, Loss & Mourning Crystal Candle Gift Set
My mother loved wind chimes, I feel this gift would remind me of her every-time the wind passed through.
Personalized Wind Chimes in Memory
Suitable for adults and children experiencing loss.
A Hug From Heaven Personalised Teddy
Something small, great if your loved one is overseas and you want to send them something small to let them know you are there for them.
18K gold plated heart memorial bracelet
Looks super soft and comforting
In Loving Memory Personalised Embroidered Plush Bunny
I like this because its made by a therapist. This one is for the kids experiencing grief.
Grief workbook
It says for kids and teens but I think these are helpful for anything. They would make great journaling prompts.
Grief and loss question and affirmation cards
Customize with the name of your loved ones loss, they will be able to write letters to them which is quite healing.
Grief Journal Memorial Gift - Personalized
A beautiful remembrance candle holder
Personalised Engraved Wooden Memorial Tealight Candle Holder
Another personalised candle holder, a different style to the other one - I love the words on it.
Tea light candle holder (Another star in Heaven)
Another small little gift if you have a tight budget or need to post it.
Hand made pocket hug
A wonderful idea for remembering the ones you have lost.
Custom memorial lanterns
Articles on Grief and Supporting Someone Experiencing Loss
Further reading on symptoms of grief, how to help someone going through it and practical advice when you have lost a loved one.
Tips for people wanting to support someone that is grieving.
How to help someone who is grieving
Free service to help those grieving in Australia
Griefline Australia
There is no right way to grieve and no ‘quick fix’, but there are ways that you can help yourself to come to terms with your loss.
Grief, Loss, And Bereavement Self-Help | Psychology Tools
Breaking down grief and simple ways to help you cope.
TOOL KIT Coping with sorrow, loss and grief
I've listed some podcasts under 'meditation' above.
How A Grief Podcast May Help You Cope With Loss | BetterHelp
If you are in charge of organising the funeral, this may be helpful.
What to do when a loved one dies (AU)
A checklist of what you need to do legally :(
What to do when a loved one dies (NZ)