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Books, Podcasts & More 

Grief can feel overwhelming, but finding the right words, stories, and voices can help. This resource page is dedicated to books, podcasts, movies, and other supportive tools to help you navigate loss in a way that feels right for you.
This collection will continue to grow as more resources become available. Whether you are looking for understanding, guidance, or simply a reminder that you are not alone, this page is here for you.

Grief Book List

General Loss
Addison Brasil - First Year of Grief Club

Ram Dass - Walking Each other Home
Megan Devine - It's OK That Your Not OK
Joan Didion - Blue Nights & The Year of Magical Thinking

Hope Edelman - The After Grief
Mary-Frances O'Connor  - The Grieving Brain
Melanie Philips - Living After Loss
Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant - Option B

Francis Weller - The Wild Edge of Sorrow
Dr Alan Wolfelt - Endless list of books
Grief Recovery Handbook


Helping Bereaved
Grief Ally - Aly Bird

Ambiguous Loss
 Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief by Pauline Boss

Child Loss
After The Flowers Die by Melanie Delorme
Unraveled When Loss Changes Everything by Kyle & Betty Mertens
I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye by Brooke Noe
l & Pamela Blaire
Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child & Comfort for the Grieving Parent's Heart by Gary Roe                            
Theresa Anthony - Hope Springs From a Mother's                                                  Broken Heart

Nisha Zenoff - The Unspeakable Loss
Grieving Dads: To The Bring and Back by Kelly Farley


Sibling Loss
Surviving The Death of a Sibling by T.J. Wray

Sudden Loss
I wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye by Brooke Noel & Pamela Blair

For children's books - see children's grief section

Podcasts, Documentary, and YouTube Channels About Grief

What's Your Grief
Podcast

Refuge in Grief
Podcast with Megan Devine

The Grief Gang
Podcast

All There Is 
Podcast with Anderson Cooper on his journey through grief

The Grief Channel
A YouTube dedicated to normalizing conversations around grief, death and dying.

We Don't Move On From Grief.
We move forward with it.

Ted Talk with Nora McInerny

Grief Stories 

Grief Out Loud
Podcast by The Dougy Center

Speaking Grief

Documentary

Grief is a Sneaky B!tch
Available on Apple & Spotify

Terrible Thanks for Asking
Podcast

Grief Club: The Podcast with Addison Brasil
Available on Apple & Spotify

The Mindfulness & Grief Podcast

TV Shows of Movies that Explore Death, Loss and Grief

TV Series
After Life
This Is US

Sorry For Your Loss
Six Feet Under
Pushing Daisies - Dark comedy

Big Little Lies
Kidding 
The Good Life - Comedy
Sorry For Your Loss
Go On
Euphoria - grief and addiction
Never Have I Ever - 15 yr old coping with dad's death
Fleabag
Time of Death - 8 episodes following terminally ill people as they approach EOL


TV Episodes
How I Met Your Mother - Marshall's grief of his father
One Tree Hill - Haley's grief experiences

Jane the Virgin - Jane's reaction to Michael's death
West Wing - President's Bartlet's crisis of faith after Mrs Landingham was killed by a drunk driver
Glee - Finn's death
Grey's Anatomy - Meredith explaining Derek's death to their children & Cristina's description of what happens after death
WandaVision - Wanda's grief over Vision and her brother
8 Simple Rules - Paul's death and the aftermath

Movies
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Manchester by the Sea
Ordinary People
Pieces of a Woman

Jackie
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
P.S. I Love You
The Fault in Our Stars
Ghost
A Walk to Remember
Meet Joe Black

Charlie St. Cloud
We Bought a Zoo


Children Movies About Death & Dying
Soul
Coco

 

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