top of page
Resources: About Me

IAM GRIEVING

I SUPPORT SOMEONE GRIEVING

CHILDREN & GRIEF

Free Inner Sojourn Created Resources
(Reading Materials, Worksheets, Diary Prompts & More)

End of Life Resources

Pet Loss

Inner Sojourn Created

University of Guelph Vetrinary Clinic Resources

Ontario Pet Loss

Pets at Peace
Pet Loss & Memorial Services

The Pet Loss Support Page
Canada Resources

Rainbow Bridge

AMC - Schwarzman Animal Medical Centre (US Based)

Pet Statue

Books
Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter by E.B. Bartels

Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die by Jon Katz

The Pet Loss Companion by Dolan-Del Vecchio and Ken and Nancy Saxton-Lopez

The Loss of a Pet: A Guide to Coping with the Grieving Process When a Pet Dies by Wallace Sife

When Your Pet Dies: A Guide to Mourning, Remembering and Healing by Alan D Wolfelt

For children/youth check out children grief resources  

Cummings School of Vetrinary Medicine - Pet Loss (US Based)

Pregnancy, Child & Infant Loss (Parent Supports)

See also "I am supporting someone grieving"

Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL)

Understanding Pregnancy and Infant Loss

Caring Together.Life
Support and empower parents caring for a serious ill child & those who are experiencing pregnancy or infant loss.

The Compassionate Friends
(Peer support for the loss of a child)

Parents of Murdered Children

Family Resources

See also "I am supporting someone grieving"

Bereaved Families of Ontario

Lighthouse
Grieving Children & Families

Multi Genre Resources

Open To Hope
Wide Range of Grief Support Information

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Ontario Funeral Service
Grief Resources

Bereavement Ontario Network

Refuge in Grief

Speaking Grief Documentary, Stories, Experts & Resources

The Dinner Party
For grieving 20-, 30-, and early 40-somethings to find peer community and build lasting relationships.

Bridge - C14
Network of Peer-to-Peer Connections and Community Supports through all sages of  (Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

Grace Model of Compassion by Roshi Joan Halifax's

The Recovery Village (All about grief)

First Nations, Inuit and Métis 

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre

Lumara - Indigenous Wellness

Toolkit containing general information and resources on grief and loss. Canada Cancer Society

LGBTQ2S+

Canadian Virtual Hospice

MAiD

Bridge C14
A Network of Peer-to-Peer Connections and Community Supports Through All Stages of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

Canadian Virtual Hospice
 

Dying With Dignity
 

Suicide Loss

Heartache 2 Hope
For Suicide Loss Survivors

Distress Centre of Greater Toronto Suicide Loss Survivor Support Program

Alliance for Hope
For Suicide Loss Survivors

Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention

American Association for Suicide Prevention

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

American Association of Suicidology

Caregivers, Professionals and Grief

The Kitchen Widow  
What 40 Steps Taught me About Love and Grief

Option B - Topics covered (Grief & Loss, Health, Illness & Injury, Abuse & Sexual Assault, Divorce & Family Challenges, Incarceration, Raising Resilient Kids, Resilience

Grief & Bereavement Supports for Health Care Workers by HPCO during the pandemic)
Webinar Series
Staying Well Series

Canadian Virtual Hospice 
Caregiving information, strategies, and suggestions for preparing for and providing care as illness advances. 

Homicide

Canada Resource Centre for Victims of Crimes

Know Your Rights
(The Victims Bill of Rights Act)

Financial Assistance

Homicide Support Group
To register
Email with "Support in Subject line" crcvc@crcvc.ca
or call 1-877-232-2610

Text & Chat Support
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm EST
Text 613-208-0747
Chat via www.crcvc.ca 

**Homicide and Grieving A Survival Guide

** If The Media Calls 

Victim Services (Ontario)

Canadian Parents of Murdered Children

US Parents of Murdered Children

Victim & Witness Assistance Program (ON)

Victim Rights Impact Statement Information

Victim Impact Statement Form

Victim Impact Statement Form

Victim Impact Statement Form Not Criminally Responsible

Victim Impact Statement Form Not Criminally Responsible

Death Investigation - Ontario

Mother's Against Drunk Driving

Office For Victims of Crime (US based)

The Compassionate Friends
Peer support for loss of a child US based

Grief Podcasts

Grief Stories 

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

All There Is With Anderson Cooper

Grief Out Loud - Dougy Center

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

What's Your Grief?

Terrible Thanks for Asking

The Mindfulness & Grief Podcast

Grief Book List

General Loss
First Year of Grief Club by Addison Brasil
Walking Each other Home by Ram Dass 
It's OK That Your Not OK by Megan Devine
Blue Nights & Age of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The After Grief by Hope Edelman
The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O'Connor 
Living After Loss by Melanie Philips
Option B by Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller -
Dr Alan Wolfelt - Long list of books
Grief Recovery Handbook
Resilient Grieving by Dr Lucy Hone

If you have a favourite book please share and I will add it to the list.

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

Sibling Loss
Mick Mann - Surviving The Death of a Sibling

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
 

Grief Groups

Forest Lawn Funeral Home
In Person - Free of charge

Pet Loss Support Group
Memorial Funeral Home
In Person - Free of charge

Tender Hearts - David Kessler
Online Group - Fee for use

Bereaved Families of Ontario

Journey Through Loss
Virtual & In Person 

Grief Text Line and Online Chat Support

Kemp Hospice
Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm
Closed holidays
TEXT LINE
289-278-1885

Grief Expert Answers Your Questions About Grief and Loss

OTHER RESOURCES FOR IMMEDIATE HELP 

Crisis Services Canada

Screen Shot 2022-01-09 at 3.54.30 PM.png

Kid's Help Line
24-hour crisis line: 1-800-688-6868

In Canada TEXT "CONNECT" to 686868

​

OR

​

Call 911

​

OR

​

Go To Your Nearest Emergency Department

bottom of page