A curated collection
Resources for Grief,
Hope + Healing
Support, ritual, embodied practice, and spiritual inquiry for the many ways grief asks to be witnessed and tended.
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Grief support and community
Places to find understanding, companionship, and practical support in grief.
- Tender HeartsDavid Kessler’s community focused on the heartbreak that follows the death of a person.
- Helping Parents HealSupport and community for bereaved parents.
- Alive AloneSupporting bereaved parents whose only child, or all their children, are deceased.
- Just EnduringSupport and resources for parents living with child loss.
- The Compassionate FriendsComfort, hope, and support for families after the death of a child.
- What’s Your Grief?A place for sharing, support, education, and resources—because you don’t have to grieve alone.
- Open to HopeGiving voice to grief, hope, and recovery after loss.
- AfterTalkGrief support, education, and private ways to remember and reflect.
- EvermoreResources, advocacy, and support for grieving people.
- CaringBridgeA free platform for sharing health updates and connecting a community of care.
- Grief.comDavid Kessler’s grief education, resources, and support.
- Grief Guide AppA mobile companion offering guidance and support through grief.
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Ritual, embodiment, and healing
Body-based, communal, and ritual pathways for tending what grief carries.
- Embodiment MattersCommunity grief-tending rituals rooted in embodied practice.
- Kim BirdsongCommunity grief rituals and spaces for meeting grief together.
- Grief MedicineA soft place to land for grieving hearts.
- Karen Jones · Grief Recovery MethodGrief Recovery Method support with Karen Jones.
- Rituals for GriefRitual resources and gatherings created for living with loss.
- Imagine Psychotherapy · Grief RitualsGuidance for creating rituals that honor grief and loss.
- Malidoma Somé · AncestralizationTeachings on grief, ritual, sacrifice, and relationship with the ancestors.
- Holy Mama Grief RitualA grief ritual created to honor the sacred experience of mother loss.
- Light MovementNervous system regulation, movement, and community connection for embodied grief support.
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Teachings, talks, and spiritual inquiry
Conversations and teachings that hold grief alongside love, spirit, and continuing bonds.
- Being with Love, Death and GriefA conversation with Tara Brach and Frank Ostaseski.
- Grief: A Pathway to ForgivenessA TEDx talk by Joan Rosenberg.
- Francis Weller · The Five Gates of GriefA brief teaching on grief and the five gates through which it enters our lives.
- Let’s ReimagineA community exploring how we turn pain and grief into growth and meaningful action.
- Mirabai Starr · Holy LamentA sacred exploration of grief, lament, and transformation.
- Grief and MourningTerri Daniel’s resources on spirituality, grief, and mourning.
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Afterlife and continuing bonds
Resources exploring consciousness, evidence, and relationship beyond physical death.