Books

A collection of books, guides, and stories to help you navigate loss and make sense of life around it.

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Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives

The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Rebellious Mourning: The Collective Work of Grief

The Smell of Rain on Dust

The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community

Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger

Grievers

Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul

A Space in the Heart: A Survival Guide for Grieving Parents

Story of My Life: Legacy Journal and Memory Keepsake Workbook

I'm Still With You: Communicate, Heal & Evolve with Your Loved One on the Other Side

Death Without Denial, Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss

The Anatomy of Grief

Reiki: A Comprehensive Guide

Staying Well With Guided Imagery

The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

The Healing Intelligence of Essential Oils: The Science of Advanced Aromatherapy

H is for Hawk

Good Grief: A Novel

No Mud, No Lotus

With the End in Mind

Sign Posts of the Dying

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

A Grief Observed

GriefWork: Healing from Loss

The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One through the End of Life

Coming Home: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Caring for a Dying Loved One

Stay Close and Do Nothing: A Spiritual and Practical Guide to Caring for the Dying at Home

Lessons on Loss Not Taught: The Art of Hospice

The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing

The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief

No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life

Multifaith Care for Sick and Dying Children & Their Families

LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care

Healing and Transformation Through Self-Guided Imagery

Handbook of Traumatic Loss: A Guide to Theory and Practice

Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief

Grief Is a Journey: Finding Your Path Through Loss

Greening Death: Reclaiming Burial Practices and Restoring Our Tie to the Earth

Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial

Finding Peace at the End of Life, A Death Doula's Guide for Families and Caregivers

Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying

End-of-Life Care & Addiction

Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life

Do Funerals Matter: The Purpose and Practices of Death Rituals in Global Perspective

Death and the Shaman: The Last Lesson My Mother Taught Me About Love (A True Love Story)

Death and Dying, Life and Living

Companioning the Bereaved: A Soulful Guide for Caregivers

The Bhagavad Gita

Seven Thousand Ways to Listen

Making Friends With Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality

How to Live When a Loved One Dies: Healing Meditations for Grief and Loss

Fearless Death: Buddhist Wisdom on the Art of Dying

Blue Nights

Death Benefits: How Losing a Parent Can Change an Adult's Life- for the Better

Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully

The Collected Regrets of Clover

I’m Glad My Mom Died

Notes on Grief

For You When I Am Gone: Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story

The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully

The Denial of Death

How We Live is How We Die

The Year of Magical Thinking

Tibetan Book of Living & Dying

Briefly Perfectly Human

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments

The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

Farewell: Vital End-of-Life Questions with Candid Answers

A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last

The Artist’s Way

How I Feel: Grief Journal for Kids

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Grief Is Loud: Workbook for Women

Death Nesting: The Heart Centered Practices of a Death Doula

Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose

Die Empty

On Life After Death

Mortality

The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses

Blood of Roses: poetry and prose for the portals of transition

It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

The Invisible String

When Someone Dies: A Children’s Mindful How-To Guide on Grief and Loss

Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Hello Sacred Life

Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe

When Breath Becomes Air

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss

The Rabbit Listened

Everywhere, Still: A Book about Loss, Grief, and the Way Love Continues