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Hope and healing for a profoundly fractured world—a pathway home to the brightness, pains, and gifts of being alive The bestselling book on grief and loss from psychotherapist Francis Weller: “One of the best books on grief I have ever read. … It helped me turn to and understand my grief...

When best-selling writer Clare Mackintosh lost her five-week-old son, she searched for help in books. All of them wanted to tell her what she should be feeling and when she should be feeling it, but the truth—as she soon found out—is that there are no neat, labelled stages for grief, or crash grief-diets to relieve us of our pain. What we need when we're grieving is time and understanding. I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This is the book she needed then.

Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments", A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period.

New York Times bestselling author Theresa Caputo, star of Long Island Medium and Raising Spirits provides a guide to overcoming grief, filled with inspiring lessons from Spirit and astonishing stories from the clients who have been empowered and healed by her spiritual readings. After more than...

What if death isn’t the end of love, but a transformation of it? In Where the Veil Is Thin, internationally recognized psychic medium and spiritual teacher Tayla Isabella shares the profound lessons she has learned through years of direct communication with the spirit world—insights that challenge how we understand death, loss, and what it truly means to live. This book is not about blind belief or superstition. It is about perspective.

I lost both parents within a space of 4 years, leaving me crestfallen and alone. Through my journey of dealing with grief and pain, I have understood how it feels to lose a parent. Saying goodbye is never easy, but it’s not always a choice. Cope with your loss, find peace, and start living your life again.

Few losses are as painful as the death of someone close. No valley is as vast as grief, no journey as personal and life changing. Compassionate and wise guides Raymond Mitsch and Lynn Brookside shine a light on the road through grief. They can help you endure the anguish and uncertainty; understand the cycles of grief; sort through the emotions of anger, guilt, fear, and depression; and face the god who allowed you to lose the one you love.

Thirty days of meditation for those in grief, based on Learning to Thrive Amid Grief: Understanding, Coping, Forgiving, Connecting and Finding Support During Times of Profound Loss, by Eugenia Rapport. Central to the book is the 12 Steps of Dealing with Grief, an original view of how we deal with grief while learning to thrive.

Angie Smith was 18 weeks pregnant with her fourth daughter, Audrey Caroline, when doctors discovered conditions leaving Audrey "incompatible with life". Faced with the decision whether to terminate the pregnancy, Angie and her husband chose to carry Audrey for as long as she had life. This began what turned out to be three months of loving and carrying a little girl that was not expected to live more than a few minutes.

If you've lost a spouse, child, family member, or friend, you've discovered that few people understand the deep hurt you feel. Through a Season of Grief is the first 365-day devotional designed to support and uplift you in the first, most difficult year of bereavement. These devotions offer biblical comfort and practical teaching that will enable you to take steps forward each day toward healing. You will better understand the grieving process and will receive needed encouragement along the way. 

In June 2025, as a newly grieving widow, Elisa Schetrompf traveled to Israel to participate in a pilgrimage in honor of her late husband. Arriving a week early to reconnect with family she hadn’t seen in over twenty years, her journey of remembrance was suddenly upended when war broke out just two days later. Stranded indefinitely and facing a medical crisis—an urgent need for retina injections to save her sight—she found herself living between the walls of bomb shelters and safe rooms. Yet, amidst the chaos, she began to uncover the deep roots of her Indian-Jewish heritage.

Practical and straightforward, yet warm and compassionate, Grieving with Hope clarifies the popular misconception that people move through stages of grief. This will be an encouragement to many, as grieving people often think something is wrong with them when their grief doesn't proceed neatly through stages. The reality is that grieving people jump back and forth between different emotions, sometimes wrestling with multiple emotions at once. This book is packed with short, biblically based, gospel-centered, topical chapters addressing the issues grieving people face.

What if you had escaped your devout family in Ireland to live your best queer life - then your brother became a candidate for sainthood? An unmissable, award-winning, moving and funny exploration of family, grief and queer identity. *SELECTED AS A RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB PICK* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE...

THE GO-TO PODCAST FOR GRIEVING MOMS SEEKING HOPE AFTER CHILD LOSS. RANKED IN THE TOP 1.5% GLOBALLY FOR CHILD LOSS & FAITH This is the podcast for grieving moms who want to process their grief and learn how to live after child loss—without leaving their child behind. If you feel stuck in the pain, struggle to leave the house, question your faith, or wonder if peace is even possible… you are not alone. Inside this podcast, you'll learn: - how to live with grief without it consuming you - how to find peace in the middle of overwhelming pain - how to hold onto faith when God feels distant - ...

Death touches us all, and yet our culture rarely makes space to talk about it openly. Why is it so hard to have honest conversations about death, dying, and loss with the people we love? What do we do with grief when it inevitably arrives?End of Life Conversations is a podcast dedicated to normalizing these essential conversations. Hosts Reverent Mother Annalouiza Armendariz and Reverend Wakil David Matthews — both seasoned hospice chaplains and end-of-life companions — invite experts and everyday voices alike: funeral directors, death doulas, poets, researchers, grief counselors, and ...

Grief is the darkest chapter many of us will ever endure but there is healing power available in sharing our grief. In this podcast, you’ll hear from individuals who have experienced every type of loss and from professionals who can teach you how to process death and its aftermath. Find hope for the future through these real-life stories of redemption after loss. You’ll get tools and strategies to cope, grow your faith and normalize grief. And for those who are supporting someone who is grieving, you can learn how to comfort the brokenhearted on their path to healing and even lead them to ...

Grief Encounters is a weekly podcast series that looks at an issue that affects us all and yet remains so difficult to talk about: grief. Hosts Venetia Quick and Sasha Hamrogue hope to open up the conversation around loss and create a modern platform for people to share their own experiences, and start an open dialogue around the subject of death and all that comes with it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Beautifully written and wise … [Martin Prechtel] offers stories that are precious and life-sustaining. Read carefully, and listen deeply."—Mary Oliver, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martín Prechtel...

At one time or another, we will all find ourselves facing a dark journey—the passage through grief. Experiencing Grief is written for a person who is in the wake of despair grief leaves. This brief but powerful book will help lead listeners out of their grief experience through five stages of grief. At the end of the journey is peace and a seasoned, more mature faith.

“In the depths of darkness, we often find our truest light,” teaches Sandra Ingerman, “not by escaping our shadows, but by walking through them with courage, purpose, and love.” With Polishing the Path of the Soul, this renowned teacher offers a step-by-step guide for journeying through...