Grief and Loss Literacy Resources

Dina has compiled several resources to support greater loss literacy. She believes that it ‘takes a village’ to support the bereaved and is grateful to other death educators for imparting their wisdom so that others can feel less isolated as a result. When you join Dina in one of her learning experiences, you will walk away with additional resources that will support your own unique grief and loss needs. For now, please review some of Dina’s favourite introductory bereavement resources. 

Books

  • Grief Unleashed: Moving from the hole in our hearts to whole-hearted by Dina Bell-Laroche

  • It’s OK that you’re not OK by Megan Devine 

  • Understanding your Grief and Companioning the Bereaved by Dr. Alan Wolfelt 

  • On Life after Death and On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kübler Ross 

  • When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödron 

  • The Mourning Handbook by Helen Fitzgerald 

  • The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller 

  • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche 

  • Die Wise by Stephen Jenkinson 

Academic Resources

  • Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan by McCoyd and Walter 

  • Treating Traumatic Bereavement by Pearlman, Wortman, Feuer, Farber and Rando 

  • Understanding Child and Adolescent Grief edited by Carrie Arnold 

  • Understanding Loss by Judith Murray 

Poetry 

  • The House of Belonging, River Flow and Essentials by David Whyte 

  • Saved by a Poem by Kim Rosen 

  • Salt & Honey by Isabel Abbott 

  • Shaping Pearls by Caroline Miskenack

“We don’t often pause to think about loss other than maybe when someone dies. There has been so much loss during Covid and this workshop brings new awareness about loss and the grief that occurs naturally afterwards, whether it be the loss of a relationship, a job, a dream etc. I learned to not be so afraid in my own experience of grief and actually leaning into it is powerful. I feel better equipped to be with and companion someone in their grief.”

— Lauren Brett, Integral Professional Coach