We asked our fans and followers on our social channels to tell us about books or podcasts they found helpful in their grieving process or that they would recommend to a friend. Here’s what they recommended:
Books
The Five Invitations
by Frank Ostaseski
Living On The Seabed: A Memoir of Love, Life and Survival
by Lindsay Nicholson
When Words Are Not Enough
by Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds from The Good Grief Project
With the End in Mind
by Kathryn Mannix
When Bad Things Happen in Good Bikinis: Life After Death and a Dog Called Boris
by Helen Bailey
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney
It’s Ok to not be Ok
by Megan Devine
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
Whisperings of My Soul
by Fr. Sean Hyland
Pocket Irish Poetry
(including Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney)
Tell Me The Truth About Loss
by Niamh Fitzpatrick
The Complete Far Side Collection
by Gary Larson
A Grief Observed
by C.S. Lewis
Thinking Out Loud
by Rio Ferdinand
I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was
by Barbara Sher
Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Healthcare
by by Dr M. R. Rajagopal (Pallium)
I Feel Bad About My Neck
by Nora Ephron
Podcasts
Half-Baked Stories About My Dead Mom episode of This American Life