Resources for grief support

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Aside from peer support, various websites, podcasts, books and organizations can have 

an important role in how you navigate your loss and your grief. You'll find some that I think are helpful listed below. These are things you can reach for in the middle of the night when you feel alone in your grief, feel uncertain of how to manage the next moment and want to learn more about grief and its impact on your life.. 

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/grief/coping-with-grief-and-loss.htm

https://www.webmd.com/balance/grieving-and-stages-of-grief

https://friendsforsurvival.org/blog%3A-read-articles

https://allianceofhope.org/find-support/

https://afsp.org/practical-information-for-immediately-after-a-loss/

https://www.davidsonlifeline.org/

1) It's OK that You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn't Understand, Megan Devine

2) Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl

3) On Grief & Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D. & David Kessler

4) Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief, David Kessler

 1) Free online book from American Foundation for Suicide Loss for suicide loss grievers:

https://aws-fetch.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/flipbooks/survivingASuicideLoss/index.html?page=1

2) Free online booklet from Alliance of Hope. 

https://allianceofhope.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Help-and-Hope-For-Survivors-of-Suicide-Loss-1.pdf

3) After Suicide Loss, Coping with your Grief, Jack Jordan, Ph.D. & Bob Baugher, Ph.D.

4) Understanding Your Suicide Grief, Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D 

5) The Gift of Second, healing from the impact of suicide, Brandy Lidbeck

6) Voices of Healing and Hope, Conversations on Grief after Suicide, Iris Bolton

7) My Grief is Like the Ocean, Jessica Biles, LCSW & Jillian Kelly-Wavering, LCSW

General grief:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/smarter-living/what-to-say-and-what-not-to-say-to-someone-whos-grieving.html

 Suicide grief:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/well/family/what-to-say-and-not-to-say-to-someone-grieving-a-suicide.html?searchResultPosition=1

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/suicide-prevention/after-a-suicide-loss/supporting-someone-after-a-suicide-loss

https://www.self.com/story/help-friend-suicide-loss-survivor

The Empty Room: Understanding Suicide Loss by Elizabeth DeVita Raeburn

History of a Suicide: My sister’s unfinished life by Jill Blalosky

Disenfranchised Grief Examining Social, Cultural, and Relational Impacts by Renee Blocker Turner & Sarah D. Stauffer 

https://www.bereavedparentsusa.org/resources/help-for-siblings/

https://hereforyou.co/pages/sibling-loss-resources

https://siblinggriefclub.com/resources/

https://www.compassionatefriends.org/find-support/family-support/

https://whatsyourgrief.com/grievingasibling/