GROWING THRU GRIEF
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 Resources:  Reading list, websites, podcasts


​Books

Growing Thru Grief maintains a Little Free Library of Books related to grief. Some of the books are listed below but the books in the library change frequently. The Little Library is available to participants during Growing Thru Grief sessions each Tuesday.  

  • Bolton, Iris, My Son...My Son...A Guide to Healing After Death. Loss, or Suicide

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

  • Bowler, Kate, Everything Happens for a Reason (and other lies I’ve loved)

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

  • Didion, Joan, The Year of Magical Thinking

  • Fernandez, Carla, Renegade Grief

  • Fitzgerald, Helen, The Grieving Child, A Parent’s Guide​

  • Greyber, Daniel, Faith Unravels:  A Rabbi’s Struggle with Grief and God

  • Haugk, Kenneth, Journeying through Grief

  • Hickman, Martha Whitmore, Healing After Loss:  Daily Meditations for Working thru Grief

  • Hsu, Albert, Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope

  • Jouaud, Suleika, Suleika Jaouad Biography: A Life Interrupted

  • Kessler, David, Finding Meaning: the Sixth Stage of Grief
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  • Lewis, CS, A Grief Observed

  • McWilliams, Peter; Bloomfield, Harold H.; Colgrove, Melba - How To Survive The Loss of a Love

  • Mitsch, Raymond and Brookside, Lynn, Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love
  • Noonan, Nell, A Widow’s Prayer

  • Schwiebert, Pat, Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss

  • Sittser, Jerry,  A Grace Disguised

  • Van Duivendyk, Tim, The Unwanted Gift of Grief

  • Williams, Jane, Mysterious Moments: Thoughts that Transform Grief
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  • Wolterstorff, Nicholas, Lament for a Son
 


Websites
Center for Loss & Life Transition (center in Colorado committed to helping those who grieve) - Centerforloss.com

Grief.com (wide range of resources for those who are grieving and those who seek to support grieving people) - Grief.com

Grief Share (network of grief support groups using a specific model; usually via churches) - Griefshare.org

Help With Grief (resources for people experiencing a variety of losses) - Helpwithgrief.org
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Open to Hope (resources to help people find hope after loss; includes podcasts) - Opentohope.com

988 Lifeline (suicide prevention support by phone, text, or online chat)  - Suicidepreventionlifeline.org

What’s Your Grief? (extensive grief support resources in many formats) - whatsyourgrief.com/about-us/

Widowed Parent (support for widowed people and their children) - Widowedparent.org
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Reimagine (support for people experiencing loss of many kinds) - letsreimagine.org

Ava's Flowers has gathered some helpful information all in one place:
https://www.avasflowers.net/a-guide-to-grief-stages-of-grief-coping-tips-sympathy-flowers-and

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Podcasts

Many of the websites listed above also include podcasts.

Nora McInerny, “Terrible, Thanks for Asking”
 
Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon  - scalawagmagazine.org/great-grief/



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Go to your grief, for there your soul will grow.
- Carl Jung

For further information, contact us at the following email address. We will follow up quickly.

 We meet every Tuesday except holidays:
4:00pm Registration and check-in
​4:30pm Education
5:00pm Small group discussion sessions
​6:00pm Adjourn
NOTE: no one will be admitted after 4:30
TO DONATE
Make checks payable to
St. Paul's Lutheran Church and mail donations to:
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Growing Thru Grief
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
1200 W. Cornwallis Road
Durham, NC 27705

Contact us by Email

[email protected] ​
photography by Leonard Beeghley
  • Home
  • Coalition Members
  • PROGRAM
  • Calendar
  • RESOURCES
    • Grief Counselors
    • Area Grief Support Groups
    • Books, Websites, & Podcasts
  • FAQS for participants
  • FAQS for facilitators
  • Guidelines