Communities + tools for navigating grief and loss

Toolkits

The Abandonment Recovery Workbook: Guidance through the Five Stages of Healing from Abandonment, Heartbreak, and Loss

Susan Anderson

In The Abandonment Recovery Workbook, psychotherapist and abandonment expert Susan Anderson explores the seemingly endless pain of heartbreak and shows readers how to break free—whether the heartbreak comes from divorce, a breakup, a death, or the loss of friendship, health, a job, or a dream.

Black in the Garden Coloring Experience

Black in the Garden

This 20-page coloring book embodies our experience with plants and gives life to our people and our wisdom. Enrich your roots! Reconnect with the land and your creativity on these pages.

Death: Dagara Women's Wisdom from Africa

Sobonfu Somé

"In this clip from her six disc series, "WOMEN'S WISDOM from the HEART of AFRICA," SOBONFU explains the healing practices & rituals relating to death. She explains the links death has to birth & the connection to the watchful ancestors."

GEN Grief Toolkit

"Compiled by Camila Sapara Barton and GEN, as well as the ancestors who have built the foundation for this work"

“Embodiment tools and rituals to support grief work in community."

How to Support Someone Grieving from a Grief Expert

Headspace

What do you say to someone who is grieving? How can you be there for your friends and family in tough times or after a death? Licensed Clinical Counselor Dr. Ajita Robinson gives tips for supporting your grieving loved ones, including acknowledging their loss, being present in their company, and expressing condolences in the same language they use to describe the loss. Help a grieving loved one or help a grieving friend with these tips.

Parent Toolkit for Grief and Loss

The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Bereavement Center of Hospice of the Western Reserve

"In recognition of the need to make more support available and accessible to parents of grieving children, we have developed a toolkit exclusively designed to provide pertinent information to parents about normal, healthy grieving during childhood. The toolkit contains substantive guidance about the experience of grieving children, helpful tips on how to best support grieving children and suggestions for coping with specific grief-related experiences."

Questions to Ask When Visiting Health and Healing Professionals

BEAM

Considerations for your health journey: Pre-Visit | During Visit | Post-Visit

Resources for Black Healing

Micalah Webster, MSW/MHSA

"This compilation of resources is a reflection of my personal identities and social network as a black woman and social worker. Through connecting with my network of counselors, therapists, community organizers, and others just trying to heal and serve, I have pulled together some resources to share. I know there are gaps as this is not exhaustive or meant to speak to every unique experience or identity within the Black community. Nevertheless, I hope that at least one thing on this list can bring you or a loved one some peace and healing during this time."