Resources to help
Supporting Someone Who is Grieving
Books
There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love by Kelsey Crowe and Emily McDowell: The creator of the viral hit "Empathy Cards" teams up with a compassion expert to produce a visually stunning and groundbreaking illustrated guide to help you increase your emotional intelligence and learn how to offer comfort and support when someone you know is in pain.
How to Help a Grieving Friend: A Candid Guide to Those Who Care by Stephanie Grace Whitson: Half how-to guide, half personal memoir, this concise, easy-to-read book will equip you to offer meaningful, practical comfort to those who’ve just experienced profound loss.
It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok by Megan Devine: In It’s OK That You’re Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help others who have endured tragedy.
Articles
The Ring Theory (A must read for anyone who is in the support role)
What You May Not Know About Grief
Care and Feeding of Your Grieving Person: A Guide
How To Speak to Someone About Unspeakable Loss
What to Say When You Meet the Angel of Death at a Dinner Party by Katie Bowler
The Ultimate Guide for Showing Up for Other People
Care for the Caregivers in your Life
The Mistake I Made with My Grieving Friend
7 Things You Should Do for a Grieving Friend
Winnie the Pooh’s Take on Supporting a Friend
How to Support a Friend Through Cancer
She Won’t Be Okay: The Art of Telling the Truth
For The Man Who Is Brave Enough to Love a Widow
How To Reach Out to Someone Who is Struggling