Resources & Library
A carefully curated collection of support tools, readings, and trusted links—designed to steady you in grief or guide you as you walk alongside others.
Crisis Support
If you are in immediate crisis, please use one of these resources right away. Live & Grieve™ is not a crisis hotline.
- 📞 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (U.S.) — Dial 988, available 24/7.
https://988lifeline.org/ - 📱 Crisis Text Line (U.S.) — Text HELLO to 741741.
https://www.crisistextline.org/ - 📞 SAMHSA National Helpline (U.S.) — Call 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline - 🌍 International Crisis Lines — Find support worldwide.
https://findahelpline.com/
For Participants
- Secondary Losses Worksheet — What’s Your Grief
https://whatsyourgrief.com/secondary-losses/ - Ritual Ideas for Grief — Modern Loss
https://modernloss.com/rites-passage/ - Reflection & Journaling Prompts — Refuge in Grief
https://refugeingrief.com/grief-writing-prompts/ - Holidays & Tender Dates — Dougy Center
https://www.dougy.org/grief-resources/holiday-special-day-resources - Children & Teens Resources — Dougy Center
https://www.dougy.org/grief-resources/children-teens
For Facilitators
- Facilitation Tools & Resources — National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG)
https://nacg.org/resources/ - Peer Support Guidance — Mental Health America
https://mhanational.org/peer-support - Trauma-Informed Care Principles — SAMHSA
https://www.samhsa.gov/trauma-violence - Hosting a Group (Reference Model) — GriefShare (not affiliated, helpful for logistics)
https://www.griefshare.org/start
Partner & Community Resources
- Grief in Schools — Dougy Center
https://www.dougy.org/grief-resources/schools - Grief in the Workplace — What’s Your Grief
https://whatsyourgrief.com/grief-in-the-workplace/ - Coalition to Support Grieving Students
https://grievingstudents.org/
Reading Library
General Grief
- It’s OK That You’re Not OK — Megan Devine
https://www.amazon.com/Its-OK-That-Youre-Not/dp/1622039076 - Bearing the Unbearable — Joanne Cacciatore
https://www.amazon.com/Bearing-Unbearable-Heartbreaking-Transformative-Grief/dp/1614292965 - On Grief and Grieving — Kübler-Ross & Kessler
https://www.amazon.com/Grief-Grieving-Finding-Meaning-Through/dp/0743263448 - Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief — David Kessler
https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Meaning-Sixth-Stage-Grief/dp/1501192736
Children & Families
- The Invisible String — Patrice Karst
https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-String-Patrice-Karst/dp/031648623X - The Memory Box — Joanna Rowland
https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Box-Book-About-Grief/dp/1506426727 - Tear Soup — Pat Schwiebert & Chuck DeKlyen
https://www.amazon.com/Tear-Soup-Recipe-Healing-After/dp/0961519762
Trauma & Healing
- The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk
https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748 - Trauma Stewardship — Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Stewardship-Everyday-People-Sustaining/dp/157675944X
Podcasts & Talks
TED Talk: What makes life worth living in the face of death — Lucy Kalanithi
https://www.ted.com/talks/lucy_kalanithi_what_makes_life_worth_living_in_the_face_of_death
Grief Out Loud (Dougy Center)
https://www.dougy.org/grief-resources/grief-out-loud-podcast
What’s Your Grief Podcast
https://whatsyourgrief.com/podcast-2/
Terrible, Thanks for Asking — Nora McInerny
https://ttfa.org/
Griefcast — Cariad Lloyd
https://play.acast.com/s/griefcast
TED Talk: We don’t “move on” from grief. We move forward. — Nora McInerny
https://www.ted.com/talks/nora_mcinerny_we_don_t_move_on_from_grief_we_move_forward
Closing
This library is here to be a companion—not a checklist. Take what helps. Leave what doesn’t. Return whenever you’re ready.
You can live and grieve at the same time. And you don’t have to do it alone.