This list includes resources from my research and reading as well as the recommendations from the Happy Circle meditation group. It has been heartwarming to hear how helpful the talk and meditation have been in the healing process within the group. As more recommendations come in over the weeks, they will be added to this list.
HAPPY CIRCLE MEDITATIONS
RESOURCES FOR MAKING PEACE WITH GRIEF
Bearing The Unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore (her foundation is Missfoundation.org)
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
It’s OK That You Are Not OK: Meeting Grief And Loss In A Culture That Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine
The Year Of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Counseling Strategies For Loss And Grief by Keren Humphrey
When Bad Things Happen To Good People by Rabbi Harold Kushner
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
Wild Comfort: The Silence OF Nature by Kathleen Dean Moore
Option B by Sheryl Sandberg (foundation OptionB.org, also has a Facebook page)
Understanding Your Grief by Alan D. Wolfelt Phd
Organizations
Locally: St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, 169 Fairmount Road, Ridgewood, NJ, has a healing service on Wednesdays from 12/noon to 1 PM. Phone 201-444-2299
Mahasri Yoga 