Grief Resource Hub
Whether you are in crisis, moving through long-term sorrow, or just starting to name what aches, the resources below can help. Some offer immediate support. Others invite you into deeper learning, community, or ritual. This is not a substitute for therapy, but it may help you feel less alone as you figure out what you need.
✦ Immediate Help (Crisis Support)
If you feel unsafe, overwhelmed, or in danger, please begin here:
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (USA) - Call or text 988 988lifeline.org
Trans Lifeline (USA and Canada) - Peer support by and for trans people - Call 877-565-8860 translifeline.org
The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ Youth) - Call 866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678 thetrevorproject.org
Find a Helpline (Global) - Search crisis lines by country findahelpline.com
Grief.com (Global) - Resources for finding support for your grief - grief.com
✦ Ongoing Grief Support
Does the Dog Die? - Trigger warning database for movies, TV, books, video games, and more. When grief is new or overwhelming, it can be helpful to avoid triggers in media. www.doesthedogdie.com
Option B Support Groups - Virtual communities for grief, trauma, and hardship optionb.org/support-groups
Modern Loss - Grief stories, cultural reflections, and online workshops modernloss.com
What’s Your GriefEducation, prompts, and accessible grief tools whatsyourgrief.com
The Dinner Party - Peer-led groups for young adults who have lost someone thedinnerparty.org
✦ Hear From the Voices Brave Enough to Share Their Grief Journey
Storycorps - On a mission to help us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all — one story at a time. Watch stories from folks across the globe navigating hard life circumstances.
24 Paws & Coffee Creamer YouTube - Sarge - Sharing Sarge’s experience with cancer, deciding to work with palliative care, and how to support someone going through cancer.
Tanner & Shay Martin - Sharing Tanner’s experience navigating colon cancer and ultimately his passing.
✦ Finding a Therapist
TherapyDen - Find a therapist aligned with your values therapyden.com
Open Path Collective - Affordable sliding-scale therapy openpathcollective.org
Inclusive Therapists - Therapists centering BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled communities - inclusivetherapists.com
✦ Modern-Day Grief Workers and Companions
These people are walking the path of grief work in public. Some teach. Some write. Some hold space. All of them honor the truth that grief is part of being alive.
Death Doula Database - Connect with end-of-life and grief doulas who serve as companions for those experiencing the hardest challenges in life. deathdoulas.com
Megan Devine – Refuge in Grief - Courses, books, and writing for people living with loss refugeingrief.com
The Grief Recovery Institute - A structured approach to grief completion griefrecoverymethod.com
The Collective for Radical Death Studies - A global network working to decolonize deathcare radicaldeathstudies.com
Going With Grace – Alua Arthur - End-of-life education, doula training, and ritual frameworks goingwithgrace.com
✦ Books, Films, and Podcasts for the Grieving Mind
Sometimes we need stories more than steps. These works help name the invisible, soothe the nervous system, or offer a new way to think about what hurts.
TedTalks
Let’s Talk About Death by Rochelle Martin
Why Thinking About Death Helps You Live a Better Life by Alua Arthur
What really matters at the end of life by BJ Miller
Podcasts
Terrible, Thanks for Asking by Nora McInerny
Griefcast by Cariad Lloyd
Everything Happens by Kate Bowler
All There Is by Anderson Cooper
Films
Soul (2020) - exploring what might happen beyond death
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (2014) - using music to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it.
Rabbit Hole (2010) – parental grief, starring Nicole Kidman
The Farewell (2019) – family, culture, and anticipatory loss
Time (2020) – grief and love in the carceral system
A Secret Love (2020) – aging, hidden love, and family change
After Yang (2021) – grief, memory, and technology
Still Alice (2014) – grief in the face of cognitive decline
Books
It’s OK That You’re Not OK by Megan Devine
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martín Prechtel
Grief Is Love by Marisa Renee Lee
No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
This list will grow. If you’ve found resources that have helped on your grief journey, please send them our way. We'd love to share them with the rest of our community.