Find solace and healing, whatever the cause, among the rich resources available worldwide. Just when you think you are alone, there can suddenly seem a world of similar experience, yet to be explored*. This by no means diminishes any grief or hardship, but it makes it much easier to bear. If you would like to add a book review, or recommend a resource, please contact site administration on the “Welcome” page.
Temple Directory:
Biographies and Books:
(Listed by Book Title.)
“A Grief Observed” by C.S. Lewis
BBC TV, UK – Recommended Reading for Bereavement
“Further Along The Road Less Travelled: Going to Omaha – The Issue of Death and Meaning” by M. Scott Peck, MD (Audio Book)
“Good Grief” by Carol Lee
Grief Titles by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“Just me” by Sheila Hancock
“Life is a Roller Coaster – Making Descansos” by Heather Blakey, online e-book/tribute
“Loving and Losing a Pet” by Michael Stern, PHD and Susan Cropper, DVM
“Now That The Funeral Is Over” by Doris Zagdanski and other grief titles by author
“The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion
“Time Unfinished – Loss, Grief and Healing” by Sandie Rotberg
Online Healing and Grief Resources, Australia:
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
Community.gov.au, Loss and Grief
National Association for Loss and Grief
Warming the Stone Artist – Soul Food Cafe
Online Healing and Grief Resources, Worldwide:
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation, USA
Good Grief.org, USA (Children’s issues, and child grief)
Grief and Loss – Help Guide.org, USA
Grief and Loss Resource Centre, USA
Helping Yourself Through Grief – BBC TV, UK
Film:
“Careful He Might Hear You”, AU
“Conservations with my Gardener”, FR
“Four Weddings and a Funeral”, UK
“How to Make an American Quilt”, USA
“The Very Long Engagement”, FR
Great Philosophers, Inspiring Minds:
Christine de Pizan – Life and Writings.
Albert Einstein, Nobel Peace Prize – General Resources, Writings.
Ralph Waldo Emerson – Life and Writings.
General Philosophy Resource – Wikipedia.
Hildegard of Bingen – Medieval Mystic
Brian Johnson – Philosopher’s Notes TV
Friedrich Schiller, Schiller Institute – “Ode to Joy”
Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize, “Reverence for Life”
Henry David Thoreau – Life and Writings.
Marianne Williamson – “Our Deepest Fear…”
Music and Song:
Andrea Bocelli – Sacred Arias DVD
Cafe Del Mar Chill Out Music, Ibiza
Christine Sullivan – Healing Music
The Healing Music Organisation, USA
Mike Sheppard – The Soul Rests Eternal, UK
Positive Music Association, USA
Scott Johnson, USA – Motivational/Healing Music
Pets and Animals:
A Healthy Me – When a Pet Dies
AmericanHumane.org – Grieving the Loss of your Pet
Death of a Family Pet – How to Cope
How Pets Help During Bereavement
Poets and Poetry:
Bereavement Poems and Articles
Poet’s Corner – Bereavement and Loss
Rupert Brooke and Other War Poets
Sacred Places:
Uluru and Kata Tjuta (Katajuta), NT, Australia
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