Resources
“Your story is part of who you are, and owning it is how you will move forward.” ~ Claire Bidwell Smith
Grief and Loss
Books
It’s Okay That You’re Not Okay by Megan Devine
Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief by Claire Bidwell Smith
Making Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman
Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies by T.J. Wray
Liberating Losses: When Death Brings Relief by Jennifer Elison and Chris McGonigle
You Can Heal Your Heart by Louise Hay and David Kessler
The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss by Mary-Frances O’Connor
A Shelter for Sadness by Anne Booth (Children’s book)
Websites
Podcasts
All There Is with Anderson Cooper
Relational Trauma
Books
Mothers Who Can’t Love by Susan Forward and Donna Frazier Glynn
Unbroken: The Trauma Response is Never Wrong and Other Things You Need to Know to Take Back Your Life by MaryCatherine McDonald
Rejected, Shamed, & Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role by Rebecca Mandeville
What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin by Anne Katherine
Websites
Invisible Wounds: Identifying Childhood Emotional Abuse and Neglect
Videos
Healing Attachment Wounds Episode 1