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
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Podcasts
All There Is with Anderson Cooper
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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
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Videos
Healing Attachment Wounds Episode 1