
Resources
Understanding How Grief - Affects the Brain
Grief not only impacts our emotions but also brings significant changes to the brain, affecting memory, stress levels, and overall well-being.
Dying - for Beginners
This video explains the dying process very gently so that we understand it better and can have conversations with friends and family about it.
Love Your Pet - Grief Support
In this article we acknowledge the value of pets in supporting grief and the pain we can also experience when they die.
Looking - After Yourself
After the funeral, everyone else's lives seem to go back to normal, and you may be left wondering how you're going to cope. Read on for advice on taking care of yourself, crucial for your future wellbeing and that of others.
Bereavement - in Older Age
Although losing a loved one is perhaps more common in later life, this doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. If someone you know has been bereaved, there are some simple things you can do to support them.
The Benefits of - ‘Grief’ Gardening
When you lose someone, the grief will never go away completely — but there are healthy ways to cope. Some people find that gardening as they grieve, known as ‘grief gardening’, can gently relieve some of the emotional and physical symptoms after the loss of a loved one.
Losing a Loved One - Takes Your Breath Away
AtaLoss Subject Matter Expert, Sabine Horner is a nutritionist. Here she writes about how deep breathing can help us deal with the storms of emotion when we're bereaved.
Top Tips to Keep - Well Hydrated When Grieving
Read here why keeping hydrated in grief is important and how that can be achieved.
Symptoms -
Our Body’s Response to Emotional Stress: Unveiling Hidden Causes of Common Grief Symptoms. Are you puzzled by the myriad of grief symptoms you are experiencing?
Funerals: Find an Independent - Funeral Director near You
Find here how The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (known as SAIF) can help.
Surviving Christmas - When You Are Bereaved
Tips for surviving Christmas when you are bereaved. First and second day of Christmas.
Counselling: - What You Need to Know
We provide some information here about what counselling is, what to expect and how to find a good counsellor that suits your needs. The information is helpfully provided by the Association of Christian Counsellors.
The Final Farewell: - The Power of Discussing Death
We can better prepare for loss, change the negative narrative, and remove the taboo by talking about death.
Christmas… a Difficult Time for - Those Who Are Grieving
Christmas is a difficult time for those grieving. This is the season of traditions and family gatherings and a by-product is that it highlights the ‘missing-person-shaped’ hole in our lives.
Annually - Remembering
We encourage people who have been bereaved to consider activities on offer at this time to mark loved ones and help them with their grief.
Supporting Grieving Students - Returning to University
As the new university year begins, supporting young adults as they navigate being away from home can be challenging. Here our Founder, Yvonne Tulloch provides quick tips on how to do so.
- Befriending
Loneliness is often something we experience following bereavement and can happen at any age. This article provides links to services that can help.
Preventing Drastic - Weight Loss in Grief
Sabine Horner explains why eating can become a major issue after losing a loved one. In the early days, most grievers simply do not feel hungry.
Losing a - Child
The death of a child, of any age, brings heartbreak and devastation. This article was written by Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds who set up the Good Grief Project following the death of their son, Josh.
Nourish Your Body - When You Are Grieving
Nutritionist Sabine Horner recommends ways to nourish your body when you are grieving.
Rosemary for - Remembrance Cake
A recipe for how to bake a Rosemary for Remembrance Cake from Nigella Lawson’s book Feast.
Why We Can’t Stomach Food - When We Lose a Loved One
Grief can cause a decreased appetite and other food related issues.
In the Springtime of the Year by Susan Hill
BOOK: Susan Hill's book is a true account of a lyrical exploration of love and loss and grief and mourning.
The Boys Are Back in Town by Simon Carr
BOOK: A father bringing up boys after the death of his wife
Anna Blundy, Every Time We Say Goodbye
BOOK: Anna Blundy's book is an honest account of her personal experience of losing her father.
Living on the Seabed by Lindsay Nicholson
BOOK: Lindsay Nicholson looks at the grieving process and offers a roadmap to help all of us navigate a path none of us chooses but all of us must walk.
Leaving a Legacy and - Reducing Your Tax Liability
Leaving a part or your entire estate to a charity can reduce, and in some situations, eliminate your Inheritance Tax liability.
How to - Hold Your Own Memorial
If you can’t attend a funeral or have chosen not to do so you may want to hold your own memorial service for the person you have lost.
Learning Disabilities - and Bereavement
This briefing is produced by Brake, the road safety charity. It aims to raise awareness of how people with learning disabilities experience grief, and provides advice on how to support them.
The Grief - Goes On...
Dr Marianne Trent, a Clinical Psychologist and Author of 'The Grief Collective', talks about mourning and letting other people know you are bereaved.
How to Cope - with a Tragedy
Every death brings its own trauma to survivors. However, when someone is suddenly killed in an accident or murdered, the stress levels rise considerably for those left behind.
Traumatic Bereavement
Trauma refers to the way that some distressing events are so extreme or shocking that they overwhelm a person’s ability to cope, resulting in lasting negative impact.
What Is Effective Bereavement Support?
There is a lot of good intention around when it comes to bereavement support in terms of providing it but not a great deal of understanding of all the options available and the benefits of informal support.
Magnesium: Your Ally in Managing Grief Symptoms
One often-overlooked factor in managing grief is ensuring we are getting enough magnesium. Magnesium is an essential mineral that plays a pivotal role in over 300 biological processes in our body.
Autism and - Bereavement
There is not a great deal of research on how people with autism deal with bereavement. However there is useful advice available that can help us support anyone with autism, whatever their age.
What to Do If Someone Dies Abroad
If your loved one dies abroad there are a whole set of considerations to take into account. However, there are people to help you and you should seek their advice if you find yourself in this situation.
Registering a Death
Registering the death of someone is the official record that their life has ended and is the formal government record of that fact.
Funerals: How to Plan One
Our guide on how to plan a funeral. A funeral is an opportunity to create a special tribute to your loved one and whilst painful, can also be memorable and a positive experience.
Protecting Against Identity Fraud
We all know that thanks to the wide availability of personal information online identity fraud is increasing. But what happens when an identity is stolen after a person has died?
Government Advice When Someone Dies
There’s a lot of Government advice to help and support you when someone dies. This article explains more.
Funeral Etiquette in Different Faiths
If you are attending the funeral of a someone of a different faith you can get advice here on, for example, what to expect, how to pay your respects, how to send condolences and what to wear to the funeral.
Cancelling Mail
This is our guide to cancelling mail. Receiving post for the person who has died can be very difficult. Depending on the type of mail, there are a variety of practical measures you can take to deal with the problem.
Official Documents: How to Easily Cancel Them
Using the Government's ‘Tell Us Once’ service will ensure all government departments are informed. This includes passports, driving licenses, pensions, benefits, national insurance, tax and blue badges.
Benefits and Bereavement
Benefits for you if you are a partner or child of the deceased. Depending on which of your loved ones has died your tax allowances, National Insurance and benefits may change.
Funerals: How to Be Involved If You Can’t Attend
Saying goodbye at a funeral is a significant part of our relationship with the person we have lost, whoever they are. We may dread it, of course, but we still want to be present and to get it ‘right’ as a fitting tribute to all that they were to us.
Dancing When the Lights Go Out
BOOK: an emotional and profound exploration of grief, loss, and the societal taboo surrounding these experiences.
Welldoing.org
Therapist-matching and coach-matching service for in-person and online therapy
Cooking for One by Simon Beckett Allen
BOOK:This new book is designed to help newly bereaved people learn to love cooking for themselves at a time when they may have lost interest in food or never learned to cook.
Good Grief- Embracing Life at a Time of Death, Catherine Mayer and Anne Mayer Bird
BOOK: Mother and daughter Catherine and Anne, face widowhood on the eve of the pandemic. Sandi Toksvig says this is "The most life-affirming book ever written about death."
COSCA - Counselling and Psychotherapy Professional Body in Scotland.
WEBSITE & TRAINING: Scotland’s professional body for counselling and psychotherapy
Why Not Me?: A Story of Love and Loss by Barbara Want
BOOK: Ruthlessly honest memoir of a widow's pain in coming to terms with the death of her husband.
What to do when someone dies: National Bereavement Service
BOOKLET: A very helpful little guide to everything you need to do following a bereavement and a handy checklist on the back.
Languages of Loss by Sasha Bates
BOOK: Languages of Loss: A psychotherapist's journey through grief
If There’s Anything I Can Do: How to Help Someone Who Has Been Bereaved by Caroline Voaden
BOOK: Caroline Voaden explains how it feels to be bereaved and what helped her in the weeks, months and years following her bereavement.
Love, Interrupted by Simon Thomas
BOOK: Love, Interrupted is a moving story of love, loss, faith, and family.
Beyond Grief by Carol Staudacher
BOOK: A Guide for Recovering from the death of a loved one.
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy by Sandberg & Grant
BOOK: After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again.
When God Weeps byJoni Eareckson Tada & Steven Estes
BOOK: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty
Benjamin Brooks Dutton: It’s Not Raining, Daddy. It’s Happy.
BOOK: A book about surviving grief. A father and son start again after the tragic loss of a wife and mother.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
WEBSITE: Counselling and bereavement advocacy organisation
By a Departing Light by Ian Jennings
BOOK: In Rev Ian Jennings' book, he identifies life lessons through his own experience and how he drew upon the grace of God.
Life as a widower A young widowed father opening up about living with loss
WEBSITE: A website set up by a young widowed father opening up about living with loss and telling his child about the death of his mother.
Surprised by Grief (on being widowed young) by Janine Fair
BOOK: In her book, Janine places her grief in the context of a transition in order to understand her 'voyage of hope', ending with gratitude to God for all she has received from his hands.
First Steps Through Bereavement by Sue Mayfield
BOOK: First Steps through Bereavement is an indispensable guide through the process of mourning a loved one.
CS Lewis, A Grief Observed
BOOK: Grief Observed comprises the reflections of the great scholar and Christian on the death of his wife after only a few short years of marriage. Book.
Gerry Sittser, A Grace Revealed
BOOK: A biography that has become a classic on the topic of grief and loss.
After You byNatascha McElhone
BOOK: After You is a triumphant testament to the resilience of the human spirit after Natascha's loss of her beloved husband.
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
BOOK: A portrait of a marriage and a life – in good times and bad – that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion.
Alison Wertheimer, A Special Scar: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide
BOOK: A 'Special Scar' looks in detail at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life.
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison
BOOK: A book about the difficult subject of suicide.
Phyllis R. Silverman & Madelyn Kelly, A Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Death of a Loved One
BOOK: A book for parents about raising grieving children.
I’m Grieving as Fast as I Can (On Being Widowed) by Linda Feinberg
BOOK: A book about how Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal
Death and How to Survive it by Kate Boydell
BOOK: This book is a unique and practical guide to coming to terms with the loss of your partner
The Empty Bed: Bereavement and the Loss of Love by Susan Wallbank
BOOK: A sensitive book about facing the loss of a sexual partner.
10 Ways to help you through the seasons (Autumn)
WEBSITE: Bereavement UK'S practical guide to helping the bereaved deal with the seasons and anniversaries