Loss

Everyone faces loss, and everyone grieves. But grief is as unique as a thumbprint - not everyone grieves the same losses or in the same way. This can feel lonely and isolating, especially when people don't know what to do or say. A Guide to Grief covers everything you need to know about death and loss that no one wants to talk about, including:

• What to expect in the days, months and years after loss
• The different kinds of loss
• How to ask for help
• How to help a grieving friend

In this unique and compassionate guide, renowned grief counselor Helen Fitzgerald turns her attention to the special needs of adolescents struggling with loss and gives teens the tools they need to work through their pain and grief.

Fitzgerald guides teens through everything from the sickbed to the funeral, from the first day back at school to the first anniversary of the death. Above all, she lets teens know that even in their darkest hour, they are not alone.

Does my child understand? I wonder what they are thinking and feeling. A child's grief experience is very complex and differs dependent on developmental level, age, and relationship to the person who died. It is so important that children receive the opportunity to intentionally process their grief with a provider trained in trauma and grief in children.

This is a 1:1 45 minute video session for children 4 and above to meet with a mental health provider from Hearts Connected, an organization connecting children and families to child life support services nationwide. All practitioners have extensive experience and expertise supporting children 0-21 with grief and loss.

Every session is tailored to the individual needs of the child and family. A session may involve education about death and dying, a therapeutic activity, memory making, or emotional processing. At the end of a session, the child's parent will have a chance to meet with the provider and go over the needs assessed during that session for ongoing support.

Parents will also be provided access to a private Facebook group including support, resources, research, and education for parents surrounding children's grief.

This session is available as a care package add-on. A gift certificate with instructions for booking the session will be included in the recipient’s package.

Award-winning author Andrew Larsen beautifully captures the special bond between a child and a grandparent, and sensitively deals with a child’s loss of a loved one. Using the motif of their shared love of birds and its physical manifestation in the form of the bird feeder allows for a continuity in the child’s life that puts the loss in a larger context.

Larsen offers an authentic, straightforward presentation of the process of a loved one’s death, from being sick, to going to the hospice, to participating less and less in their relationship, to death.

It will lead young readers to ask their own questions about life, death and how we remember those who die. The cool palette and simple lines in Dorothy Leung’s art evoke empathy for the child’s experience, while the presence of the birds adds life and hope to the visual story.

For the person who’s heard “you’re so strong” for the hundredth time and is just trying to get through the day. This care package pairs cozy socks, mood-matching chocolate, and a little self-care with Leslie Harter-Berg’s refreshingly honest, darkly funny take on life after loss. Calling out the well-meaning clichés that surround grief, Leslie reminds us there’s no right way to grieve and no magic formula for moving on. Sometimes, you just need to feel the feelings, eat the chocolate, take the damn day off, and curl up with a book by someone who gets it.

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Charcoal Sheet Mask | LAPCOS - Draws our impurities and leaves skin feeling silky-smooth. 1 mask.

Cloud Socks - Cactus Flower | Le Bon Shoppe - Soft & cozy terry socks for night and day. One size fits most.

Grumpy Moodibar - Dark Chocolate | Astor Chocolate Company - Take emotional eating to a whole new level with this 'Grumpy' chocolate bar.

Salty Moodibar | Astor Chocolate - Take emotional eating to a whole new level with this 'Salty' chocolate bar. 

You're So Strong: On Grief and Letting Go of My Favorite Compliment | Leslie Harter-Berg - A refreshingly honest, darkly funny memoir-meets-grief-guide about navigating life after loss, letting go of expectations, and figuring out how to grieve without doing it “right.”

When someone is in the thick it, “you’ve got this” can feel a little ambitious. This care package offers comfort without clichés. It pairs practical, evidence-based support from grief expert Dr. Lucy Hone with a few small reminders to slow down, rest and take care of themselves along the way.

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How Will I Ever Get Through This? | Dr. Lucy Hone - Evidence-based tools to help you heal from hardship, grief and loss.

Self Care Candle | Anecdote Candles - smells like face masks and do not disturb. 7.8 oz.

Stress Relief Bath Soak | Latika - grapefruit, peppermint, lemongrass and rosemary bath soak made with 100% pure essential oils for a relaxing bath experience.

Toffee Chocolate Covered Pretzels | Fatty Sundays - perfectly salted pretzels, silky smooth milk chocolate and crunchy, buttery toffee bits make for the perfect sweet treat.

There is no right way to grieve a loss to suicide - and no perfect thing to say. This care package offers thoughtful support for the days when simply getting through is enough. With an insightful book blending personal experience and medical understanding, something sweet to snack on, and a soothing bath bomb for moments of physical rest, it provides comfort without pressure, platitudes, or expectations.

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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Crunchies | Milk Bar - Deep, caramelized, buttery and packed with crunch from crispy rice cereal, these bite-sized treats serve a satisfying crunch any time of day. 4.5 oz.

Life After Suicide: Finding Courage, Comfort & Community After Unthinkable Loss | Dr. Jennifer Ashton -  Written by physician and former Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News Dr. Jennifer Ashton, this compassionate book blends deeply personal experience with medical insight, offering understanding, guidance, and a sense of community to those grieving (or supporting someone through) the loss of a loved one to suicide.

Muscle Soak Bath Bomb | Latika - made with 100% pure essential oils for muscle and congestion relief.

Created by Grief and Transformational Life Coach Tara Accardo, this guided journal offers a gentle daily practice for checking in, reflecting, and making space for grief. Thoughtful morning and evening prompts encourage greater self-awareness, resilience, gratitude, and personal growth - one day at a time.

When life gives lemons, this care package may be exactly what’s needed. Created in collaboration with Tara Accardo, grief coach and founder of Losses Become Gains, this thoughtful collection brings together tools for finding moments of comfort, reflection, and renewal during grief or any difficult season. With Tara’s guided journal, a bright citrus candle, cozy socks, a calming essential-oil roll-on, and matches bearing a gentle reminder that every ending can ignite a beginning, it offers meaningful support without pretending everything is suddenly fine.

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Balance Essential Oil Roll-on | Thistle Farms - A soothing blend of 100% essential oils created to help harmonize the body and mind.

Cloud Socks - Lemon | Le Bon Shoppe - Soft and cozy lemon-yellow terry socks for comfort day or night. One size fits most.

Lemon Verbena Apothecary Candle | GoodLight - A relaxing candle with uplifting notes of fresh citrus and fragrant herbs. 3 oz.

Losses Become Gains Daily Journal | Tara Accardo - Created by Grief and Transformational Life Coach Tara Accardo, this guided journal features a thoughtful prompt for each day, offering support and space for reflection while navigating grief, loss, or hardship.

New Beginning Matches | Studio Portmanteau - A sleek white matchbox featuring the dark green foil–embossed words, “every ending ignites a beginning.

This self-paced online course from What’s Your Grief helps grievers better understand their grief and develop practical ways to cope with life after loss. 

• Basic truths about grief
• The myth of the grief timeline
• Different types of grief
• Secondary losses
• An overview of grief theory
• How to navigate your support system
• Locating resources in your community and online
• Building a personalized coping toolkit

Participants can begin whenever they’re ready and move through the course at their own pace. An included PDF workbook offers optional activities to help them reflect on their individual experience and create a personalized, reliable toolkit for coping with grief.

This course is available as a care package add-on. A gift certificate with instructions for accessing the online course will be included in the recipient’s package.

This self-paced online course from What’s Your Grief helps grievers navigate holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, and other meaningful occasions after loss. Through compassionate guidance and practical coping tools, the course explores:

Participants can begin whenever they’re ready and move through the course at their own pace, making it a thoughtful source of support for the holiday season and beyond.

This course is available as a care package add-on. A gift certificate with instructions for accessing the online course will be included in the recipient’s package.

Gift a digital library of playful, self-soothing, 5-minute videos by Roots Up. The videos include evidence-based mind/body tools to help children relieve stress, navigate big emotions, build emotional resilience, and develop healthy coping skills.

Although the library was designed for children ages 4-12, caregivers of all ages have benefited from the videos alongside the children they care for. The videos are easy to use (just press play), and were co-designed with children to support them on their emotional healing journeys. 

Each video includes deep breathing, mindfulness, yoga postures and guided imagery, all evidence-based techniques that offer in-the-moment relief and life-long coping skills. All videos in the library are backed by research, trauma-informed, offer seated and movement options, and were designed to support children of all neurotypes. 

Here's what people are saying:

“Roots Up’s guided meditation library was the only ticket to sleep that my daughter had for a long time. The videos became our bedtime ritual. I can't begin to express how grateful I was to have found Roots Up and for the impact that it had on my daughter and our family." 

This subscription is available as a care package add-on. A gift certificate with instructions for accessing the library will be included in the recipient’s package.

What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir.

If you’re suffering from anxiety but not sure why, or if you’re struggling with loss and looking for solace, Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief offers help and answers. As grief expert Claire Bidwell Smith discovered in her own life—and in her practice with her therapy clients—significant loss and unresolved grief are primary underpinnings of anxiety.  

With concrete tools and coping strategies for panic attacks, getting a handle on anxious thoughts, and more, Smith bridges these two emotions in a way that is deeply empathetic and profoundly practical.