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Psychoeducational Books

The books included in our psychoeducational category are written by a person with an educational background in a mental health field, and have been vetted by our Soaring Spirits Program Team. The authors of these books may or may not be widowed, but the concepts included in their books will offer valuable resources to anyone mourning a person who has died.

A to Z Healing Toolbox

A to Z Healing Toolbox

A Practical Guide for Navigating Grief and Trauma with Intention

by Susan Hannifin-MacNab, MSW

African American Grief

by Paul Rosenblatt, PhD & Beverly Wallace, PhD, MDiv, MEd

Anxiety the missing stage of grief

The Missing Stage of Grief

by Claire Bidwell-Smith, LCPC

Healing Trauma

by Peter Levine, PH.D.

How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies

by Therese Rando, Ph.D.

Little Ways to Keep Calm and Carry On

Twenty Lessons for Managing Worry, Anxiety, and Fear

by Mark Reinecke, PH.D.

On Grief and Grieving

by Elizabeth Kubler Ross, M.D. & David Kessler

Seven Choices: Finding Daylight After Loss Shatters Your World

Finding Daylight after Loss Shatters Your World

by Elizabeth Harper Neeld, PhD.

The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

The Grief Recovery Handbook

by John James & Russell Friedman

The Healing Power of the Breath: Simple Techniques to Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Enhance Concentration and Balance Your Emotions

by Richard Brown, MD & Patricia Gerbarg, MD

The Post-Traumatic Insomnia Workbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Overcoming Sleep Problems After Trauma

by Karin and Laurel Thompson and Franklin

The Posttraumatic Growth Workbook

by Richard Tedeschi, PhD & Bret Moore, PsyD, ABPP

Peer Recommendations

Our peer recommendation category offers a space within our library for community members to recommend books related to grief and widowhood that they've found valuable. These books are not individually vetted, but have helped a widowed person who took the time to recommend the book to others.

A Grief Observed

by C.S. Lewis

Everything Happens For a Reason…And Other Lies I’ve Loved

by Kate Bowler

Healing Your Traumatized Heart

100 Practical Ideas After Someone You Love Dies A Sudden, Violent Death

by Alan D. Wolfelt PH.D.

Healthy Healing: A Guide to Working Out Grief Using the Power of Exercise and Endorphins

by Michelle Steinke-Baumgard

Open to Hope: Inspirational Stories for Handling the Holidays After Loss

by Dr. Gloria Horsley & Dr. Heidi Horsley

When Your Spouse Dies

A concise and practical source of help and advice

by Cathleen Curry

You Can’t Do It Alone

by Maria Quiban Whitesell

Your Grief, Your Way

by Shelby Forsythia

Camp Widow Presenter Books

Soaring Spirits' flagship program, Camp Widow, has been supported by a huge group of volunteer presenters who have shared their personal experiences, their wisdom, and their hearts with our community at any of our camp events. These books are all written by an author who has donated their time to at least one camp weekend. We list their books, which have not been individually vetted, to thank them for the generous support and to offer a broader audience access to the lessons they've taught onsite at Camp Widow.

Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time

by Rachel Kodanaz

From Heartbreak to Wholeness

by Kristine Carlson

From Scratch

by Tembi Locke

Grief Quest

A Workbook and Journal to Heal the Grieving Heart

by I.J. Weinstock

It’s OK That You’re Not OK

Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn't Understand

by Megan Devine

Letters to the Widowed Community

by Kerry Phillips

Living with Loss, One Day at a Time

by Rachel Kodanaz

My Husband is Not a Rainbow

by Kelley Lynn Shepherd

Open to Hope

by Dr. Gloria Horsley & Dr. Heidi Horsley

Radical Survivor

by Dr. Nancy Saltzman

The Alchemy of Loss

by Abigail Carter

The Grief Practice

by Monique Minahan

The Unedited Heart: Letters on Loss

by Monique Minahan

Widows’ Words

Women Write on the Experience of Grief, The First Year, The Long Haul, and Everything in Between

by Alice Goode-Elman, Kelli Dunham & Penelope Dugan

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Phone: 877-671-4071

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