The Grief Companion — Printable Bereavement Workbook

The Grief Companion — For the Person Left Behind

Nothing in here will fix it. It was written by somebody who knows that.This is a companion, not a treatment. Somewhere to put your hands on the days when the whole thing is too big to hold.

Inside

What grief actually does — it is not five stages, and it never was. What it does to the

body, why the second year is often harder, and grief for somebody it was complicated with.

The first weeks — you do not have to be functional. A list to hand to people who ask how they can help. Scripts for when your words go.

The long middle — the waves and how to ride them, the if-only loop, and the moment three months in when everybody else’s life resumes and yours does not.

Keeping them — you do not have to let go. Their things, on no deadline. A letter page.

The dates — anniversaries, birthdays, and the fact that the dread before is almost always worse than the day.

The people around you — a tear-out page of what to say and what not to, and a page written for whoever is supporting you.

When it is bigger than a book — an honest page about when grief needs a professional, and pages for losses that get less room than they should: bereavement by suicide, pregnancy and infant loss, the death of a pet, and losing somebody who is still alive.

Also included: eight cards — four to keep in a pocket and four to hand to the people around you — and a one-page plan for a hard day, written in advance while you can still think.

There is no timeline in this book. Grief does not shrink; your life grows around it. You are not behind, and there is nowhere to be.

Please note

This is a self-help companion, not therapy, counselling or treatment, and it does not replace care from a qualified professional. If you are not safe, please contact your local emergency number or a crisis line — the book says so on page two, before anything else.

Digital download. For personal use; digital orders can’t be refunded once delivered.