The Beauty of What Remains - Steve Leder: Grief and loss

Because I Knew You - Dr. Robert C. Macauley: memoir of pediatric doctor about children with terminal illness

Before I Lose My Own Mind - Dr. Beverly Thorn - navigating life as a dementia caregiver

A Beginner's Guide to the End - BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger - practical guide for end of life and dying

Being Mortal - Atul Gawande: This was one of the first books I read when I started exploring death work. I lead a book club reading of it a couple of years ago. It is a look at our current health care system and aging, death and dying. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

Being With the Dying - Joan Halifax: Death and dying

The Best Care Possible - Dr. Ira Byock - a doctor's quest to transform care through end of life

A Better Place: A Memoir of Peace in the Face of Tragedy - Pati Navalta Poblete: Grief after violent death

Beyond Policing - Philip V. McHarris: community activism - justice

Black Widow - Leslie Gray Streeter: "A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like 'Journey' in the Title"

The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk: how trauma physically reshapes the body and mind

Book of Longing -Leonard Cohen: poetry and drawings of Zen buddhist musician Leonard Cohen

Breath Taking - Jessica Fein: Memoir; death and grief

Briefly Perfectly Human - Alua Arthur: Arthur is a well-known death doula; compassionate, soulful examination of how acknowledging death enriches our lives

The Bright Hour - Nina Riggs: memoir of living and dying

I don't know about you guys, but this one was tough. I like the chapters were short, because I found that I could not read many without needing a break to decompress and do some self-care. I think the ideal way to use and consume this book may be to read a chapter or two a week. I appreciate that she is a trauma-informed grief counselor, but I think it is re-triggering and traumatizing to read this in one setting. I'll definitely advise people I refer the book to take this consideration seriously.

How did reading these stories impact you and your grief? Did you find it triggering or healing? Or triggering and then healing?