Deep grief seems to be everywhere these days, both public and private. It is one of the hardest journeys we’ll ever travel and we must do it alone.
Like everyone else, I’ve taken that journey more than once. Close family, dear friends, beloved pets: I’ve grieved them all. As have you. And that’s really how my line of products to help with grief began: with the knowledge that it’s something we all face and with the desire to find something that made the journey a little bit easier.
Our Guided Journal through Grief is one such aid. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I’ve felt like it’s a burden to continue to share my grief with my loved ones. There’s only so many times I can talk about my sadness. And of course, sometimes I want to be alone with it. The Guided Journal means you’ve always have a place to work through your grief, at your own pace and in your own way. Without worry of being judged.
Questions like these allow us to air the feelings that friends and family may not know what to do with. The Guided Journal through Grief has pages of questions–called “prompts”–as well as activities. Each will help you in your healing process. And it IS a process that takes as long as it takes.
No matter how prepared we are for someone’s passing, there are likely to be things unsaid. On this page, you get a chance to say them. To give them light. To send them up to your loved one’s soul.
By the way, you don’t have to write. You can draw, paint or collage with little mementos or images cut from magazines.
Maybe, like me, loved ones have passed suddenly, before you could have a last conversation. What would you say if you knew their passing was imminent? You can say it here. For me, I might write about all the things that I will miss and what I will remember.
I find rituals to be helpful in saying goodbye. Develop your own or use one of the ideas in the Guided Journal through Grief.
As you can see, this really is a grief resource. The journal makes a lovely gift just by itself–it’s affordably priced at only $15.95. It is also one of the components of our beautiful large condolence gift. You can find all our grief support tools here. Those who use them say they are very helpful.
And if you’d like to learn a little more about how to use it, watch this very short video, below.
What a fabulous resource! The exercises are perfect for helping someone work through their grief after a loss; not just a death, but also I think it could work for grieving the end of a romantic relationship or a friendship, too.
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This post is incredibly helpful for me. It’s been three months but the grief returns randomly and with strength. This really helps it though.
A lot of people struggle to talk about their feelings but writing them down I imagine is a big help!
I’ve found walking in nature to be the most relaxing and effective way to deal with grief or stress. I love all the ideas you have in your grief journal. What a wonderful resource.
Grief is definitely a hard thing to deal with. Any extra help is always a good thing.
What a beautiful way to journal and process grief. I could have used something like this a few years ago.
This is a good gift to give to my friend’s daughter who is grieving over the loss of her husband. I feel so sorry for that girl, being widowed at the age of 35, with a 7 year old daughter to raise all by herself. I hope this journal will help her with the grief process.
Grief is serious a journey and one might not truly be healed from a loved one passing. I think a journal will help.
This journal sounds like it would be very helpful for many people. I like how you can work on things and pages at your own pace.
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I am not good about writing things in a journal but then I am not good at talking about it either. Since husband is going through his treatment for some reason I feel like my feelings need to go on the back burner, I know this is not true but doesn’t change anything.
Jotting down my thoughts really help me in dealing with grief as well. I love the journal you have.
Journaling is always key, I think thats why i started my blog. Writing things down and getting it out there helps so much!
I find that writing can help you with grief. And it’s great that you can give someone this journal that can help them cope up with it.
This is such a creative and healing way to deal with grief and hopefully find peace. I hope the Guided Journal through Grief helps a lot of people.
Like you, I sometimes feel that I want to be alone with it, but it’s only when sharing it with someone that makes the pain lighter. Journaling is also a great way to help one heal from his or her grief.
I think writing thoughts down is a great way to work your way through grief Carol. To acknowledge what you feel and what you would have said if you’d had the chance is a great step towards healing and moving forward through the loss of a loved one.
Thanks for linking up with us at #MLSTL and I’ve shared this on my SM
Journaling helps in so many ways. I think it can really help in the healing process when losing a loved one.
When my mom passed away back in 2001 I was in deep deep grief. I was only 16 and couldn’t navigate my way through it all. Very tough stuff is loss. This is a helpful and great guide!
Grief is definitely one of those things that everyone handles differently. This is such an amazing guide to being able to let out those feelings.
This sounds like a great way tool to help deal with grief. I have a friend that recently lost his wife and I think this could help him.
I think this will help anyone immensely. Deep grief can be extremely depressing, and people can tend to feel like they’re drowning in grief.
I have lost numerous people throughout my life and still suffer from overwhelming grief. I think this journal could be very helpful.
It’s always helpful to find additional ways to work through a difficult time Your journal sounds like a good tool.
Such a great perspective. We all handle grief differently, and I think we must allow others to love on anyone they have lost in their own way
This is great advice for dealing with the grieving process. I love the idea of a guided notebook. It is so important to allow yourself to grieve and to support others as well.
This is wonderful. I’ve heard writing thoughts down tends to help with the grieving process.
It really does.
The only time I have been in deep grief was when I have several miscarriages and I wanted another baby. Everyone kept telling me I had enough children already and why was I so sad about it. Sometimes people just don’t understand.
beautiful method for supporting grief.
Keeping a journal and referrng to it is a great idea to handle the loss of a loved one. I wish I could have helped my mother better when she was grieving my dad’s loss.
I try to have no regrets about my friends and family that have passed. I love this opportunity to express your deep grief in a journal form.
I could’ve used something like this when my grandmother passed away. I’ll have to keep this in mind when I have friends who are grieving.
This notebook is so neat and after my daughter passed I would write her letters sharing things that was going on and letting her know how I was feeling and it helped me a lot.
This comes at a wonderful time. A friend of ours just lost his father and he is having a hard time adjusting. I will have to share some of this with him.
I can see this being an incredible part of the healing process. I had a hard time when my mom died. This would have been very helpful.
This guided journal is going to help so many people. Deep grief is often so overwhelming that even when we want to move forward, we don’t know how.
Everyone experiences grief so differently. It can be hard when someone passes unexpectedly. The idea of a letter saying what’s on your mind could be helpful for some.
This is beautiful and there’s no doubt that writing about what you feel or about your thoughts is really going to help you deal with grief better. I think this journal is a must have especially if you feel like you’re left without any options.
I have been struggling since I lost my mom last year. I found that going to yoga classes really helped me.