SECULAR GRIEF LIBRARY
This library is a searchable list of links to blog entries, magazine articles, research, podcasts, videos and online discussions about grief and grief support. Many of them focus specifically on the experience of grieving as a nonbeliever; others address more general topics. All of the links — except where noted — are all free of religious, spiritual or pseudo-scientific content. The library is categorized by topic, such as advice, children and grief, widowhood, psychology, and funerals but you can also sort specifically for grief blogs, audio or video. Just use the pull-down menu below to find a particular topic or format.
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Advice
- "I'll Pray for You" O’Riordan, Aoife
- 10 Things That Changed Me After the Death of a Parent Schmidt, Lisa
- 10 Things Those Who Know Loss Understand Barney, Kendyl
- 10 Ways to Help a Grieving Friend (warning: secular advice but from clergy members) McKay, Brett and Kate (originally by Howard Whitman)
- 12 Mistakes Parents Make When Talking to Kids About Death Russell, Wendy Thomas
- 12 Things Not to Say to Grieving Nonbelievers Christina, Greta
- 19 honest things I wish someone told me about losing a loved one Starts at 60 Writers
- 5 Essential Coping Strategies after a Loss—How to Survive the Numbness. Schwartz, Claire M.
- 5 Ways To Comfort an Atheist Sylvia, JJ IV
- 6 Ways to Survive the Holidays Without Your Child Miller, Angela
- Acknowledging Our Grief Anniversaries Pavlovitz, John
- Adventure of Grief, The Warburton, Geoff
- Advice for Grieving Polyamorous Atheists Advice from Reddit User BasketCompetitive113
- Are There Stages in Grief Steele, Donald, PhD
- Ask Richard: Atheist Asked to Give Religious Reading at a Funeral Wade, Richard
- Ask Richard: Grieving Atheist Responds to “He’s in Heaven Now.” Wade, Richard
- Ask Richard: Should I Come Out to My Dying Father? Wade, Richard
- Atheists Need Help Mourning, Too Carter, Neil
- Bearing Witness Hoffman, Nanea
- Big Question: Death, The Loethen, Karen
- Books for Bereaved Children Mason, Marily
- Comment on "My friend just died. I don't know what to do." GSnow
- Condolences: Study reveals what NOT to say when consoling the bereaved Dolan, Eric W.
- Coping with grief and loss during the holidays Harvard Health Blog
- Coping with Sudden Death Rando, Therese Ph.D.
- Dealing With Death Mehta, Hemant
- Dealing with Death in the Secular Family Gibbons, Kendyl
- Dealing with “You Should Be Over It By Now.” Hughes, Lynne B.
- Death, Grief and Love Chuman, Joseph
- Don’t Just Hang in There: It’s Time to Retire Certain Myths about Grief Russell, Wendy Thomas
- Even More Sex And Grief And Why You’re Normal Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Finding Our Tribe Rodríguez, Tré Miller
- Five Healthy Things that You, As An Atheist, Can Do Right Now To Feel Better While Grieving Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- For the Newly Bereaved Secret Badge of Honor
- For Those Who Hurt On Mother's Day Pavlovitz, Jon
- Funeral ceremony ideas and inspiration Humanists UK
- Getting Through Grief By Hanging On to Yourself Smolowe, Jill
- Godless Grief- It's Okay to Feel Jones, Cathe
- Grief and Facebook: the good, the bad and the ugly Williams, Litsa. whatsyourgrief.com
- Grief and Loss Help Guide Helpguide.org
- Grief and Loss In the Workplace (PDF) Dyer, Kirsti A.
- Grief And The Solace Of Nature Liebenow, Mark
- Grief At The Office: When A Coworker Loses A Loved One Shin, Laura
- Grief Do's and Don'ts Teena
- Grief does not come in stages and it's not the same for everyone Bonanno, George
- Grief In The Classroom: 'Saying Nothing Says A Lot' Nadworny, Elissa
- Grief Rituals Are More Important Than Ever Cannon, Jamie MS, LPC
- Grieving without belief in God or an Afterlife (Freethinking Jew Guest Post) Hensler, Rebecca
- Guest Post: My Atheist Advice to Grieving Ten-Year-Olds Mehalick, Susan Lynne
- Guest Post: Truly Listen Anonymous
- Handling grief differs from person to person Komaroff, Anthony
- Has Grief Made You Lose Your Mind? Devine, Megan
- Heaven Doesn’t Help Us: Talking to Kids about Death Russell, Wendy Thomas
- How Do Atheists Handle the Fear of Death? Ray, Dr. Darrel
- How Grief Can Make You Sick Gupta, Dr. Sanjay
- How I learned the secret rule of grief Trask, Sheila M.
- How not to say the wrong thing Silk, Susan; Goldman, Barry
- How to Help a Grieving Friend: 11 Things to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do Devine, Megan
- How to Help a Grieving Loved One During the Holidays EmilyPost.com
- If Grief Could Speak, Here Are Five Things It Would Say Minahan, Monique
- In Search of the Elusive Atheist Counselor Guzikowski, Patricia
- Interactive Self-Care Flowchart philome.la
- Is your grief really ALL grief? It’s time to ask yourself some questions. West, Kristie
- It’s OK to Never ‘Get Over’ Your Grief Slawkowski-Rode, Mikolaj
- Living with grief. A reflective account of unspoken truths surrounding death. Parmenter, Sarah
- Losing A Parent: Expert Tips For Coping With The Grief Laurence, Emily
- Losing someone you love, and saying goodbye Manatee
- Losing your parents as an adult: advice on how to cope Samuel, Julia in conversation with Jenni Murray, BBC4
- Meaning of Death, The: Part 3 of Many: Fear, Grief, and Actually Experiencing Your Emotions Christina, Greta
- Mourning in a Digital Age Feiler, Bruce
- MOVING FORWARD, NOT MOVING ON Leigh
- New Ways to Think About Grief Konigsberg, Ruth Davis
- No One Has to Grieve Alone Leary, Lani, PhD
- Obliterated Place, The (Advice Column #78) Strayed, Cheryl (Dear Sugar)
- Overcoming grief: It will go if we don’t cling to it Hancock, Jennifer
- Permission Slips Laus. Melissa
- Pintrest: Secular Funerals Secular Family Support
- Power of Empathy, The Brown, Brené, PhD
- Questions & Answers Five Years Later Lilly, Lisa M.
- Real Stages of Grief Meek, Phil, PhD
- Rebecca Hensler (Grief Beyond Belief Founder) on Miami Valley Skeptics Miami Valley Skeptics Podcast
- Receiving Visitors During Times of Grief DeLonge, Melanie. emilypost.com
- Resources for Mourners Hancock, Jennifer
- Response to a comment on grieving. Eberhard, JT
- Sam Harris – Death and the Present Moment Harris, Sam
- Sex and Grief Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- So You're Going to Die Israel, Kirk and James Harvey
- Suicide From The Other Side Of The Table Staang, Debra. Alliance of Hope
- Suicide grief: Healing after a loved one's suicide Mayo Clinic Staff
- Surviving the Holidays Through Loss, Grief and Pain McGuinness, Devan
- Sympathy 101 for Atheists with AS Kylyssa
- Sympathy for the Heathen: 5 Things to Write To A Grieving Atheist Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Talking to Our Kids About Death While Dealing With Our Own Guilt Loethen, Karen
- Talking to Your Child About the Loss of a Loved One Worden, J.W. PhD
- The Difference Between Complicated Grief and Normal Grief O’Neill, Rhonda
- Things Nobody Tells You About Grief, The Parmenter, Sarah
- Thinking About the Best Ways to Comfort Grieving Kids? Think Again. Russell, Wendy Thomas
- To all the people who find Mother's Day hard to celebrate, this is for you Corcione, Danielle
- To hug or not to hug? Hensler, Rebecca
- Way to Honor Life, A Davis, Cortney
- What I Would Say To Myself Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- What should we think about death? British Humanist Association
- What to Say to Someone Who Is Grieving EmilyPost.com
- What to say – and not say – to a friend who’s bereaved Walker, Suzy
- What You Say To Someone Who’s Grieving Vs. What They Hear Gomez, Charlotte
- why can’t you smile? Devine, Megan
- You don’t need God for comfort: 7 places atheists can turn to in times of need Christina, Greta
- “Find A Remedy” Farley, Kelly
Anticipatory Grief
- Anticipatory grief: Its nature, impact, and reasons for contradictory findings Reynolds, Linda and Derek Botha
- Finding Joy in My Father's Death Patchett, Ann
- Notes From a Dragon Mom Rapp, Emily
- What's Been Going On Christina, Greta
Audio
- After Tragedy, Nonbelievers Find Other Ways To Cope Hagerty, Barbara Bradly
- Atheist Funeral, The Andrews, Seth
- Evangelism and Death Geeks Without God (With guest Jennifer Oullette)
- For children grieving loss, a summer camp helps find connection and healing NPR Weekend Edition
- Grief Beyond Belief Episode of The Thinking Atheist Andrews, Seth
- Grief is a 'hamster wheel': How a memoir about death can still be funny McInerny Purmort, Nora (interview)
- Grief Without God Andrews, Seth
- In Nomine Patris Mei (podcast interview with Rebecca Hensler and secular tribute to a father) Bar Room Atheist Podcast
- Losing your parents as an adult: advice on how to cope Samuel, Julia in conversation with Jenni Murray, BBC4
- My interview with Marian Finucane about my late wife Anne Holliday, grief and atheism Nugent, Michael
- Planning Ahead Can Make a Difference in the End (You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral) Freeman, Aaron
- Rebecca Hensler (Grief Beyond Belief Founder) on Miami Valley Skeptics Miami Valley Skeptics Podcast
Babyloss and Miscarriage
- Atheism, Infertility and Grief (Content Warning: Religious content on site but not in this blog.) Mandy
- Atheist Dealing with Miscarriage, An idreamofbuttercream
- Elijah, The story of our premature baby Halse, James
- For the Newly Bereaved Secret Badge of Honor
- Grieving without Believing Secret Badge of Honor
- Memorial for Elijah Joakim Halse Halse, James
- Moments of Clarity Johnson, Jenalea
- Mother’s Day, Miscarriage and the Surreal Red Line between Birth and Death Rachel
- MOVING FORWARD, NOT MOVING ON Leigh
- My 14-month-old son Archer died in his sleep. Babb, Chloe
- My child is not in heaven: Your religion only makes my grief harder Blossom, Priscilla
- People Have Misconceptions About Miscarriage, And That Can Hurt Hobson, Katherine
- Rebecca Hensler (Grief Beyond Belief Founder) on Miami Valley Skeptics Miami Valley Skeptics Podcast
- Support for an atheist mom devastated by the Death of her child? missknelson
- Thomas Gray lived six days, but his life has lasting impact Vitez, Michael
- To hug or not to hug? Hensler, Rebecca
- Where Is Tweenky Dee? Tweenky Dee
- Why I am an atheist – Cathy Oliver Oliver, Cathy
Books and Book Reviews
- Books for Bereaved Children Mason, Marily
- Good Grief O’Rourke, Meghan
- Good Grief, Bad Grief? Perry, Susan K., PhD
- Grief is a 'hamster wheel': How a memoir about death can still be funny McInerny Purmort, Nora (interview)
- Truth About Grief, The: The Myth of Its Five Stages [Book Review] Tartakovsky, Margarita M.S.
Children and Grief
- 12 Mistakes Parents Make When Talking to Kids About Death Russell, Wendy Thomas
- Atheist parents comfort children about death without talk of God or heaven Boorstein, Michelle
- Big Question: Death, The Loethen, Karen
- Books for Bereaved Children Mason, Marily
- Dealing with Death in the Secular Family Gibbons, Kendyl
- Developmental Pathways for the Prevention of Depression in Parentally-Bereaved Youth Press Release published on WebWire
- For children grieving loss, a summer camp helps find connection and healing NPR Weekend Edition
- Genesis and Revelation Lane, Alessia
- Grief In The Classroom: 'Saying Nothing Says A Lot' Nadworny, Elissa
- Grief Reactions Subside In Most Children And Teens Whose Parent Dies Suddenly, But May Persist Or Increase In Some Cases Fisher, Christopher, PhD
- Guest Post: My Atheist Advice to Grieving Ten-Year-Olds Mehalick, Susan Lynne
- Heaven Doesn’t Help Us: Talking to Kids about Death Russell, Wendy Thomas
- How Do Atheists Handle the Fear of Death? Ray, Dr. Darrel
- Talking to Our Kids About Death While Dealing With Our Own Guilt Loethen, Karen
- Talking to Your Child About the Loss of a Loved One Worden, J.W. PhD
- Teaching My Son Godless Grief While Surrounded by a Devout Family Kirabo, Sincere
- Thinking About the Best Ways to Comfort Grieving Kids? Think Again. Russell, Wendy Thomas
- What should we think about death? British Humanist Association
- When Do Kids Understand Death? Hughes, Virginia
Common Grief Symptoms and Experiences
- 5 Essential Coping Strategies after a Loss—How to Survive the Numbness. Schwartz, Claire M.
- Acknowledging Our Grief Anniversaries Pavlovitz, John
- Even More Sex And Grief And Why You’re Normal Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Grief Rituals Are More Important Than Ever Cannon, Jamie MS, LPC
- How does grief cause physical pain? Kelly, Jon
- How Grief Can Make You Sick Gupta, Dr. Sanjay
- It’s OK to Never ‘Get Over’ Your Grief Slawkowski-Rode, Mikolaj
- Losing A Parent: Expert Tips For Coping With The Grief Laurence, Emily
- Sex and Grief Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Things Nobody Tells You About Grief, The Parmenter, Sarah
- This is what grief feels like Hughes, Sali
- What to say – and not say – to a friend who’s bereaved Walker, Suzy
Complicated Grief
- A Grief So Deep it Won't Die Span, Paula
- Center For Complicated Grief, The Columbia University School of Social Work
- Distinguishing Grief, Complicated Grief, and Depression Pies, Ronald W. MD, M. Katherine Shear, MD, Sidney Zisook, MD
- The Difference Between Complicated Grief and Normal Grief O’Neill, Rhonda
- The mourning after: Our understanding of grief is changing George, Anesha
- When Grief Won’t Relent Brody, Jane E.
Death
- "Death is Not Final" Debate (contains spiritual beliefs from one side of debate) Carroll, Sean and Dr. Steven Novella v. Dr. Raymond Moody and Dr. Eben Alexander
- Afterlife Andrews, Seth
- Are we ready to face death without religion? Lee, Adam
- Ask Richard: Should I Come Out to My Dying Father? Wade, Richard
- Atheism, Death, and the Difference between Pessimism and Realism Christina, Greta
- Atheist Death, Loss and Grief thankthesnake
- Atheist's Perspective on Death, An Cornish, Keith S.
- Baby, You’re a Firework! – Humanism and the Hereafter Croft, James
- Death Of My Father, The: When someone close to you dies, the very fabric of your life is ripped to shreds. Is Philosophy any consolation? Baggini, Julian
- Death through the eyes of an atheist Wall, James Kirk
- Do We Concede the Ground of Death Too Easily? Christina, Greta
- Getting Atheists to Talk About Death Christina, Greta
- How Do Atheists Handle the Fear of Death? Ray, Dr. Darrel
- How often do you think about death? From the Ashes of Faith Blog
- How Should an Atheist Think About Death?, New York Times Yancy,George interview with Todd May
- How Should Rationalist Approach Death Skepticon 4 Panel Christina, Greta and James Croft, Julia Galef, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Jesse Galef
- I do not fear Death Ebert, Roger
- Meaning of Death, The: Part 3 of Many: Fear, Grief, and Actually Experiencing Your Emotions Christina, Greta
- Meaning of Death, The: Part One of Many Christina, Greta
- On Death, and Life, and a Quite Marvellous Day O’Riordan, Aoife
- Physics and the Immortality of the Soul Carroll, Sean
- Prizefighting And The Limits Of Agnosticism Noë, Alva
- Prophet, The (debunking of Dr. Eben Alexander's Proof of Heaven) Dittrich, Luke
- Sam Harris – Death and the Present Moment Harris, Sam
- So You're Going to Die Israel, Kirk and James Harvey
- The Meaning of Death, Part 2 of Many: Motivation and Mid-Life Crises Christina, Greta
- Those Old Pearly Gates Lee, Adam
- What should we think about death? British Humanist Association
- Why Atheists Aren't Afraid to Die Peron, James
Discussions
- Comment on "My friend just died. I don't know what to do." GSnow
- Forward Thinking: Round up of Responses: How Should We Collectively Mourn, While Respecting Individual Beliefs and Grieving Needs? Compendium
- New and Grieving Atheist Fitzpatrick, Grace
- Recent Widow Moss, Paul D.
- Saying Goodbye to a Friend TheSixthGlass
- Support for an atheist mom devastated by the Death of her child? missknelson
- Today I went to my very first atheist funeral… -xCaMRocKx-
Etiquette
- How to Help a Grieving Loved One During the Holidays EmilyPost.com
- It’s OK to Never ‘Get Over’ Your Grief Slawkowski-Rode, Mikolaj
- Receiving Visitors During Times of Grief DeLonge, Melanie. emilypost.com
- What to Say to Someone Who Is Grieving EmilyPost.com
Funerals
- An Atheist Goes to Church and Kinda-Sorta Encounters the Religious Experience Kirabo, Sincere
- Anniversary rekindling O’Riordan, Aoife
- Ask Richard: Atheist Asked to Give Religious Reading at a Funeral Wade, Richard
- Atheist Funeral Customs Funeralwise
- Atheist Funeral, The Andrews, Seth
- Being an Atheist at a Christian Funeral CRD
- Burying Your Dead Without Religion (CW: small mentions of spirituality) Green, Emma
- Death and ritual. Eberhard, JT
- Finding Our Tribe Rodríguez, Tré Miller
- Forward Thinking: Mourning Death Collectively Fincke, Dan
- Forward Thinking: Round up of Responses: How Should We Collectively Mourn, While Respecting Individual Beliefs and Grieving Needs? Compendium
- Funeral ceremony ideas and inspiration Humanists UK
- Going to your (Catholic) funeral O’Riordan, Aoife
- How to Hold a Funeral Without God Mehta, Hemant
- Human roots, goddy bark Fox, Hank
- Humanist Ceremonies: Sample Funeral Scripts (PDF) Humanists UK
- Humanist Funeral Customs Funeralwise
- Memorial for Elijah Joakim Halse Halse, James
- On Atheist Grieving Pelland, Jennifer
- Over My Dead Body Digital Cuttlefish
- Pintrest: Secular Funerals Secular Family Support
- Planning Ahead Can Make a Difference in the End (You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral) Freeman, Aaron
- Putting Together a Godless Funeral Guest Contributor
- Receiving Visitors During Times of Grief DeLonge, Melanie. emilypost.com
- Secular Memorials and Funerals Without God Gaylor, Annie Laurie
- There Are Humanist Funerals Croft, James
- Tillman Story, The – Richard speaks about his brother Tillman, Richard
- Today I went to my very first atheist funeral… -xCaMRocKx-
- When God Is Not Invited to the Funeral Burger, Kevyn
- When Religion Stayed Out of the Funeral Foster, Michael
Grief and Creativity
- Grief: a Beautiful Place to Visit Gallo-Brown, Alex
Grief Blogs
- Elijah, The story of our premature baby Halse, James
- Even More Sex And Grief And Why You’re Normal Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Finding Our Tribe Rodríguez, Tré Miller
- Greta Christina's Grief Diary Christina, Greta
- Grieving Atheist, The Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- I Talk About Him Behrndt, Lexi
- It's Okay to Mention Him Behrndt, Lexi
- My Grief Is Not Staged Van Deven, Mandy
- My Public Journal Horrocks, Suzanne
- Patience and Fortitude York, KimBoo
- This is what grief feels like Hughes, Sali
- Trying to Find the Words York, KimBoo
Grief Support Organizations
- For children grieving loss, a summer camp helps find connection and healing NPR Weekend Edition
Grieving a Child
- 6 Ways to Survive the Holidays Without Your Child Miller, Angela
- Being the Mother of a Child Who Died — On Mother's Day McCarthy, Claire
- Describing Grief Belkin, Lisa
- Ducking Grief Leddy, K.A.
- For the Newly Bereaved Secret Badge of Honor
- For Those Who Hurt On Mother's Day Pavlovitz, Jon
- Grieving without Believing Secret Badge of Honor
- Haunted Secret Badge of Honor
- I Talk About Him Behrndt, Lexi
- It's Okay to Mention Him Behrndt, Lexi
- Lament For a Son Wolterstorff, Nicholas
- Memorial for Elijah Joakim Halse Halse, James
- Mother’s Day, Miscarriage and the Surreal Red Line between Birth and Death Rachel
- MOVING FORWARD, NOT MOVING ON Leigh
- My 14-month-old son Archer died in his sleep. Babb, Chloe
- My child is not in heaven: Your religion only makes my grief harder Blossom, Priscilla
- My Sons' Diagnosis Didn't Happen for a Reason, and That's OK, Even Though It's Not Riggs, Ashley
- Notes From a Dragon Mom Rapp, Emily
- Obliterated Place, The (Advice Column #78) Strayed, Cheryl (Dear Sugar)
- Rebecca Hensler (Grief Beyond Belief Founder) on Miami Valley Skeptics Miami Valley Skeptics Podcast
- Remembering Abi: How Lucy Hone lives with the loss of her daughter Hone, Lucy
- Support for an atheist mom devastated by the Death of her child? missknelson
- Thomas Gray lived six days, but his life has lasting impact Vitez, Michael
- To hug or not to hug? Hensler, Rebecca
- When Grief Is Like Another Child You Must Take Care Of Kranz, Libby
- “Find A Remedy” Farley, Kelly
Grieving a Friend
- Grieving Without God: How Atheists Deal with Death Valentino, Jamie; Vice
Grieving a Parent
- 10 Things That Changed Me After the Death of a Parent Schmidt, Lisa
- A dirty secret called grief Aldridge, Kiran
- A PLACE ON EARTH, A: RITUAL, GRIEF, & MOURNING AS AN ATHEIST, PART 2 Guidry, Meghan
- Atheism at the Bedside of the Dying Fox, Hank
- Avijit Roy, by his daughter: “everyone… share his story” Ahmed, Trisha
- Big Question: Death, The Loethen, Karen
- Comfort Food Cain, William Farlin
- Dad Keane, Jen
- Day I Should Have Believed In God, The Passin, Laura
- Finding Joy in My Father's Death Patchett, Ann
- Five Years Cain, William Farlin
- For Those Who Hurt On Mother's Day Pavlovitz, Jon
- Four Months Today Horrocks, Suzanne
- Four Years Ago – Some Thoughts On Grief Fuller, Robert
- Good grief, let us grieve Schall, Cait
- Greta Christina's Grief Diary Christina, Greta
- Grief is a 'hamster wheel': How a memoir about death can still be funny McInerny Purmort, Nora (interview)
- Grief: a Beautiful Place to Visit Gallo-Brown, Alex
- Grieving My Mother In The Digital Age Corcione, Danielle
- How to Kill the Dead Fox, Hank
- In Nomine Patris Mei (podcast interview with Rebecca Hensler and secular tribute to a father) Bar Room Atheist Podcast
- Limits to Secular Grief, The Thamm, Marianne
- Living with grief. A reflective account of unspoken truths surrounding death. Parmenter, Sarah
- Long Goodbye, The O’Rourke, Meghan
- Losing A Parent: Expert Tips For Coping With The Grief Laurence, Emily
- Losing your parents as an adult: advice on how to cope Samuel, Julia in conversation with Jenni Murray, BBC4
- Motherless Child Goemans, Deborah June
- My Grief Is Not Staged Van Deven, Mandy
- New and Grieving Atheist Fitzpatrick, Grace
- No Point Bereaving an Atheist’s Bereavement. Teddy
- Patience and Fortitude York, KimBoo
- PLACE ON EARTH, A: RITUAL, GRIEF, & MOURNING AS AN ATHEIST, PART 1 Guidry, Meghan
- Questions & Answers Five Years Later Lilly, Lisa M.
- Second-Hand Grief Abby, Laura Leigh
- The hero dies in this one: a tribute to my mom Hernandez, Alex
- This is what grief feels like Hughes, Sali
- To all the people who find Mother's Day hard to celebrate, this is for you Corcione, Danielle
- What I Would Say To Myself Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- What Losing Your Mother Feels Like Oakes-Ash, Rachael
- What's Been Going On Christina, Greta
- What’s So Damn Funny About Death? Prato, Liz
- Why I am an atheist – Rolf Schmidt Schmidt, Rolf
Grieving a Sibling
- Evangelism and Death Geeks Without God (With guest Jennifer Oullette)
- Moment that changed me – the death of my sister and the grief that followed, A Dawson, Emma
Holidays and Anniversaries
- 6 Ways to Survive the Holidays Without Your Child Miller, Angela
- Acknowledging Our Grief Anniversaries Pavlovitz, John
- Being the Mother of a Child Who Died — On Mother's Day McCarthy, Claire
- Coping with grief and loss during the holidays Harvard Health Blog
- Five Van Deven, Mandy
- For Those Who Hurt On Mother's Day Pavlovitz, Jon
- How to Help a Grieving Loved One During the Holidays EmilyPost.com
- Mother’s Day, Miscarriage and the Surreal Red Line between Birth and Death Rachel
- Surviving the Holidays Through Loss, Grief and Pain McGuinness, Devan
- To all the people who find Mother's Day hard to celebrate, this is for you Corcione, Danielle
Humor
- Even More Sex And Grief And Why You’re Normal Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Finding Our Tribe Rodríguez, Tré Miller
- Grief is a 'hamster wheel': How a memoir about death can still be funny McInerny Purmort, Nora (interview)
- How to Communicate with a Friend from Beyond the Grave Weiner, Zach
- Leading Cause Of Death In U.S. Is God Needing Another Angel Onion, The
- So You're Going to Die Israel, Kirk and James Harvey
- What’s So Damn Funny About Death? Prato, Liz
Online Grief
- Enter the Grief Police Garber, Megan. The Atlantic
- Grief and Facebook: the good, the bad and the ugly Williams, Litsa. whatsyourgrief.com
- Grief Beyond Belief Episode of The Thinking Atheist Andrews, Seth
Overdose and Substance-Related Loss
- Grieving an Overdose Dukes, Laura
Personal Stories
- 10 Things That Changed Me After the Death of a Parent Schmidt, Lisa
- 5 Essential Coping Strategies after a Loss—How to Survive the Numbness. Schwartz, Claire M.
- A Deep Dive: Carrying Grief With a Stranger On a Plane Morgan, Elan
- A dirty secret called grief Aldridge, Kiran
- A PLACE ON EARTH, A: RITUAL, GRIEF, & MOURNING AS AN ATHEIST, PART 2 Guidry, Meghan
- Acknowledging Our Grief Anniversaries Pavlovitz, John
- After Tragedy, Nonbelievers Find Other Ways To Cope Hagerty, Barbara Bradly
- Alone WIth Grief Hitchens, Joan
- An Atheist Goes to Church and Kinda-Sorta Encounters the Religious Experience Kirabo, Sincere
- Anniversary rekindling O’Riordan, Aoife
- Atheism and Death: First Request Fox, Hank
- Atheism and Grief Hensler, Rebecca; Christina, Greta; Fox, Hank; Taylor, Nicome
- Atheism at the Bedside of the Dying Fox, Hank
- Atheism, Infertility and Grief (Content Warning: Religious content on site but not in this blog.) Mandy
- Atheists and Grief RYS
- Being an Atheist at a Christian Funeral CRD
- Being the Mother of a Child Who Died — On Mother's Day McCarthy, Claire
- Big Question: Death, The Loethen, Karen
- Bless Your Heart: Musings of a Southern Atheist Rubadu
- Blue Collar Atheist: Foreword — Saying Goodbye To Gods Fox, Hank
- Celebrity Death and the Secularization of Mourning York, KimBoo
- Comfort Food Cain, William Farlin
- Dad Keane, Jen
- Day I Should Have Believed In God, The Passin, Laura
- Dealing With Death as an Atheist GodlessLiberal
- Dealing With It Jordan, Glenda
- Death, Atheism and Middle of the Night Belief: Being Kind to Ourselves O’Riordan, Aoife
- Do We Live On? David
- Ducking Grief Leddy, K.A.
- Elijah, The story of our premature baby Halse, James
- Evangelism and Death Geeks Without God (With guest Jennifer Oullette)
- Facing An Empty Dawn Sawyer, Nancy
- Finding Joy in My Father's Death Patchett, Ann
- Finding Our Tribe Rodríguez, Tré Miller
- Five Van Deven, Mandy
- Five Years Cain, William Farlin
- Forward Thinking: Round up of Responses: How Should We Collectively Mourn, While Respecting Individual Beliefs and Grieving Needs? Compendium
- Four Months Today Horrocks, Suzanne
- Four Years Ago – Some Thoughts On Grief Fuller, Robert
- Genesis and Revelation Lane, Alessia
- Getting Through Grief By Hanging On to Yourself Smolowe, Jill
- Going to your (Catholic) funeral O’Riordan, Aoife
- Good grief, let us grieve Schall, Cait
- Green Fields Lee, Adam
- Greta Christina's Grief Diary Christina, Greta
- Grief and Atheism Dea
- Grief and Atheism Leanna
- Grief And The Solace Of Nature Liebenow, Mark
- Grief Beyond Belief (only available to subscribers) Hensler, Rebecca
- Grief: a Beautiful Place to Visit Gallo-Brown, Alex
- Grieving an Overdose Dukes, Laura
- Grieving as an Atheist Friday, Jessica
- Grieving as an atheist: a surprising dilemma White, Tiffany
- Grieving Atheist, The Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Grieving My Mother In The Digital Age Corcione, Danielle
- Grieving Room: First Do No Harm, The Killer of Sacred Cows
- Grieving without belief in God or an Afterlife (Freethinking Jew Guest Post) Hensler, Rebecca
- Grieving without Believing Secret Badge of Honor
- Grieving Without God: How Atheists Deal with Death Valentino, Jamie; Vice
- Haunted Secret Badge of Honor
- How I Became Atheist Hinton, Mark II
- How I learned the secret rule of grief Trask, Sheila M.
- How often do you think about death? From the Ashes of Faith Blog
- How to Kill the Dead Fox, Hank
- I do not fear Death Ebert, Roger
- I Talk About Him Behrndt, Lexi
- In Nomine Patris Mei (podcast interview with Rebecca Hensler and secular tribute to a father) Bar Room Atheist Podcast
- In Search of the Elusive Atheist Counselor Guzikowski, Patricia
- It's Okay to Mention Him Behrndt, Lexi
- Julia Sweeney on dealing with Death as an atheist Sweeney, Julia
- Lament For a Son Wolterstorff, Nicholas
- Limits to Secular Grief, The Thamm, Marianne
- Linnea Lee Stade, 1953-2010 D’Arcy, Kris Stade
- Living with grief. A reflective account of unspoken truths surrounding death. Parmenter, Sarah
- Long Goodbye, The O’Rourke, Meghan
- Memorial for Elijah Joakim Halse Halse, James
- Moment that changed me – the death of my sister and the grief that followed, A Dawson, Emma
- Moments of Clarity Johnson, Jenalea
- Motherless Child Goemans, Deborah June
- Mother’s Day, Miscarriage and the Surreal Red Line between Birth and Death Rachel
- MOVING FORWARD, NOT MOVING ON Leigh
- Moving Through Grief, Chair by Chair Corman, Avery
- Music of Note Cain, William Farlin
- My 14-month-old son Archer died in his sleep. Babb, Chloe
- My Grandpa Jet
- My interview with Marian Finucane about my late wife Anne Holliday, grief and atheism Nugent, Michael
- My Public Journal Horrocks, Suzanne
- My Sons' Diagnosis Didn't Happen for a Reason, and That's OK, Even Though It's Not Riggs, Ashley
- Mystical Ponderings of an Atheist: Death Taylor, Allana
- New and Grieving Atheist Fitzpatrick, Grace
- Nicole's scar Sweet, James
- No Point Bereaving an Atheist’s Bereavement. Teddy
- Notes From a Dragon Mom Rapp, Emily
- Oblivion Bridge, The Clarke, Chris
- On Death, Grief And Skepticism Reed, Natalie
- On Grieving as an Atheist Em
- On Help Cain, William Farlin
- Only Atheists Get to Grieve Boris
- Ordinary Business with a side of grief Scillagrace
- Over My Dead Body Digital Cuttlefish
- Pain As a Monument to Life Fox, Hank
- Patience and Fortitude York, KimBoo
- PLACE ON EARTH, A: RITUAL, GRIEF, & MOURNING AS AN ATHEIST, PART 1 Guidry, Meghan
- Preacher at the Funeral Zvan, Stephanie
- Questions & Answers Five Years Later Lilly, Lisa M.
- Reliving Grief with the Facebook Timeline Stanley, Debbie
- Remembering Abi: How Lucy Hone lives with the loss of her daughter Hone, Lucy
- Saying Goodbye to a Friend TheSixthGlass
- Second-Hand Grief Abby, Laura Leigh
- Sex and Grief Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Shedding light on the darkness I never though I’d share Riggs, Ashley
- Sisterhood of Grief, The Penketh, Anne
- Suicide From The Other Side Of The Table Staang, Debra. Alliance of Hope
- Support for an atheist mom devastated by the Death of her child? missknelson
- Surviving the First Year O’Neil, Kate
- Survivor’s Fatigue Lane, Keiko, MFT
- Teaching My Son Godless Grief While Surrounded by a Devout Family Kirabo, Sincere
- The hero dies in this one: a tribute to my mom Hernandez, Alex
- The Meaning of Death, Part 2 of Many: Motivation and Mid-Life Crises Christina, Greta
- Things We Remember, The O’Riordan, Aoife
- This is what grief feels like Hughes, Sali
- Thomas Gray lived six days, but his life has lasting impact Vitez, Michael
- To all the people who find Mother's Day hard to celebrate, this is for you Corcione, Danielle
- To hug or not to hug? Hensler, Rebecca
- Today I went to my very first atheist funeral… -xCaMRocKx-
- Trying to Find the Words York, KimBoo
- Way to Honor Life, A Davis, Cortney
- What Losing Your Mother Feels Like Oakes-Ash, Rachael
- What's Been Going On Christina, Greta
- What’s So Damn Funny About Death? Prato, Liz
- When Grief Is Like Another Child You Must Take Care Of Kranz, Libby
- When My Nan Died: Religion, Closets and Love. O’Riordan, Aoife
- When Religion Stayed Out of the Funeral Foster, Michael
- Where Is Tweenky Dee? Tweenky Dee
- Why Atheists Aren't Afraid to Die Peron, James
- why can’t you smile? Devine, Megan
- Why I am an atheist – Cathy Oliver Oliver, Cathy
- Why I am an atheist – Rolf Schmidt Schmidt, Rolf
- Worst, The: A Compilation Zine on Grief and Loss Compilation
- Your Grief in Print Lark, Luna
- “Find A Remedy” Farley, Kelly
Petloss
- Atheism at the Bedside of the Dying Fox, Hank
- Blue Collar Atheist: Foreword — Saying Goodbye To Gods Fox, Hank
- Oblivion Bridge, The Clarke, Chris
Philosophy
- "Death is Not Final" Debate (contains spiritual beliefs from one side of debate) Carroll, Sean and Dr. Steven Novella v. Dr. Raymond Moody and Dr. Eben Alexander
- 10 Things Those Who Know Loss Understand Barney, Kendyl
- A PLACE ON EARTH, A: RITUAL, GRIEF, & MOURNING AS AN ATHEIST, PART 2 Guidry, Meghan
- Afterlife Andrews, Seth
- An Atheist Goes to Church and Kinda-Sorta Encounters the Religious Experience Kirabo, Sincere
- Anniversary rekindling O’Riordan, Aoife
- Atheism, Death, and the Difference between Pessimism and Realism Christina, Greta
- Baby, You’re a Firework! – Humanism and the Hereafter Croft, James
- Death Of My Father, The: When someone close to you dies, the very fabric of your life is ripped to shreds. Is Philosophy any consolation? Baggini, Julian
- Death through the eyes of an atheist Wall, James Kirk
- Death, Atheism and Middle of the Night Belief: Being Kind to Ourselves O’Riordan, Aoife
- Death, Grief and Love Chuman, Joseph
- Do We Concede the Ground of Death Too Easily? Christina, Greta
- Grief And The Solace Of Nature Liebenow, Mark
- Grief Without Belief: How Do Atheists Deal With Death? Rizvi, Ali A.
- Grieving as an Atheist maasaiboys
- Grieving as an Atheist Friday, Jessica
- Guest Post: My Atheist Advice to Grieving Ten-Year-Olds Mehalick, Susan Lynne
- Guest Post: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Chalom, Adam
- How often do you think about death? From the Ashes of Faith Blog
- How Should an Atheist Think About Death?, New York Times Yancy,George interview with Todd May
- How Should Rationalist Approach Death Skepticon 4 Panel Christina, Greta and James Croft, Julia Galef, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Jesse Galef
- It’s OK to Never ‘Get Over’ Your Grief Slawkowski-Rode, Mikolaj
- Meaning of Death, The: Part 3 of Many: Fear, Grief, and Actually Experiencing Your Emotions Christina, Greta
- Meaning of Death, The: Part One of Many Christina, Greta
- Motherless Child Goemans, Deborah June
- Mystical Ponderings of an Atheist: Death Taylor, Allana
- Non-Consolation of Belief in an Afterlife, The Rind, Miles
- On Death, and Life, and a Quite Marvellous Day O’Riordan, Aoife
- Only Atheists Get to Grieve Boris
- Pain As a Monument to Life Fox, Hank
- Physics and the Immortality of the Soul Carroll, Sean
- PLACE ON EARTH, A: RITUAL, GRIEF, & MOURNING AS AN ATHEIST, PART 1 Guidry, Meghan
- Planning Ahead Can Make a Difference in the End (You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral) Freeman, Aaron
- Prizefighting And The Limits Of Agnosticism Noë, Alva
- So You're Going to Die Israel, Kirk and James Harvey
- The Meaning of Death, Part 2 of Many: Motivation and Mid-Life Crises Christina, Greta
- Those Old Pearly Gates Lee, Adam
- Trying to Find the Words York, KimBoo
- Trying to Find the Words York, KimBoo
- Warm Universe, Cold Universe: Grief, Consolation & the Atheist/Religious Divide Klassel, Barry
- What should we think about death? British Humanist Association
- When My Nan Died: Religion, Closets and Love. O’Riordan, Aoife
- Why Atheists Aren't Afraid to Die Peron, James
Physical and Medical Effects of Grief
- Losing A Parent: Expert Tips For Coping With The Grief Laurence, Emily
- The Biology of Grief Finkbeiner, Ann. New York Times
Poetry
- Day I Should Have Believed In God, The Passin, Laura
Politics
- Angels and innocents Hutchinson, Sikivu
- Are we ready to face death without religion? Lee, Adam
- Atheist Chaplains Would Call Fallen Soldiers 'Worm Food,' GOP Congressman Says McAuliff, Michael
- Avijit Roy, by his daughter: “everyone… share his story” Ahmed, Trisha
- My Take: Godless in Boston mourn, too Epstein, Greg
- Public Rituals of Grief Hensler, Rebecca
- Survivor’s Fatigue Lane, Keiko, MFT
- Tillman Story, The – Richard speaks about his brother Tillman, Richard
Providing Support
- "I'll Pray for You" O’Riordan, Aoife
- 10 Things Those Who Know Loss Understand Barney, Kendyl
- 10 Ways to Help a Grieving Friend (warning: secular advice but from clergy members) McKay, Brett and Kate (originally by Howard Whitman)
- 12 Things Not to Say to Grieving Nonbelievers Christina, Greta
- 5 Ways To Comfort an Atheist Sylvia, JJ IV
- A Deep Dive: Carrying Grief With a Stranger On a Plane Morgan, Elan
- A dirty secret called grief Aldridge, Kiran
- Atheism and Grief Hensler, Rebecca; Christina, Greta; Fox, Hank; Taylor, Nicome
- Atheism, Death and God Talk Roth, Amy Davis
- Atheist Grief Applebury, Heather
- Atheists Need Help Mourning, Too Carter, Neil
- Atheists on grieving: 'I offer time and tea' Kuriakose, Dhiya
- Bearing Witness Hoffman, Nanea
- Big Question: Death, The Loethen, Karen
- Books for Bereaved Children Mason, Marily
- Comment on "My friend just died. I don't know what to do." GSnow
- Condolences: Study reveals what NOT to say when consoling the bereaved Dolan, Eric W.
- Consoling the Bereaved: Exploring How Sympathy Cards Influence What People Say Calderwood, Kimberly A. and Alberton, Amy M.
- Day of Email: Death, Family, and Friends Eberhard, JT
- Death, Grief and Love Chuman, Joseph
- Developmental Pathways for the Prevention of Depression in Parentally-Bereaved Youth Press Release published on WebWire
- End of Life Online Curriculum: Bereavement Stanford School of Medicine
- Getting Grief Right O’Malley, Patrick
- Grief and Facebook: the good, the bad and the ugly Williams, Litsa. whatsyourgrief.com
- Grief and Loss Help Guide Helpguide.org
- Grief At The Office: When A Coworker Loses A Loved One Shin, Laura
- Grief Beyond Belief Lee, Adam
- Grief Beyond Belief (only available to subscribers) Hensler, Rebecca
- Grief Beyond Belief and Rebecca Hensler Jones, Kile
- Grief Beyond Belief Episode of The Thinking Atheist Andrews, Seth
- Grief Do's and Don'ts Teena
- Grief In The Classroom: 'Saying Nothing Says A Lot' Nadworny, Elissa
- Grief Without Belief: How Do Atheists Deal With Death? Rizvi, Ali A.
- Grieving as an atheist: a surprising dilemma White, Tiffany
- Grieving without belief in God or an Afterlife (Freethinking Jew Guest Post) Hensler, Rebecca
- Guest Post: Truly Listen Anonymous
- Handling Someone’s Death with Dignity Mehta, Hemant
- How not to say the wrong thing Silk, Susan; Goldman, Barry
- How to Help a Grieving Friend: 11 Things to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do Devine, Megan
- How to Help a Grieving Loved One During the Holidays EmilyPost.com
- How To Help Friends in Mourning O'Rourke, Meghan and Leeat Granek
- How to help someone who’s grieving: the difference between empathy and sympathy L.S.
- It's Okay to Mention Him Behrndt, Lexi
- Living with grief. A reflective account of unspoken truths surrounding death. Parmenter, Sarah
- Memo to Religious People: Many Atheists Don't Want to Hear That Their Loved Ones "Are in Heaven" Christina, Greta
- My child is not in heaven: Your religion only makes my grief harder Blossom, Priscilla
- People Have Misconceptions About Miscarriage, And That Can Hurt Hobson, Katherine
- Power of Empathy, The Brown, Brené, PhD
- Rebecca Hensler (Grief Beyond Belief Founder) on Miami Valley Skeptics Miami Valley Skeptics Podcast
- Receiving Visitors During Times of Grief DeLonge, Melanie. emilypost.com
- Second-Hand Grief Abby, Laura Leigh
- Shit People Say to Widows Widowed Village
- Space Between Mourning and Grief, The Wilmot, Claire
- Sympathy 101 for Atheists with AS Kylyssa
- Sympathy for the Heathen: 5 Things to Write To A Grieving Atheist Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Talking to Our Kids About Death While Dealing With Our Own Guilt Loethen, Karen
- Things Nobody Tells You About Grief, The Parmenter, Sarah
- To hug or not to hug? Hensler, Rebecca
- Way to Honor Life, A Davis, Cortney
- What to Say to Someone Who Is Grieving EmilyPost.com
- What to say – and not say – to a friend who’s bereaved Walker, Suzy
- What You Say To Someone Who’s Grieving Vs. What They Hear Gomez, Charlotte
- When It’s Not God’s Plan: 8 Things to Say to Grieving Nonbelievers Christina, Greta
- why can’t you smile? Devine, Megan
- You don’t need God for comfort: 7 places atheists can turn to in times of need Christina, Greta
Psychology
- A Grief So Deep it Won't Die Span, Paula
- Adventure of Grief, The Warburton, Geoff
- Anticipatory grief: Its nature, impact, and reasons for contradictory findings Reynolds, Linda and Derek Botha
- Are There Stages in Grief Steele, Donald, PhD
- Center For Complicated Grief, The Columbia University School of Social Work
- Condolences: Study reveals what NOT to say when consoling the bereaved Dolan, Eric W.
- Consoling the Bereaved: Exploring How Sympathy Cards Influence What People Say Calderwood, Kimberly A. and Alberton, Amy M.
- Coping with Sudden Death Rando, Therese Ph.D.
- Developmental Pathways for the Prevention of Depression in Parentally-Bereaved Youth Press Release published on WebWire
- Distinguishing Grief, Complicated Grief, and Depression Pies, Ronald W. MD, M. Katherine Shear, MD, Sidney Zisook, MD
- End of Life Mayo Clinic Staff
- End of Life Online Curriculum: Bereavement Stanford School of Medicine
- Getting Grief Right O’Malley, Patrick
- Good Grief O’Rourke, Meghan
- Good Grief, Bad Grief? Perry, Susan K., PhD
- Grief and Loss Help Guide Helpguide.org
- Grief Could Join List of Disorders Carey, Benedict
- Grief does not come in stages and it's not the same for everyone Bonanno, George
- Grief In The Classroom: 'Saying Nothing Says A Lot' Nadworny, Elissa
- Grief Rituals Are More Important Than Ever Cannon, Jamie MS, LPC
- Has Grief Made You Lose Your Mind? Devine, Megan
- How does grief cause physical pain? Kelly, Jon
- How to help someone who’s grieving: the difference between empathy and sympathy L.S.
- In Search of the Elusive Atheist Counselor Guzikowski, Patricia
- It’s OK to Never ‘Get Over’ Your Grief Slawkowski-Rode, Mikolaj
- Losing A Parent: Expert Tips For Coping With The Grief Laurence, Emily
- Losing your parents as an adult: advice on how to cope Samuel, Julia in conversation with Jenni Murray, BBC4
- MOVING FORWARD, NOT MOVING ON Leigh
- Myth of Closure, The Dreher, Christopher
- New Ways to Think About Grief Konigsberg, Ruth Davis
- No One Has to Grieve Alone Leary, Lani, PhD
- On Help Cain, William Farlin
- Power of Empathy, The Brown, Brené, PhD
- Real Stages of Grief Meek, Phil, PhD
- Space Between Joy and Grief, The Berns, Nancy, PhD
- Stages of Grief – Time For a New Model Kilcrease, Worth
- Suicide grief: Healing after a loved one's suicide Mayo Clinic Staff
- Survivor’s Fatigue Lane, Keiko, MFT
- Talking to Your Child About the Loss of a Loved One Worden, J.W. PhD
- The Difference Between Complicated Grief and Normal Grief O’Neill, Rhonda
- The mourning after: Our understanding of grief is changing George, Anesha
- Trauma of Being Alive, The Epstein, Mark
- Traumatic Bereavement/Grief and the Search for Meaning Zandvoort, Albert BA, BA Hons, MA, MSc, PhD, DLit et Phil
- Truth About Grief, The: The Myth of Its Five Stages [Book Review] Tartakovsky, Margarita M.S.
- When Do Kids Understand Death? Hughes, Virginia
- When Grief Won’t Relent Brody, Jane E.
- why can’t you smile? Devine, Megan
- William Worden: The Four Tasks of Mourning Worden. J. William
Public and Collective Grief
- A dirty secret called grief Aldridge, Kiran
- Celebrity Death and the Secularization of Mourning York, KimBoo
- Enter the Grief Police Garber, Megan. The Atlantic
- Grief and Facebook: the good, the bad and the ugly Williams, Litsa. whatsyourgrief.com
- Space Between Mourning and Grief, The Wilmot, Claire
- Survivor’s Fatigue Lane, Keiko, MFT
- Your Grief in Print Lark, Luna
Religion and the Religious
- "I'll Pray for You" O’Riordan, Aoife
- 12 Things Not to Say to Grieving Nonbelievers Christina, Greta
- An Atheist Goes to Church and Kinda-Sorta Encounters the Religious Experience Kirabo, Sincere
- Angels and innocents Hutchinson, Sikivu
- Ask Richard: Atheist Asked to Give Religious Reading at a Funeral Wade, Richard
- Ask Richard: Grieving Atheist Responds to “He’s in Heaven Now.” Wade, Richard
- Atheism, Death and God Talk Roth, Amy Davis
- Atheism, Infertility and Grief (Content Warning: Religious content on site but not in this blog.) Mandy
- Atheist Chaplains Would Call Fallen Soldiers 'Worm Food,' GOP Congressman Says McAuliff, Michael
- Atheist's Perspective on Death, An Cornish, Keith S.
- Avijit Roy, by his daughter: “everyone… share his story” Ahmed, Trisha
- Being an Atheist at a Christian Funeral CRD
- Day of Email: Death, Family, and Friends Eberhard, JT
- Dealing With Death as an Atheist GodlessLiberal
- Evangelism and Death Geeks Without God (With guest Jennifer Oullette)
- Going to your (Catholic) funeral O’Riordan, Aoife
- Grieving as an Atheist maasaiboys
- Grieving Room: First Do No Harm, The Killer of Sacred Cows
- Grieving Without God: How Atheists Deal with Death Valentino, Jamie; Vice
- Heaven Doesn’t Help Us: Talking to Kids about Death Russell, Wendy Thomas
- Hitch Delivers … in classic Hitchens style (afterlife debate) Hitchens, Christopher
- How Do Atheists Handle the Fear of Death? Ray, Dr. Darrel
- How to Kill the Dead Fox, Hank
- Leading Cause Of Death In U.S. Is God Needing Another Angel Onion, The
- My child is not in heaven: Your religion only makes my grief harder Blossom, Priscilla
- My Take: Godless in Boston mourn, too Epstein, Greg
- New and Grieving Atheist Fitzpatrick, Grace
- Non-Consolation of Belief in an Afterlife, The Rind, Miles
- On Death and Comfort Digital Cuttlefish
- Only Atheists Get to Grieve Boris
- Over My Dead Body Digital Cuttlefish
- Parrot McKenna, Emma and Craig Foster
- Physics and the Immortality of the Soul Carroll, Sean
- Preacher at the Funeral Zvan, Stephanie
- Public Rituals of Grief Hensler, Rebecca
- Recent Widow Moss, Paul D.
- Saying Goodbye to a Friend TheSixthGlass
- Sympathy 101 for Atheists with AS Kylyssa
- Theist and Atheist Grief Everhart, JT
- Tillman Story, The – Richard speaks about his brother Tillman, Richard
- Warm Universe, Cold Universe: Grief, Consolation & the Atheist/Religious Divide Klassel, Barry
- When My Nan Died: Religion, Closets and Love. O’Riordan, Aoife
- Why Are Believers Willfully Ignorant About Atheists? Christina, Greta
- Why I am an atheist – Cathy Oliver Oliver, Cathy
- “Someone’s looking out for me”: God and the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Christina, Greta
Schools/Students
- Grief In The Classroom: 'Saying Nothing Says A Lot' Nadworny, Elissa
Science and Research
- "Death is Not Final" Debate (contains spiritual beliefs from one side of debate) Carroll, Sean and Dr. Steven Novella v. Dr. Raymond Moody and Dr. Eben Alexander
- An Atheist Goes to Church and Kinda-Sorta Encounters the Religious Experience Kirabo, Sincere
- Anticipatory grief: Its nature, impact, and reasons for contradictory findings Reynolds, Linda and Derek Botha
- Are There Stages in Grief Steele, Donald, PhD
- Center For Complicated Grief, The Columbia University School of Social Work
- Condolences: Study reveals what NOT to say when consoling the bereaved Dolan, Eric W.
- Consoling the Bereaved: Exploring How Sympathy Cards Influence What People Say Calderwood, Kimberly A. and Alberton, Amy M.
- Developmental Pathways for the Prevention of Depression in Parentally-Bereaved Youth Press Release published on WebWire
- Distinguishing Grief, Complicated Grief, and Depression Pies, Ronald W. MD, M. Katherine Shear, MD, Sidney Zisook, MD
- End of Life Online Curriculum: Bereavement Stanford School of Medicine
- Fine Art of Baloney Detection, The (PDF) Sagan, Carl
- Good Grief O’Rourke, Meghan
- Good Grief, Bad Grief? Perry, Susan K., PhD
- Grief does not come in stages and it's not the same for everyone Bonanno, George
- Grief Reactions Subside In Most Children And Teens Whose Parent Dies Suddenly, But May Persist Or Increase In Some Cases Fisher, Christopher, PhD
- How does grief cause physical pain? Kelly, Jon
- Myth of Closure, The Dreher, Christopher
- New Ways to Think About Grief Konigsberg, Ruth Davis
- Physics and the Immortality of the Soul Carroll, Sean
- Prizefighting And The Limits Of Agnosticism Noë, Alva
- Prophet, The (debunking of Dr. Eben Alexander's Proof of Heaven) Dittrich, Luke
- Real Stages of Grief Meek, Phil, PhD
- Really? The Claim: Grief Can Cause a Heart Attack O'Connor, Anahad
- Remembering Abi: How Lucy Hone lives with the loss of her daughter Hone, Lucy
- Stages of Grief – Time For a New Model Kilcrease, Worth
- The Biology of Grief Finkbeiner, Ann. New York Times
- The Difference Between Complicated Grief and Normal Grief O’Neill, Rhonda
- The mourning after: Our understanding of grief is changing George, Anesha
- Thomas Gray lived six days, but his life has lasting impact Vitez, Michael
- Traumatic Bereavement/Grief and the Search for Meaning Zandvoort, Albert BA, BA Hons, MA, MSc, PhD, DLit et Phil
- Truth About Grief, The: The Myth of Its Five Stages [Book Review] Tartakovsky, Margarita M.S.
- We all grieve in our own way Bell, Vaughn
- What Death Means to Primates Switek, Brian
- When Do Kids Understand Death? Hughes, Virginia
- Why a Near-Death Experience Isn’t Proof of Heaven Shermer, Michael
Secular Grief
- "I'll Pray for You" O’Riordan, Aoife
- 12 Things Not to Say to Grieving Nonbelievers Christina, Greta
- 5 Ways To Comfort an Atheist Sylvia, JJ IV
- A PLACE ON EARTH, A: RITUAL, GRIEF, & MOURNING AS AN ATHEIST, PART 2 Guidry, Meghan
- Advice for Grieving Polyamorous Atheists Advice from Reddit User BasketCompetitive113
- After Tragedy, Nonbelievers Find Other Ways To Cope Hagerty, Barbara Bradly
- Afterlife Andrews, Seth
- An Atheist Goes to Church and Kinda-Sorta Encounters the Religious Experience Kirabo, Sincere
- Angels and innocents Hutchinson, Sikivu
- Anniversary rekindling O’Riordan, Aoife
- Are we ready to face death without religion? Lee, Adam
- Atheism and Death: First Request Fox, Hank
- Atheism and Grief Hensler, Rebecca; Christina, Greta; Fox, Hank; Taylor, Nicome
- Atheism at the Bedside of the Dying Fox, Hank
- Atheism, Death, and the Difference between Pessimism and Realism Christina, Greta
- Atheism, Infertility and Grief (Content Warning: Religious content on site but not in this blog.) Mandy
- Atheist Dealing with Miscarriage, An idreamofbuttercream
- Atheist Death, Loss and Grief thankthesnake
- Atheist Funeral Customs Funeralwise
- Atheist Funeral, The Andrews, Seth
- Atheist Grief Applebury, Heather
- Atheist parents comfort children about death without talk of God or heaven Boorstein, Michelle
- Atheist's Perspective on Death, An Cornish, Keith S.
- Atheists and Grief RYS
- Atheists Need Help Mourning, Too Carter, Neil
- Atheists on grieving: 'I offer time and tea' Kuriakose, Dhiya
- Avijit Roy, by his daughter: “everyone… share his story” Ahmed, Trisha
- Best is Lost, The Meyers, PZ
- Big Question: Death, The Loethen, Karen
- Bless Your Heart: Musings of a Southern Atheist Rubadu
- Blue Collar Atheist: Foreword — Saying Goodbye To Gods Fox, Hank
- Burying Your Dead Without Religion (CW: small mentions of spirituality) Green, Emma
- Day I Should Have Believed In God, The Passin, Laura
- Day of Email: Death, Family, and Friends Eberhard, JT
- Dealing With Death Mehta, Hemant
- Dealing With Death as an Atheist GodlessLiberal
- Dealing with Death in the Secular Family Gibbons, Kendyl
- Death and ritual. Eberhard, JT
- Death and Talks Miller, Ashley F.
- Death of an Atheist Friend: Let the Faith Pimping Begin Hutchinson, Sikivu
- Death Of My Father, The: When someone close to you dies, the very fabric of your life is ripped to shreds. Is Philosophy any consolation? Baggini, Julian
- Death, Atheism and Middle of the Night Belief: Being Kind to Ourselves O’Riordan, Aoife
- Do We Concede the Ground of Death Too Easily? Christina, Greta
- Do We Live On? David
- Evangelism and Death Geeks Without God (With guest Jennifer Oullette)
- Five Healthy Things that You, As An Atheist, Can Do Right Now To Feel Better While Grieving Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Forward Thinking: Mourning Death Collectively Fincke, Dan
- Forward Thinking: Round up of Responses: How Should We Collectively Mourn, While Respecting Individual Beliefs and Grieving Needs? Compendium
- Four Months Today Horrocks, Suzanne
- Four Years Ago – Some Thoughts On Grief Fuller, Robert
- Funeral ceremony ideas and inspiration Humanists UK
- Getting Atheists to Talk About Death Christina, Greta
- Godless Grief- It's Okay to Feel Jones, Cathe
- Green Fields Lee, Adam
- Grief and Atheism Dea
- Grief and Atheism Leanna
- Grief Beyond Belief Lee, Adam
- Grief Beyond Belief (only available to subscribers) Hensler, Rebecca
- Grief Beyond Belief and Rebecca Hensler Jones, Kile
- Grief Beyond Belief Episode of The Thinking Atheist Andrews, Seth
- Grief Without Belief: How Do Atheists Deal With Death? Rizvi, Ali A.
- Grief Without God Andrews, Seth
- Grieving as an Atheist maasaiboys
- Grieving as an Atheist Friday, Jessica
- Grieving as an atheist: a surprising dilemma White, Tiffany
- Grieving Atheist, The Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Grieving Room: First Do No Harm, The Killer of Sacred Cows
- Grieving without belief in God or an Afterlife (Freethinking Jew Guest Post) Hensler, Rebecca
- Grieving without Believing Secret Badge of Honor
- Grieving Without God: How Atheists Deal with Death Valentino, Jamie; Vice
- Guest Post: My Atheist Advice to Grieving Ten-Year-Olds Mehalick, Susan Lynne
- Hitch Delivers … in classic Hitchens style (afterlife debate) Hitchens, Christopher
- How atheists deal with Death Eberhard, JT
- How I Became Atheist Hinton, Mark II
- How Should an Atheist Think About Death?, New York Times Yancy,George interview with Todd May
- How Should Rationalist Approach Death Skepticon 4 Panel Christina, Greta and James Croft, Julia Galef, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Jesse Galef
- How to Communicate with a Friend from Beyond the Grave Weiner, Zach
- How to Hold a Funeral Without God Mehta, Hemant
- How to Kill the Dead Fox, Hank
- Human roots, goddy bark Fox, Hank
- Humanist Ceremonies: Sample Funeral Scripts (PDF) Humanists UK
- In Nomine Patris Mei (podcast interview with Rebecca Hensler and secular tribute to a father) Bar Room Atheist Podcast
- In Search of the Elusive Atheist Counselor Guzikowski, Patricia
- Julia Sweeney on dealing with Death as an atheist Sweeney, Julia
- Limits to Secular Grief, The Thamm, Marianne
- Linnea Lee Stade, 1953-2010 D’Arcy, Kris Stade
- Meaning of Death, The: Part 3 of Many: Fear, Grief, and Actually Experiencing Your Emotions Christina, Greta
- Memo to Religious People: Many Atheists Don't Want to Hear That Their Loved Ones "Are in Heaven" Christina, Greta
- Moments of Clarity Johnson, Jenalea
- Motherless Child Goemans, Deborah June
- Mourning in a Digital Age Feiler, Bruce
- Music of Note Cain, William Farlin
- My child is not in heaven: Your religion only makes my grief harder Blossom, Priscilla
- My Grandpa Jet
- My Grief Is Not Staged Van Deven, Mandy
- My interview with Marian Finucane about my late wife Anne Holliday, grief and atheism Nugent, Michael
- My Sons' Diagnosis Didn't Happen for a Reason, and That's OK, Even Though It's Not Riggs, Ashley
- My Take: Godless in Boston mourn, too Epstein, Greg
- Mystical Ponderings of an Atheist: Death Taylor, Allana
- No Point Bereaving an Atheist’s Bereavement. Teddy
- Non-Consolation of Belief in an Afterlife, The Rind, Miles
- Oblivion Bridge, The Clarke, Chris
- On Atheist Grieving Pelland, Jennifer
- On Death and Comfort Digital Cuttlefish
- On Death, and Life, and a Quite Marvellous Day O’Riordan, Aoife
- On Death, Grief And Skepticism Reed, Natalie
- On Grieving as an Atheist Em
- Only Atheists Get to Grieve Boris
- Pain As a Monument to Life Fox, Hank
- Parrot McKenna, Emma and Craig Foster
- Patience and Fortitude York, KimBoo
- Pintrest: Secular Funerals Secular Family Support
- PLACE ON EARTH, A: RITUAL, GRIEF, & MOURNING AS AN ATHEIST, PART 1 Guidry, Meghan
- Planning Ahead Can Make a Difference in the End (You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral) Freeman, Aaron
- Psychics and Mediums: Where’s the Harm? Guest Post by Rebecca Hensler Hensler, Rebecca
- Public Rituals of Grief Hensler, Rebecca
- Putting Together a Godless Funeral Guest Contributor
- Rebecca Hensler (Grief Beyond Belief Founder) on Miami Valley Skeptics Miami Valley Skeptics Podcast
- Recent Widow Moss, Paul D.
- Resources for Mourners Hancock, Jennifer
- Response to a comment on grieving. Eberhard, JT
- RIP Hitch Eberhard, JT
- Saying Goodbye to a Friend TheSixthGlass
- Secular Memorials and Funerals Without God Gaylor, Annie Laurie
- Support for an atheist mom devastated by the Death of her child? missknelson
- Sympathy for the Heathen: 5 Things to Write To A Grieving Atheist Serdikoff-Sheehan, Laura
- Teaching My Son Godless Grief While Surrounded by a Devout Family Kirabo, Sincere
- Theist and Atheist Grief Everhart, JT
- There Are Humanist Funerals Croft, James
- Today I went to my very first atheist funeral… -xCaMRocKx-
- Trying to Find the Words York, KimBoo
- Trying to Find the Words York, KimBoo
- Visits from Dead People — Part 2 Fox, Hank
- Warm Universe, Cold Universe: Grief, Consolation & the Atheist/Religious Divide Klassel, Barry
- What's Been Going On Christina, Greta
- When God Is Not Invited to the Funeral Burger, Kevyn
- When It’s Not God’s Plan: 8 Things to Say to Grieving Nonbelievers Christina, Greta
- When My Nan Died: Religion, Closets and Love. O’Riordan, Aoife
- When Religion Stayed Out of the Funeral Foster, Michael
- Why Are Believers Willfully Ignorant About Atheists? Christina, Greta
- Why I am an atheist – Cathy Oliver Oliver, Cathy
- Why I am an atheist – Rolf Schmidt Schmidt, Rolf
- Worst, The: A Compilation Zine on Grief and Loss Compilation
- You don’t need God for comfort: 7 places atheists can turn to in times of need Christina, Greta
Spiritualism and Pseudoscience
- "Death is Not Final" Debate (contains spiritual beliefs from one side of debate) Carroll, Sean and Dr. Steven Novella v. Dr. Raymond Moody and Dr. Eben Alexander
- Cold Reading: Confessions of a psychic Hunter, Colin
- Fine Art of Baloney Detection, The (PDF) Sagan, Carl
- Guide to Cold Reading [a technique used by so called "mediums."] Hyman, Ray
- John Edward: Hustling the Bereaved Nickell, Joe
- Learn Psychic Cold Reading [warning: website has a great deal of paranormal content] Psychic Science Website
- Paraedolia and the Grieving Atheist Journeay, Dorris
- Physics and the Immortality of the Soul Carroll, Sean
- Prophet, The (debunking of Dr. Eben Alexander's Proof of Heaven) Dittrich, Luke
- Psychics and Mediums: Where’s the Harm? Guest Post by Rebecca Hensler Hensler, Rebecca
- Visits from Dead People — Part 2 Fox, Hank
Suicide
- Dealing With It Jordan, Glenda
- Ducking Grief Leddy, K.A.
- Grief and Loss Help Guide Helpguide.org
- How often do you think about death? From the Ashes of Faith Blog
- Suicide From The Other Side Of The Table Staang, Debra. Alliance of Hope
- Suicide grief: Healing after a loved one's suicide Mayo Clinic Staff
Tribute
- Anniversary rekindling O’Riordan, Aoife
- Avijit Roy, by his daughter: “everyone… share his story” Ahmed, Trisha
- Death of an Atheist Friend: Let the Faith Pimping Begin Hutchinson, Sikivu
- Finding Joy in My Father's Death Patchett, Ann
- Goodbye, Christopher Cain, William Farlin
- Green Fields Lee, Adam
- Grief and Loss Help Guide Helpguide.org
- In Nomine Patris Mei (podcast interview with Rebecca Hensler and secular tribute to a father) Bar Room Atheist Podcast
- Jacqueline Kahn Scalzi, John
- Linnea Lee Stade, 1953-2010 D’Arcy, Kris Stade
- Maurice Sendak, Author of Splendid Nightmares, Dies at 83 Fox, Margalit
- My Grandpa Jet
- Nina Beth Nestor LA Times Obituary
- RIP Hitch Eberhard, JT
- The hero dies in this one: a tribute to my mom Hernandez, Alex
- Thomas Gray lived six days, but his life has lasting impact Vitez, Michael
Video
- "Death is Not Final" Debate (contains spiritual beliefs from one side of debate) Carroll, Sean and Dr. Steven Novella v. Dr. Raymond Moody and Dr. Eben Alexander
- Adventure of Grief, The Warburton, Geoff
- Afterlife Andrews, Seth
- Atheism and Grief Hensler, Rebecca; Christina, Greta; Fox, Hank; Taylor, Nicome
- Atheist Death, Loss and Grief thankthesnake
- Dealing With Death Mehta, Hemant
- Dealing With It Jordan, Glenda
- Hitch Delivers … in classic Hitchens style (afterlife debate) Hitchens, Christopher
- How Should Rationalist Approach Death Skepticon 4 Panel Christina, Greta and James Croft, Julia Galef, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Jesse Galef
- Julia Sweeney on dealing with Death as an atheist Sweeney, Julia
- Leading Cause Of Death In U.S. Is God Needing Another Angel Onion, The
- Parrot McKenna, Emma and Craig Foster
- Power of Empathy, The Brown, Brené, PhD
- Sam Harris – Death and the Present Moment Harris, Sam
- Shit People Say to Widows Widowed Village
- Space Between Joy and Grief, The Berns, Nancy, PhD
- Tillman Story, The – Richard speaks about his brother Tillman, Richard
- What should we think about death? British Humanist Association
- William Worden: The Four Tasks of Mourning Worden. J. William
Widowhood
- 19 honest things I wish someone told me about losing a loved one Starts at 60 Writers
- A Deep Dive: Carrying Grief With a Stranger On a Plane Morgan, Elan
- Alone WIth Grief Hitchens, Joan
- Facing An Empty Dawn Sawyer, Nancy
- Finding Our Tribe Rodríguez, Tré Miller
- Four Months Today Horrocks, Suzanne
- Getting Through Grief By Hanging On to Yourself Smolowe, Jill
- Grief is a 'hamster wheel': How a memoir about death can still be funny McInerny Purmort, Nora (interview)
- How I learned the secret rule of grief Trask, Sheila M.
- Moving Through Grief, Chair by Chair Corman, Avery
- My interview with Marian Finucane about my late wife Anne Holliday, grief and atheism Nugent, Michael
- Ordinary Business with a side of grief Scillagrace
- Recent Widow Moss, Paul D.
- Shit People Say to Widows Widowed Village
- Sisterhood of Grief, The Penketh, Anne
- Surviving the First Year O’Neil, Kate
- Trauma of Being Alive, The Epstein, Mark
- Your Grief in Print Lark, Luna