All of these books are invaluable when discussing loss, grief and healing. Though we may be going through a similar experience, we are each unique and will be comforted, enlightened and healed by varied perspectives.

A good place to start is with Healing After Loss. This small treasure is designed to be read one essay a day, one day at a time. You will be the recipient of wisdom and grace as each entry offers insight along with a moment of stillness.

The Book of Awakening, while not dealing with grief per se, is another book wherein you read an essay for the day. Each one is inspired and inspiring, gently reassuring and hopeful.

Neither book requires more than five minutes of your day, but the words and message will linger throughout. Most of the other books truly require your attention when you are ready to read something more thought provoking.

The Untethered Soul, the last one on the list, though not a book about loss, is a book that will help you to let go of your over-thinking mind and allow you to rest in your seat of consciousness where you will be better able to deal with the challenges you now face.

Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha W. Hickman

The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo

On Life after Death by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

The Grieving Garden: Living with the Death of a Child by Suzanne Redfern and Susan K. Gilbert

Your Soul’s Plan by Robert Schwartz

Journey of the Soul by Dr. Brenda Davies

Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon-Survival of Bodily Death by Raymond A. Moody, MD

Consciousness Beyond Life by Pim van Lommel, M.D.

Your Eternal Self by R. Craig Hogan, Ph.D., et alia

The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer