The Grief Journal
Gentle prompts for the first year after a loss, pages for anniversaries and hard days, memory pages and a one-year look-back. Not therapy.
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By Whole Life HQ6 parts · about 2,900 words · printable · read online
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You own this. Everything opens straight from here.
Open6 printable pages, in reading order
Who it's for
People who have lost someone important and want a gentle place to write in the first year. Not therapy, and not a timeline.
What you receive
- Gentle prompts for the first weeks, months 2 and 3, and months 4 to 12
- Pages for anniversaries, birthdays and holidays
- Memory pages and an unsent letter page
- A one-year look-back, in your own time
- A not-therapy care note with 988
6 printable pages, in reading order
- How to Use Your Grief Journal
- The First Weeks
- Months 2 and 3
- Months 4 to 12
- Anniversaries and Hard Days
- Memory Pages and One-Year Look-Back
See inside
The first 4 pages, as they print.
Look inside
The first page, word for word. 6 printable pages in total.
How to Use Your Grief Journal
If you are holding this, someone or something important to you is gone. I am sorry. This journal is a quiet place to put some of it down. It asks for very little and expects nothing.
There are no stages to move through, no timeline and no right way to grieve. Grief can be sadness, anger, numbness, relief, guilt, laughter, or all of those in one afternoon. Whatever shows up is allowed here.
How to use this journal
- Open it when you want to, not on a schedule. Some people write every day. Others write once a week, or only on hard days.
- Use the prompts or ignore them. Each is an invitation, not an assignment. Skip any that feel too much.
- Write as little as you like. A word counts. So does a list. So does "I can't today."
- Stop whenever you need to. If a prompt is too painful, close the book. You can come back, or never.
- Keep it private, or share a page with someone you trust. You decide.
- You can write to the person. Many people find it easier to write "you" than "he" or "she."
What is in each part
- How to Use Your Grief Journal
- The First Weeks
- Months 2 and 3
- Months 4 to 12
- Anniversaries and Hard Days
- Memory Pages and One-Year Look-Back
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6 printable pages: see the list
- How to Use Your Grief Journal
- The First Weeks
- Months 2 and 3
- Months 4 to 12
- Anniversaries and Hard Days
- Memory Pages and One-Year Look-Back
They open in your library, and you can print them, once they are yours.
Who wrote it
Written by the Whole Life HQ team.
Not yet reviewed by an outside expert.
We plan to ask a counselor to review it. Until then it is general information, not professional advice.
General information and gentle suggestions, not counseling or therapy. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline). In an emergency call 911.
How you get it
- In your libraryAfter you pay, it is in your library straight away.
- Any devicePhone, tablet or computer. Print it if you like paper.
- Yours to keepIt stays in your account, and you can come back any time.
