Helpful things along the way

Hopestream is the empathetic and informative partner at your side as you wrestle with the challenges of having a child experimenting with or addicted to substances, in treatment or early recovery. Also features episodes about loss, recovery, new treatment modalities, and more. 

Helpful guidance for all types of grief. 

Life is full of difficult things, from tiny everyday disappointments to life-altering events. Everyone’s at least a little bit Not OK, something grief expert and psychotherapist Megan Devine knows from the inside out.  

Blogs, articles, book referrals, quotes, and more, curated for the deeply bereaved. 

David Kessler is one of the world’s foremost experts on grief and loss. His experience with thousands of people on the edge of life and death has taught him the secrets to living a happy and fulfilled life, even afterlife’s tragedies. 

A show that makes space for the really hard things in life.  

Susan Claire interviews parents, spouses, sisters, brothers, and others to celebrate the life of their loved one who died from an overdose and to remember this person as more than their addiction. 

 Talks and meditations to help you grieve with love and honesty, from renowned grief counsellor Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, PhD. 

The classic guide for dealing with grief and loss. Daily reflections to find solace in our own lives, and comfort in the connection of sharing these meditations with countless others.  

When a painful loss or life-shattering event upends your world, here is the first thing to know: there is nothing wrong with grief. "Grief is simply love in its most wild and painful form," says Megan Devine. "It is a natural and sane response to loss."   

ARE YOU SCARRED? Tired of platitudes that don’t heal your brokenness? Have you wondered if you’re allowed to say things like, “God, this doesn’t make any sense. Where are you?” Are you looking for the balance between honesty and faithfulness? This book is for you.   

A collection of poems to help ride the waves of grief and provide comfort in the wake of loss. Written with love, When I Am Gone is here to remind you - more than anything - to be gentle with yourself. 

Losses, big and small, turn your world upside down. What’s Your Grief? will help you through all of them. 

A trusted grief expert shares what Kirkus Reviews praises as “calm, lucid prose… [a] humanizing exploration of coping with the life-changing tides of loss.”  

In 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross first identified the stages of dying in her transformative book On Death and Dying. Decades later, she and David Kessler wrote the classic On Grief and Grieving, introducing the stages of grief with the same transformative pragmatism and compassion.  

A classic work on grief, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis’s honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss.