Additional Supplemental Resources

Websites

• National Alliance for Grieving Children
  • The NAGC is a nationwide network comprised of professionals, institutions, and volunteers who promote best practices, educational programming, and critical resources to facilitate the mental, emotional and physical health of grieving children and their families.

Videos

• • Brené Brown on Empathy

    • What is the best way to ease someone’s pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr. Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.

• We don’t “move on” from grief. We move forward with it | Nora McInerny

  • In a talk that’s by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death. Her candid approach to something that will, let’s face it, affect us all, is as liberating as it is gut-wrenching. Most powerfully, she encourages us to shift how we approach grief. “A grieving person is going to laugh again and smile again,” she says. “They’re going to move forward. But that doesn’t mean that they’ve moved on.
• The Brittany Maynard Story
  • In October 2014, 29-year-old Brittany Maynard told the world she planned to die gently with dignity before brain cancer completely destroyed her body and mind.

• The Science of Aging

  • Why do we age, from a biological perspective?

• Being Mortal (full film) | FRONTLINE

  • How do you talk about death with a dying loved one? Dr. Atul Gawande explores death, dying, and why even doctors struggle to discuss being mortal with patients, in this Emmy-nominated documentary.