Podcasts
Arkansas Hospice “Speaking of Grief” Podcast
“Speaking of Grief” is a monthly podcast of frank conversations about death, loss and grief presented by Arkansas Hospice Director of Bereavement Barbara Ross and bereavement specialists Jamie Boshears & Simone Brock. Special guests from time to time include real people – just like you – who share their personal stories of loss, the ways they have found to continue living with loss, and that while loss never disappears, time brings hope on the journey to healing.
Living Forward Podcast
Living Forward is an uplifting podcast that covers the range of losses that reshape our lives. While these challenges can disable us in many ways, Living Forward digs deep into topics, guests and resources that encourage and shed light to a path that grievers at times cannot see.
Counseling
Community Counseling Clinic
Low-cost counseling for adults, children, families, and couples. Serving families in Little Rock and NWA
Spark of Life Online Coaching
At Spark of Life we have heard thousands of stories, from the loss of a marriage to the tragedy of burying a child. Our coaches have personally experienced monumental loss and are highly trained to help you grieve through the journey. We are not here to fix you because you do not need fixing. You need to grieve.
Retreats/ Support Groups
The Center for Complicated Grief
Understanding prolonged grief! The Center for Complicated Grief is pleased to announce the launch of a webinar series for bereaved individuals and their friends and family. Join us online!
Spark of Life Retreats
The Spark of Life Grief Recovery Retreat is a rejuvenating experience that awakens the hope of Living Forward after loss. Each Spark of Life Retreat, whether in-person or virtual, is open to anyone 18 years of age and older, with any background and any loss. Every participant is accepted as they are, and where they are on their grief journey. Come alone or with a loved one, and come expecting hope to live forward.
While We’re Waiting Ministry
The While We’re Waiting ministry is based out of Hot Springs, AR and offers free Biblically based retreats, where bereaved parents form bonds and make connections with other moms and dads who truly understand the experience of child loss. The organization offers podcasts, retreats and support groups all around the country.
The Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family. Today TCF has over 600 chapters serving all 50 states plus Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam, that offer friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, siblings, grandparents, and other family members during the natural grieving process after a child has died.
No Foot Too Small
NFTS drives national awareness of pregnancy and infant loss by celebrating angels, uniting families and building birthing and bereavement suites nationwide
Initially serving families across Iowa, NFTS is expanding nationwide.
Healing Wings
The Conway Regional Perinatal Bereavement program has begun a new perinatal loss support group, called Healing Wings. Healing Wings is for parents who have experienced a loss at any stage of pregnancy, stillbirth or newborn death.
The free support group is designed to become a parent-led, self-help group guided by professionals who attend the meetings to provide information and facilitate group discussion.
Tender Hearts Grief Support Community
Connect when you need to with a live check in with David and members of the Tender Heart community. Each week, we will address a specific topic in grief and you'll get a small but powerful assignment.
Heart-to-Hearts with David - Live via ZOOM. David answers your questions with his unique combination of compassion and real-talk to help you move forward and make way for more peace. Work directly with David and learn from others.
Hope Family Care Ministries
Hope Bags: Each Hope Bag contains small meaningful gifts to help the family process through their grief and gives them hope that they are not alone in their grief.
Hope Family Retreats: Our weekend retreats are located in various places across the country throughout the year, they are a safe and relaxing place for families to come together (typically 8-10 families/couples) to process their loss and move forward together.
Online Community Groups: Hope Family Care in partnership with Nothing is Wasted Ministries would like to invite you to join one or several of our Online Community Groups.
Resources for Spanish Speaking Families
Sad Dad’s Club
SAD DADS CLUB helps fellow bereaved fathers navigate life after loss by nurturing a supportive community and providing access to mental health services.
It began with three friends in Maine, men who formed a strong bond after their daughters were stillborn. Chris, Jay, and Rob found solace in each other, and realized how few resources there are for men grieving their child. Together, they founded SAD DADS CLUB – or the “worst club, best guys.”
Today, SDC has members around the world. We engage virtually, and in-person – both regionally or during larger bi-annual gatherings in Maine. Anything from hikes to sporting events to brewery meet ups over beers and tears.
Funeral Services/ Advanced Care Planning
Funeral Service Foundation
When a Child Dies: Planning Acts of Love & Legacy
The Funeral Service Foundation funded the guide and created it in partnership with the Collaborative of Pediatric Palliative Care Coalitions, and with assistance from NFDA. Dozens of bereaved parents, along with healthcare and bereavement professionals, also offered their expertise in creating this piece.
Endless Journey Hospice
Endless Journey provides hospice services to the Omaha area and surrounding communities. We take pride in offering an alternative to end of life care unlike those currently offered by the medical community.
Misc. Grief Resources
Innerbody
Learn about the types and symptoms of grief, as well as how to cope with loss and find the help you need.
Cradling Memories
Cradling Memories - The Milo James Coe Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing perinatal families anticipating a limited life or currently experiencing a loss with the resources to make a lifetime of memories.
Local Mpact
Local Mpact is a nonprofit organization serving Northeast Arkansas that supports families who have experienced the loss of a baby, providing encouragement, resources, and education.
Footprints on the Heart
Footprints on the Heart is a faith-based 501(c)3 nonprofit ministry based in Bartow County, Georgia. We are dedicated to walking alongside families who are facing a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis, pregnancy loss, or have experienced the unimaginable death of a baby within the first two years of life. Our in-person service area is comprised of: Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Polk, and Whitfield Counties. When needed we also help to provide online peer support and online/national grief resources to bereaved families outside of our service area.
Ryker’s Rainbow
Ryker’s Rainbow provides tangible and emotional support for families who experience the loss of a pregnancy, infant or child by offering meaningful keepsakes and gifts of remembrance. We do this through a curated gift box which includes a number of hand-picked items. Ryker’s Rainbow serves families in Alabama through their blessing boxes.
Forrest Spence Fund
The Fund strives to meet the individual needs of families who are coping with a critically or chronically ill child throughout the Mid-South. We work closely with hospital staff who refer families that are struggling to make ends meet.
One of the goals of the Forrest Spence Fund is to connect families with counseling and support groups. If a family loses a child or has a chronically ill child, we refer them to professional counseling and pay 100% of the cost.
Postpartum Support International
The purpose of the organization is to increase awareness among public and professional communities about the emotional changes that women experience during pregnancy and postpartum. PSI disseminates information and resources through its volunteer coordinators, website and annual conference. Its goal is to provide current information, resources, education, and to advocate for further research and legislation to support perinatal mental health.