Apps for Grieving Adults
Apps can be a great resource for an easy way to find understanding, especially when grieving. This is a list of four apps that may be helpful for grieving adults to understand their own grief, facilitate helping kids deal with theirs, and/or talk to other people dealing with grief too.
Lifeboat: Don’t Go Through Hard Times Alone
You want your people to show up for you — but the thought of asking is exhausting. Your friends and family want to support you — but often don’t know when or how. Lifeboat makes it easier on everyone by eliminating the guesswork. (1) Choose who you want in your “Lifeboat” and when you’d like to hear from them. (2) Lifeboat sends gentle text reminders to your support circle to check-in. (3) Need help or have news to share? With one-tap, Lifeboat will help you text it out.
No prolonged silence. No wondering if/when they’ll reach out. Just the support you need, when you need it most. Get Lifeboat and activate your support network today.
Grief Refuge
Grief Refuge is a daily companion to help navigate your grief journey. The app helps create safe and sacred space to explore grief related feelings, learn helpful ways to cope, and find peace and purpose after loss. Features include daily reflections, intention setting, stories from people who have found healing in their grief, and a tool for tracking ‘progress’. Grief Refuge is the source of solace and comfort for the lonely and isolating journey in grief.
Grief Works
Drawing on Julia Samuel’s 30 years of experience as a leading grief therapist and based off her best-selling book of the same name, the Grief Works app was specifically designed to effectively address the full range of emotions surrounding grief. Just like having the guidance of a therapist, the app pairs Samuel’s advice with actionable practices and exercises, gently nudging users to record and examine their own thoughts and feelings. The app also offers more than 30 interactive tools users can turn to whenever they’re overwhelmed by their emotions, including breathing visualisation exercises, guided meditations, daily gratitude check-ins, prompted evening reflections, and more.
Actively Moving Forward (AMF)
Actively Moving Forward is a HealGrief program.
“Download and get connected to a national network for the support and empowerment one may need after a death loss. Through this app, you’ll be able to connect with others who understand the challenges of grief. Whether young adult, individual or professional supporting them, this is your gateway to the resources, tools, education and connections to help ensure a healthy post bereavement growth.”
