An honest grief workbook for teens after the death of someone they love. Covers modern grief science, feelings, brain and body changes, school, social media, identity grief, family grief, suicide, overdose, risky coping, memory, support, and moving with grief.
Big Goodbyes: Teen Edition is written directly to teens after the death of someone they love. It does not tell them how to grieve or when to be over it. Instead, it explains what grief does to the brain and body, names the hard and contradictory feelings, and offers tools for moving with grief while still keeping love and memory close.
Want support for other ages too? Big Goodbyes is available in Kids, Tween, Teen, and Adult editions so families can choose the version that fits each person’s developmental stage.
GRIEF WORKBOOK FOR TEENS
This workbook gives teens honest, developmentally appropriate support for grief, school, online life, identity, family dynamics, hard kinds of death, risky coping, remembering, and support.
Modern Grief Science
Explains grief as wave-like, non-linear, ongoing, and not something that follows a simple “stages” checklist.
Feelings, Brain, and Body
Helps teens understand sadness, anger, numbness, guilt, relief, loneliness, anxiety, brain fog, sleep changes, appetite changes, and body symptoms.
Grief at School and Online
Covers trying to function at school, classmates who do not know what to say, grief brain in class, social media reminders, memorial posts, DMs, and digital boundaries.
Identity and Family Grief
Names how losing someone can affect who a teen is becoming, family roles, complicated family grief, and support outside the immediate family.
The Hard Stuff
Includes direct, non-shaming support around suicide, overdose, friend deaths, risky coping, substance use, and when grief gets too heavy.
Keeping Them With You
Offers remembering exercises, writing prompts, hard-day planning, and ways to carry love forward without pretending the loss is gone.
This workbook is a psychoeducational grief resource and is not a substitute for therapy, medical care, crisis care, safety planning, or individualized clinical support. If a teen is experiencing suicidal thoughts, self-harm, substance use concerns, unsafe coping, severe withdrawal, or grief that interferes with daily functioning or safety, involve a trusted adult, licensed professional, or crisis support immediately.