Grief Worksheets review
A 137 page grief workbook of guided prompts for when you need somewhere to put the feelings
By the RJ Editorial Team. Sales page checked 2026-09-23. Last updated 2026-09-23.
Is it worth it?
Grief does not move in a straight line. You can be fine at work on Tuesday and then flattened in the supermarket on Wednesday by a brand of biscuits. Most people around you stop asking after a few weeks, and you are left with a lot of feeling and nowhere to put it. That is the gap this is aimed at. It is a 137 page PDF workbook, plus two zip files of the same worksheets as individual JPGs, for $15. The pages are prompts and reflection exercises: My Loss Story, My Grief Triggers, Exploring Unanswered Questions, Continuing Bonds, Giving Myself Permission to Live in a World Without Them. It splits grief into types (anticipatory, complicated, disenfranchised, ambiguous, cumulative), which matters more than it sounds, because if your loss was a divorce, a dementia diagnosis, an estranged parent or a pet, you have probably felt like you were not entitled to grieve it. There is also a crisis support section, Australian numbers first then international. What you are buying is structure and permission, not treatment. Writing is a real way to process loss, and having a page that asks you a direct question is easier than staring at a blank journal. It is not counselling, and it points you at support lines rather than pretending otherwise. If your grief has stopped you functioning, use this alongside a person, not instead of one.
Pros
- $15 for 137 pages you keep and can reprint
- Covers losses people often dismiss, like ambiguous and disenfranchised grief
- Individual JPGs make it easy to use one page at a time
- No pressure to work through it in order or finish it
Cons
- Self-guided, so nobody reads your answers or checks in on you
- Printing the whole thing costs real money and paper, and the page does not mention that
- Crisis numbers lead with Australian services, so overseas readers get a shorter list
- The page does not spell out refund terms or what using it 'with your own clients' actually permits
What you get
A 137 page PDF workbook you download, plus two zip files containing the worksheets as individual JPG images so you can print or share single pages. Inside: an explainer on grief and the different types it takes, worksheet sets for anticipatory, normal, complicated, disenfranchised and ambiguous grief, bonus self care and wellbeing pages, and a crisis support list with Australian and international numbers.
Before you buy
- Check the refund window on the checkout page before you pay, since the sales page does not state one
- Decide how you will write on it: printer, or a tablet app that lets you annotate PDFs
- If you are in crisis today, a worksheet is not the right tool. Ring a support line first and come back to this later
Who it suits
Someone in the quieter middle stretch of a loss who wants a private, structured way to process it, or a counsellor looking for cheap reflective handouts
