What Now? A Companion Journal for Helping You Navigate Your Loss
Created for survivors of suicide loss, this journal offers 250 open-ended prompts across 15 deeply personal sections—designed to help you unpack the chaos, rage, guilt, confusion, and heartbreak that follow the unimaginable.
✍️ What’s Inside:
15 Thematic Sections including:
The Immediate Aftermath
About Them
Your Relationship
Their Mental Health & Struggles
The “Why” You’ll Never Fully Answer
Guilt, Blame & The “What Ifs”
Anger & Rage
Relief, Shame & Taboo Feelings
Identity & Who You Are Now
Daily Survival & Coping
Grief Waves & Triggers
Other People’s Grief & Judgment
The Practical Nightmare
Living Forward (Not Moving On)
Meaning, Purpose & Transformation
Each section is packed with real, raw questions that meet you where you are—whether you’re angry, numb, confused, or just trying to breathe.
🧩 Worksheets & Tools:
Crisis Safety Plan
Feelings Wheel
Trigger Tracker
Support Network Map
Difficult Dates Planner
Permission Slip
Anger Letter Template
Guilt Inventory
Daily Survival Tracker
Who They Really Were Reflection
These tools help you track your triggers, plan for hard days, and give yourself permission to grieve in your own way.
💌 Letter Writing Rituals:
Thoughtful guidance on writing letters to your person
Ritual ideas to help you process and release emotions
Templates for writing with honesty, love, and rage
🛑 Emergency Resources:
Because healing isn’t linear, and sometimes you need help now. Includes crisis contacts and support organizations.
This journal is for you.
No one else has to see it.
You don’t owe anyone pretty grief or perfect answers.
You’re not doing it wrong. You’re doing it human.