Books, Media & Publications
Resilient Grieving - AU/NZ version
“This is the only book that’s ever really resonated with me on the topic, and the only one I’ve ever felt comfortable recommending. It changed my life, the way I think, the decisions I’ve made, and it helped me have some more control over who I wanted to be in this world after so much loss. Can’t recommend it highly enough.” My first book on grief, the book I couldn’t find when Abi died.
Wellbeing & Resilience Education
Co-authored chapter on how community trauma can drive collective transformation and foster post-traumatic growth at the regional level - based on my post-quakes work in New Zealand schools that helped ensure Canterbury’s education sector was better equipped to face disruption when COVID-19 hit.
Resilient Grieving - US/UK version
“I can’t recommend Dr. Lucy Hone’s book enough for anyone working through grief. I had read several books on grief before I came across Resilient Grieving. It really helped me understand what I was experiencing, how to redirect negative (not helpful) emotions and how to live again in fullness and joy. I can’t thank Dr. Hone enough and the other researchers she quoted in her book.”
International Handbook of Positive Health Sciences
Written for healthcare and mental health professionals, this co-authored chapter introduces my Resilient Grieving approach as part of a landmark publication on Positive Health. It offers a practical, science-backed framework to support healthy adaptation to loss strengths-based practices.
The Educator's Guide to Whole-school Wellbeing: a how to for schools.
If you want to promote wellbeing in your school, it’s a great place to start. “One of the best books I’ve read in the field of positive psychology - in my top 5 (out of hundreds)…Nothing less than a masterclass on application and implementation science of wellbeing in education,” Prof Jarden, Uni of Melb. Co-authored with Dr Denise Quinlan.
New for 2026! Published globally.
This forthcoming book is for anyone navigating the ‘hidden grief’ associated with ‘living losses’(divorce, illness, infertility, dementia etc.) Drawing on lived experiences and leading research, it offers practical tools and compassionate insights to help you rebuild a life of meaning, connection, and purpose whatever you’re facing.
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