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.”
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
Written for healthcare and mental health professionals, this co-authored chapter introduces the Resilient Grieving™ model as part of a landmark publication on Positive Health. It offers a practical, science-backed framework to support healthy adaptation to loss—shifting the focus from pathology to human resilience.
Educator's Guide to Whole-school Wellbeing
Co-authored with Dr Denise Quinlan and described by the University of Melbourne’s Prof Jarden, as “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.” If you want to promote wellbeing in your school, it’s a great place to start.
My new book!
This forthcoming book is for anyone navigating unwanted change and grief associated with ‘living losses’. Drawing on lived experiences and leading research, it offers practical tools and compassionate insights to help readers rebuild a life of meaning, connection, and purpose whatever they’re facing.
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