Ellie's Gift: A Mindful Approach to Grief and Baby Loss: 8 Week Self-Help Guide

By Lucy Livesey

A gentle and empowering guide for parents navigating the heartbreak of baby loss - week by week.

Written by Lucy Livesey - a bereaved mother, mindfulness teacher, and mental health nurse - Ellie's Gift: A Mindful Approach to Grief & Baby Loss is an eight-week self-help guide designed to support those facing grief after losing a baby.

With compassion, clinical insight, and lived experience, this book gently introduces readers to mindfulness as a powerful tool for healing. Whether used on its own or alongside the Ellie's Gift mindfulness app, each chapter offers guided practices, reflections, and journalling prompts to help you move through grief one mindful moment at a time.

Grounded in the Breathworks approach and influenced by leading teachers such as Vidyamala Burch, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Tara Brach, and Thich Nhat Hanh, this book helps readers:

Understand how grief affects the body and mind

Approach difficult emotions with compassion

Cultivate kindness towards yourself and others

Begin to allow moments of joy and peace

Create a gentle rhythm of support over eight weeks

Inside you'll find:
✓ A complete 8-week mindfulness-based grief course
✓ Real stories from bereaved parents
✓ Gentle meditations and daily practices
✓ Trauma-informed guidance on grief and healing
✓ An introduction to neuroplasticity and how mindfulness changes the brain

Every purchase supports the Ellie's Gift Project, a UK-based not-for-profit social enterprise that provides digital baby loss support worldwide through free digital resources, online courses, and NHS-endorsed tools.

This book is Ellie's gift to you - offering support and connection in the wake of unimaginable loss.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F944PRG8
• ISBN13: 9798307279670
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"