Spike Humer releases grief meditation collection for daily support

Spike Humer’s second meditation book, The Gift of This Day: Meditations for the Grieving Heart, offers 143 brief reflections for people living with loss and for the professionals who support them. The paperback and Kindle editions are now available, with plans for a facilitator’s guide for group and institutional use.

Why it matters: - Grief often leaves people without the attention span or emotional bandwidth for long reading, and the new collection is built for those short moments. - The book is also positioned as a resource for hospice teams, chaplains, grief counselors and recovery communities, widening its use beyond individual readers. - The collection addresses both visible losses and quieter ones, including the death of a loved one and the loss of a marriage, career, health or hope.

What happened: - Spike Humer and SoulWord Press released The Gift of This Day: Meditations for the Grieving Heart, the second volume in Humer’s meditation series. - The book is a collection of 143 brief reflections written as a daily companion for people carrying grief. - The release grew out of a family loss in 2025, when friends of Humer and his wife, Michele, lost their son, Josh. - Humer said the book began as a prayer for one family and that words were the only thing he could offer.

The details: - Each meditation is designed to fit the small window of attention grief often allows. - The book is organized around three recurring themes: What I'm Carrying, What I'm Noticing and What I'm Returning To. - The first theme focuses on the weight of grief and the love inside it. - The second theme focuses on unexpected mercies that still arrive. - The third theme focuses on the slow work of coming back to oneself. - The book does not promise a timeline for healing and does not present stages to complete. - Josh’s name remains in the book deliberately, and readers are invited to place their own person’s name there instead. - The meditations are written for readers mourning a spouse, parent, child, sibling, friend or animal companion. - The book also speaks to people grieving losses without a funeral. - The book is available in paperback, 177 pages, for $15.99 and in Kindle format through Amazon. - IngramSpark is distributing the book to booksellers and libraries. - A facilitator’s guide for group and institutional use is planned. - SoulWord Press describes itself as an independent press focused on presence, becoming and the interior life. - The press’s catalog includes the I Am Becoming journal series and The Gift of This Day meditation series. - More information is available at SoulWordPress.com.

Between the lines: - The book’s structure suggests an emphasis on companionship over advice, which fits a grief audience that often resists tidy solutions. - By keeping Josh’s name in the text, the book turns a personal loss into a shared framework for remembrance. - The planned facilitator’s guide points to a strategy beyond retail sales, with potential adoption in caregiving and support settings.

What's next: - SoulWord Press plans to release a facilitator’s guide for group and institutional use. - The book’s reach could expand as hospice programs, chaplains, grief counselors and recovery communities adopt it. - The title is now available for individual purchase and for placement through booksellers and libraries.