The Unquiet Mind: On Grief - A Lyrical Companion for Those Learning to Live with Loss
Press Release April 7, 2026
Haley Scott's intimate collection of essays and poems offers clear-eyed compassion, practical practices, and language for the fractured days after bereavement.
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SEATTLE, WA, April 07, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Haley Scott announces the publication of The Unquiet Mind: On Grief, a lyrical companion that gathers essays, short reflections, and original poems to accompany readers through the disorienting landscape of loss. Written with clarity and tenderness, the book refuses tidy answers and instead offers company, permission, and small practices for surviving, and bearing witness to, sorrow.

Moving between personal memory, cultural observation, and brief actionable prompts, The Unquiet Mind names the bewildering emotions that follow death: the numbness that feels like absence, the sudden flash of anger, the tender work of remembering. Chapters are designed to be read in fragments or revisited over months, making the book a portable solace for those newly bereaved, people coping with long-term grief, and readers who want to better support friends and family in mourning.

"Grief doesn't arrive on a schedule," Scott writes. "This book is meant to be a companion, not to fix what's broken, but to offer words, permission, and small tools to move forward in ways that honor loss." The Unquiet Mind pairs lyrical attention with practical moves: short rituals for memory, conversational phrases for difficult moments, and reflective prompts that help readers recognize their own rhythms of mourning.

The book is available now in multiple formats online. Review copies, interview requests, and speaking inquiries are available through the author.

The Unquiet Mind: On Grief is a collection of essays and poems by Haley Scott that explores the interior life of mourning with honesty and lyric restraint. Blending memoir, cultural reflection, and practical prompts, the book aims to give readers language and small rituals to hold alongside their grief. Haley Scott is a writer and poet whose work centers on memory, care, and the everyday contours of loss. She lives in Washington and contributes essays and poetry to literary and cultural publications. Haley Scott is also frequent on TikTok (@the_unquiet_mind) advocating healthier cultures through a modern day psychological approach.

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The Unquiet Mind: On Grief is now available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback. Buy now at https://www.amazon.com/Unquiet-Mind-Lyrical-Companion-Through/dp/B0GTYRW6TJ to order Kindle or hard copy.

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Haley Scott

The Unquiet Mind

DUPONT, WA

United States

Telephone: 9499224518

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