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John – Being helpful to someone in grief

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Craig – Supporting Someone in Grief

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Craig discusses his personal experience with grief and how he felt when people didn’t reach out to him during a difficult time. He offers advice on how to best support someone who is grieving, emphasizing the importance of simply showing up and letting them know that you care.

Betsy – Adoption and grief

Betsy tell her story of losing her adopted son to cancer

Rev. Sky – “Yearning”

Rev. Sky discusses yearning and how it’s OK to feel those emotions.

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Jim – Helping by listening

Jim – ” I talk about how to be a good listener to someone who is grieving. I believe that one of the most important things you can do for someone who is grieving is to simply listen. Don’t try to fix their problems or offer advice. Just listen and be there for them. It can be as simple as meeting for coffee or taking a walk together. You’re doing more help than you realize when you simply listen to someone.

Christian – Denial and grieving

Christian discusses what happens after members of the community die from drug poisoning and how it’s OK for grief to be messy

Betsy – You can’t know until you know

Betsy talks about support and what really helps when one is in grief

John – The power of journaling

John shares how journaling has helped him so much

Sarah K – Supporting someone in grief

Sarah gives her thoughts on how many things there are you can domto support someone in grief and how to be proactive