RESILIENT PEOPLE18 Juli 2023

How to help a griever get back to living life

This episode is a response to a Twitter post that I recently made that garnered a bit of attention. I was remarking on how I, as a widow, was starting to include a friend who recently lost her husband in my social plans. Inviting her to play tennis, hang out and go out for dinner.

So many people replied with their own stories of living with grief and the alienation they encountered while others wrote about the ways in which they had included a griever in their vacations, dinners and making plans together.

The grievers had remarked on the typical "outreach" comments that they would hear as a way for others to feel as though they were helping. These are touched-on as well as examples of how they also felt acknowledged, loved and seen which allowed them to make steps to move forward from their loss.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is hosted by Janet Fanaki. This show profiles regular people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have lived through a major life challenge, found a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too.

This particular episode is narrated by Janet and focuses on the ways which we can help support a griever. It is in response to a post that Janet posted to Twitter where she comments on including her friend in plans after she suffered the loss of her husband.

This episode covers:

Comments from contributors, as grievers and also ones who have been a support to someone who has faced loss.
Sharing tangible ways to help someone living with grief.
Avoiding the typical one liners like, "I didn't know what to say" or "Let me know if you need anything".

If you are widowed and have a story to share on how someone helped you move forward in your grief, please share your comments on the RESILIENT PEOPLE contact page at www.resilientpeople.ca/contact

For more information on the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, go to www.resilientpeople.ca

If you or someone you know is admired for their resilience, I'd love to hear from you. Please send me an email to info@resilientpeople.ca

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