This week’s episode looks at how we can be empathetic and compassionate towards people in our lives who are experiencing grief or other difficult situations. The author of the There is No Good Card for This: What to Say and Do When Life is Scary, Awful and Unfair to the People You Love. Dr. Kelsey Crowe shares her insights based on her many years of research on the subject. During the conversation, we touch on things organizations can do to gain loyalty by respecting their employees as whole beings, what to do and what not to say when someone you know experiences grief, and how we can become empathetic and compassionate during difficult times.
Key Takeaways:
[2:23] What the phrase ‘bring your whole self to work’ means to Dr. Kelsey Crowe.
[6:10] Kelsey details the inspiration behind There is No Good Card for This: What to Say and Do When Life is Scary, Awful and Unfair to the People You Love.
[11:26] What should I do when something happens to someone I love?
[15:08] The more humane policies we have around people’s difficult trials, the more we are respecting people as whole people.
[22:49] What to say to make a connection, and comments to avoid when speaking with the bereaved.
[31:31] How to become empathetic and compassionate to people.
Resources:
There is No Good Card for This
Tweetables:
Your kindness is your credential. No one is ever really healed by what you say or do. Small gestures make a big difference. Share on X
Grief rearranges your address book. Share on X
Fear of failure can be a key driver in why people don’t reach out to those affected by grief or loss. Share on X
