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GRIEF ADVOCACY
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Bereavement Leave: Stripping Away Restrictions for Real Support
The heart doesn't keep an HR-approved memo on whom it is supposed to grieve for or for how long. Yet, traditional workplace policies on...
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Grief doesn't need to be healed
Grief is what reminds us of who we are and there is no reason to heal from that.Â
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Address Grief & Unlock Success for Your Coaching Clients
I speak to a lot of coaches and I can honestly say, I hear this statement more than I am comfortable hearing: "My programs focus on the...
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Tending to Your Clients Grief & Loss as a Life Coach
In the realm of life coaching, where we are guiding individuals toward personal growth and transformation, it is essential for us to...
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Navigating a Coworker's Terminal Illness: A Compassionate Journey of Support
In the realm of our professional lives, we often find solace and support from our colleagues. They become an extension of our chosen...
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The Importance of Workplace Rituals for Employee Well-being
Every day, we engage in a variety of rituals and some of them without much thought. From our morning coffee run to the team lunch on...
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Grievers Guide to Returning to Work
Returning to work after the death of a loved one can be an incredibly difficult and intimidating undertaking. Whether it has been weeks,...
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Why Grief is so Hard: the nuances.
Grief is experienced so differently by every single person that there are as many different loss experiences as there are people in the...
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Helping Grievers Return to Work
Grieving can be a difficult process, and returning to work after bereavement can seem daunting. Understandably, a grieving employee might...
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Grief and the Holidays: Preparing
Grief is one of those swirling emotions that can really take the wind out of our sails around the Holidays. There is so much going on...
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The Legacy Series: What is your Leadership Legacy?
This series is targeted at leaders who are interested in learning about how to create a legacy. Upon investigation, most leadership...
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Grief, Gratitude and Grace Podcast - Grief at Work
The Grief Gratitude and Grace Series was a wonderful podcast I co-hosted with John Brewer. We were honoured with 4 guests that discussed...
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Men and Grief
We don't often think about men's grief do we? Maybe it's because they are so damn good at hiding it. But I promise you, it's...
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I won't get over it.
Dear Graham: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 is the day I died. It is the day my mother, my rock, my hero is slipped into her own world. We...
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Leading while Grieving
Leaders did not become leaders because they showed vulnerability or weakness. They got there because they were successful strategists,...
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When a Child Dies
A while back, I wrote a post about the collateral beauty of death and how grief is a version of unconditional love. I've spent some time...
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When we Grieve at Work
You don’t have to go very far before you find someone who has experienced the death of a coworker. For our teams, sometimes that death...
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Grieving through COVID-19 - Interview
I had the pleasure of sitting with John Brewer from Uncancelled and Unplugged to talk about what Covid-19 has done with our grieving...
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How Anger Serves Us
Recently, I watched the amazing Ted Talk by JP Sears "Saying YES! to your weirdness" and it sums up a lot of what we strive for:...
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