In this ebook, you will
learn what to say when
someone tells you about
their grief. It is filled
with suggested responses
which show what helps
and what hinders.
In this ebook, you
have a contemporary
explanation of grief and
its effects. And as you
turn each page, there is
an inspirational quote to
guide you. And some tips
for relatives and friends.
In this ebook, common
perceptions like ‘time will
heal’ and ‘you have to be
strong’ are challenged
and replaced with more
helpful views about grief.
You’ll learn about
empathy and what helps
and hinders.
In this paperback, learn
about what’s normal for
grieving teens when it
comes to their feelings
and behaviours and how
parents, teachers and
adults can help.
This FREE DOWNLOAD
PDF opens with information
for the adult to build their
knowledge and confidence
– the opposite page
speaks to the child in age-appropriate language with
plenty of space to draw,
doodle, or paste pictures.
This is a simple, quickread version of the
original book with the
same name. It aims to
normalise grief at a
time when your world is
turned upside down.
This book helps readers
to understand why
it’s important to allow
yourself to grieve when
your pet companion
dies. It combines helpful
grief guidelines with
thoughtful quotes,
poems and real stories
from pet lovers.
DORIS ZAGDANSKI TALKS ABOUT GRIEF & EMPATHY
There is no easy way around grief. It’s our way of reacting to the loss of someone special or something that matters to us.
Grief is not really well understood in our society and some people try to deny it, postpone it or dodge it. But, we need to do our grieving, we need to face all the challenges it presents, we need to make the big and small adjustments it brings to our daily life - whether we like it or not. That’s what we call our ‘grief work’. It can be an uphill battle, it can wear you out, but somehow most of us manage to survive it.
“I learned about grief and the value of empathy first-hand when one of my children died suddenly as a baby. Friends, neighbours, work
colleagues and even my family didn’t know what to say. Whilst there were many kindnesses shown, there were just as many people who
avoided us or acted like nothing had happened. It took me many years to realise these people weren’t intentionally being insensitive, they
just didn’t know how to make an approach. They didn’t know that they could just turn up, they didn’t need to have any magical words
that would take our grief away. They could just be there, listen and aim to understand, rather than try to cheer us up – these are all the
ingredients of empathy.”
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