How to Support Someone Who is Grieving

In my last post, I talked about the “how” of listening and gave you a set of seven guidelines to become a better listener. Now I want to point to a special case of listening. How do you support someone who is grieving? What do you say or do when someone is going through grief or sorrow?

These are awkward moments for lots of people. We naturally want to support or even help ease the pain of someone going through grief and so we tend to say and do things that are not helpful. In this article I wa...