Emotions Untapped

#001 Navigating Grief Together: Cultivating Empathy Compassion & Understanding

Livia Lowder Season 1 Episode 1

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Suzanne is a grieving mom who has found meaning in her loss through providing grief education – sharing how grief really works and how we can support people experiencing it. She works with organizations and businesses to build the skills and protocols to better support people who are grieving at work. She is available as a speaker to share her story and help normalize grief as a healthy response to losses big and small. She has a BA and B Ed and decades of experience as a trainer. She is a certified Grief Educator, Transformational Coach and Workshop Leader. In this episode we talk about:

- naming various types of grief that we experience
- how we all experience grief through big and small life changes
- how grief is a connected to so many other emotions
- how being emotionally intelligent allows us to move through grief with more ease
- how important it is to practice having conversations around the feelings associated with grief and loss
- the importance of ‘witnessing’ each others grief
- the difference between empathy and compassion
- healthy ways to support others experiencing grief
- examples of how we can speak to others who are grieving ie. specific phrases
- normalizing conversations around grief,  sadness, and emotions in general
- how leaders in the workplace can integrate EQ into the boardroom
- building the new normal through generational evolution
- Suzanne's personal story on losing her son Ben at 22 years young, and how it lead to her mission of creating a culture shift
- practical ways we can support those that are greiving
- ways to stay connected to one another during times of loss

Resources mentioned in the show:
feelingswheel.com

To learn more about how to work with Suzanne:
Visit her website at https://SuzanneJabour.com
Listen to her podcast appearances HERE
Reach out via email at suzanne@alivedexperience.com
Suzanne is also on Linkedin, Instagram and Facebook

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