
How to Help Someone Feel Seen, Heard and Understood
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Why “What Do You Need from Me?” Should be Among the First Things We Say
When someone with serious illness needs to make a decision about treatment, is facing the end of their life, or grieving the death of a loved one, it’s easy to feel like you just don’t know what to say. Learn conversational tools to help them more effectively. https://bit.ly/42hWWEw
#friendship #grieving #whattosay #comfort #howtohelp #treatmentdecisions #dyingfriend #cancer #support #communication #listening #activelistening #seenheardunderstood #HUA
In this Episode:
- 04:23 – Iowa Road Trip and Recipe of the Week
- 06:44 – “Get a Life, A Real Life” – Excerpt by Anna Quindlen
- 09:15 – How to See, Hear and Understand in Our Relationships
- 17:21 – Honoring the Life of Hurricane, the most decorated K-9 officer in US history
- 19:23 – Outro
Related Podcasts:
- S3E18: What to Say to People Who are Grieving
- How Do You Comfort a Dying Loved One?
- S4E5: How to Write a Condolence Note
- S4E1: How to Share the News of a Death with Someone who has Dementia
- S5E6: Mothers and Their Daughters, A Blessing and a Curse
- S3E1: What you can do to help a grieving pet
- S5E3: Grief Groceries – Care Packages for the Bereaved
- S3E14: 15 Ways to Help a Grieving Child
- S1E19: Helping children with loss of a grandparent – with Tracy Harding
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