How to grieve and heal during the pandemic
Live MintAll of April and May, most of the sessions I did with clients were around grief. In sessions, clients have shared similar struggles and asked me what they can really say to help their friends or family in a way that’s sensitive—they also ask what they should avoid saying. Since we are still in lockdown, I find it useful to tell grieving friends and family: “I am around and you can feel free to text or call me whenever you want to speak or sometimes even cry.” We need to recognise that there is no hierarchy to grief. Statements about moving on, taking responsibility for the family and comments about time being a healer don’t work when people are in shock, coming to terms with the loss. As David Kessler, author and grieving expert, says, “When someone dies, the relationship doesn’t die with them.” So give yourself and others the permission to heal and process this.
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