April 23, 2010PowerPhrases for grief. “Tell me about (name)”
Speakernet News is an excellent resource for anyone who speaks. This week’s edition had an endorsement of how grief expert Dr. Alan Wolfelt handled the topic of grief with an audience. He said the best way to approach someone who is grieving is to say things like,
- Tell me about (loved one)
and then to listen intently.
Alan didn’t just tell the group to do this. He did it with the audience. He then responded by saying, for example,
- It sounds like your grandmother really taught you a lot of lessons without making them feel like lessons. What a wonderful lady!
What a great way to be sensitive to someone’s loss and a great way to help an audience know how to handle someone’s loss.
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This is great advice! Whenever I had the opportunity to talk about my late husband, I found it extremely therapeutic. And I’ve learned that listening to the stories of other people is usually very interesting.
Thanks for passing this one along!
Comment by Dayna DeLaVergne — May 6, 2010 @ 3:14 pm