103 – What I learned when I asked what grieving people found helpful

In August, 2022, I created a survey for people who had lost a loved one.

I asked four core questions about their experience after a death: what they found helpful in 1) what people said or 2) did or 3) gave in grief support materials, and 4) what people wish someone had said or done. I asked for demographics about their loved one and about them.

Today I’m talking about what I learned.
Mentioned in this episode

The book. This Is Hard: What I Say When Loved Ones Die.

More on telling stories: https://thisishard.substack.com/p/001-helpful-in-loss-making-space

Creating space for a conversation about a loved one: https://beinghelpfulinloss.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/tellmeaboutyourlovedone.pdf

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