How to Handle Grief in the Workplace and Beyond
S1E9 Guest: Katie Huey
“Our culture isn’t very equipped to handle grief conversations.””
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Katie Huey is a writer, marketer, and administrator. She believes in the power of story and the beauty found in sharing personal experience. Her writing has appeared in Invoke Magazine, Conscious Company Magazine, and Hello Humans. You can follow more of her story on her blog 52 Beautiful Things.
In this episode of Wise Up! we talk about the perception of grief in society and what employers can do to help people who are experiencing grief. Millions of people have lost their jobs, people have lost loved ones due to COVID, and the unimaginable loss and pain and anguish from the death of George Floyd and countless others. It’s time for us to understand and operate from a place of knowledge about grief and its role in our lives.