Talking grief with Brenda Marshall of The Solacium Group

In this episode I discuss grief in the time of Covid 19 with Brenda Marshall of the Solacium Group.

Brenda is not a grief counsellor but rather consults with employers specifically on grief in the workplace.  Her insights have always been relevant and valuable but right now they are essential as work has changed dramatically and so has grief.

Brenda shares her insights into this shift - from grief being something experienced by a person who then returns to work to non-grieving colleagues to a situation where we are all working remotely and many more of us will be experiencing grief.

We discuss how both leaders and colleagues can adjust to this situation.  We explore grief as a response to losses other than the death (a job, financial security, status, some aspect of work), disenfranchised grief, grief without gathering, the hierarchy of griefs, and lots more.

In less than 30 mins we just scratched the surface - I'll have Brenda back on a later episode and will have some other grief experts share their perspectives.

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