Grief Education for the Workplace—with Suzanne Jabour- EP266

Wickedly Smart Women

When Suzanne Jabour’s 22-year-old son lost his battle with depression, she became a student of grief.

She wanted to understand the process well enough to grieve healthfully herself and support others who were grieving Ben’s loss as well.

Suzanne eventually became a certified Grief Educator and Transformational Coach, leveraging her decades of experience as a trainer to normalize grief as a healthy response to losses big and small.

She also built Suzanne Jabour Grief Education, a platform that serves organizations and businesses, helping them build the skills and protocols to support people who are grieving at work.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Suzanne joins Anjel to share her experience with grief and explain why it’s crucial to honor friends and family members who grieve differently from you.

Suzanne offers advice on navigating grief brain and describes three ways grief shows up in the workplace for individuals, teams, clients and customers.

Listen in for Suzanne’s insight on giving yourself the space for trauma recovery work and learn what organizations can do to support grievers as they reintegrate in the workplace.

What You Will Learn

How the unexpected loss of her 22-year-old son led Suzanne to grief education

Why it’s crucial to honor the family members who grieve differently from you

How grief brain affected Suzanne and what the research says about why it happens

Why the second year after a catastrophic loss is often harder than the first

3 ways grief shows up in the workplace for individuals, teams and customers

How Suzanne helps organizations develop leadership compassion and grief literacy

Suzanne’s top strategies for helping grievers reintegrate in the workplace

Suzanne’s advice on how to leverage technology to navigate grief brain

How to give yourself the space for trauma recovery work and permission to grieve

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Suzanne Jabour Grief Education

Resources

The Grieving Brain by Mary-Francis O’Connor, PhD

Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

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