Ep 27 on handling death and dying with grief psychotherapist Julia Samuel MBE

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Dealing with death, and the best thing you can do for someone who’s grieving. I hope this episode will be useful to everyone - because let’s face it, we are all going to die and we should talk about it long before it happens, according to grief psychotherapist Julia Samuel MBE. Drawing on 25 years of experience working with bereaved families, Julia provides practical advice and explanations in this interview. She’s the Founder Patron of Child Bereavement UK and author of Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving. Julia was also a close friend to Princess Diana and is now godmother to Prince George - William and Kate’s son, who would have been Diana’s grandson. In this episode, you’ll hear: ?Julia’s advice if a family member is dying ?What you can say to yourself as soon as a loved one dies to help get you through it ?How to best support your partner after your child dies ?Practical tips for resolving grief ?How men and women need different things when they are grieving ?The best thing you can do for someone who’s grieving ?How to handle guilt after someone close to you has died ?The biggest single predictor of a good outcome in grief ?Why you should talk about your death long before it happens ?What a DNR is, and why you need to know whether your parents want one ?How to explain death to a child ?What to do if your elderly relatives refuse to discuss dying ?What happens in a grief psychotherapy session ?Plus, how Julia dealt with the death of her mother, and also her good friend, Princess Diana As always, get the show notes at healthhackers.uk