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What to say to someone who is grieving: When you’re scared of getting it wrong | Poppy Mardall
What do you say to someone who is grieving when everything you think of sounds inadequate? You want to be a good friend, but you’re worried about upsetting them, mentioning the person who has died or somehow making things worse. So you put off the message. Then you feel awful for saying nothing.
Poppy Mardall, founder of Poppy’s Funerals, joins me to talk about why we find death so difficult to discuss, and what that silence means for the people living through it. We explore how to support a grieving friend without trying to fix their grief, why saying someone’s name can open up a connection…
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