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Grief doesn’t end when someone returns to work.
Coming back to work after the death of a loved one can feel disorienting and deeply confronting. While the workplace may look the same, everything has changed for your grieving colleague.
As a teammate or manager, your role isn’t to fix their grief – it’s to offer understanding, flexibility, and compassion. This guide shares practical ways to support a colleague as they navigate grief at work.
When someone you love is living with serious illness, dementia, or ongoing decline, you may feel like you’re grieving – even though they are still here. This experience is called anticipatory grief.
Anticipatory grief is real, valid, and common. Naming it can reduce self-doubt and remind you that you don’t have to carry these feelings alone.
Road trauma can bring a complex mix of grief and trauma, shaped by sudden loss, shock, and a sense of injustice that can deeply disrupt a person’s life. While these reactions are common and understandable, compassionate support and trauma-informed care can help people feel less alone as they navigate healing over time.
Melbourne City Mission’s Palliative Care Bereavement Team supports individuals and families before and after the death of a loved one, helping them navigate loss with compassion and understanding. Their booklet, Common Questions from the Bereaved, offers gentle guidance and reassurance for anyone experiencing grief.
Supporting grieving customers isn’t about answers—it’s about patience, empathy, and respect. Small acts of compassion can build trust, connection, and a culture of care in workplaces.
The end of any meaningful relationship may come as a complete shock, even if you saw it coming. There are many emotions and thoughts experienced during and following the initial break-up.
Financial stability is not the first thing that comes to mind when we picture grief. We share our support tips for coping with the loss of financial stability.
For many, the loss of a pet can mirror the grief experienced when we lose a close friend or family member.
When someone you care about is experiencing grief and loss, it can be difficult to know how to support them.
The death of a loved one can shake the foundations of your life.
Learn about prolonged grief — when grief doesn’t ease with time — including its signs, risk factors, and where to find compassionate, evidence-based support from Griefline.
Losing someone or something we treasure can leave you feeling bereft of ways to cope. We share our tips for supporting yourself or someone you know who is grieving a loss.
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