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"How do I help someone who is grieving?" This is the perennial question when it comes to showing up for people we care about after someone dies. Zack Wheat, a Board Certified Chaplain, knows more than most about what people who are grieving need - and don\'t need. Professionally, Zack knows about this from his work as a hospital chaplain for an inpatient palliative care team. He also knows about it from his time volunteering as a facilitator in peer grief support groups at Dougy Center. But, long before he was a hospital chaplain or a grief group facilitator, Zack learned about how to be there for others when he was 21 and his friend Leanna died in a car accident.\\xa0
In this episode we talk about:
What it was like for Zack to speak at his friend\\u2019s funeral\\xa0
His draw to working as a chaplain\\xa0
The difference between hospital and hospice chaplaincy\\xa0
How the pandemic impacted Zack and his hospital colleagues\\xa0
What people who are grieving need \\u2013 and don\\u2019t need\\xa0
How to be human with other humans who are grieving\\xa0
What keeps people from showing up for others\\xa0
The value of acknowledgment, empathy, and presence\\xa0
What Zack\\u2019s learned as a facilitator in a peer grief support group\\xa0