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How to Cope With Loss, Grief, and Trauma at the Office

https://faithfulontheclock.captivate.fm/episode/how-to-cope-with-loss-grief-and-trauma-at-the-office

Employees cope with tough stuff every day. Episode 93 of Faithful on the Clock outlines how workers and employers can get through personal difficulties in the office.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:39] - This episode relates to Episode 91 about handling chaos in the world. But handling the chaos of the world and personal difficulty require a slightly different approach.

[01:33] - Employees need to be honest with employers as much as possible about what they’re going through so the employer knows how to support the employee. The story of Moses, Aaron, and Hur in the battle against the Amalekites is a good example of being willing to admit a weakness to get necessary help.

[03:11] - Resetting boundaries, such as asking people to email instead of call, can make the overwhelm of trauma, loss, etc. easier to deal with. It’s OK to make reasonable requests that will help you cope so you can continue to do your work.

[05:12] - Resist taking on more work as a mode of denying your pain. Ultimately, this tactic backfires, because when you finally can’t deny the pain anymore, there’s more on your plate that will crash.

[06:20] - When you are struggling, seek out mentors and others who might be able to lend support. They can relate to you in a way people out of the workplace cannot.

[07:25] - Employers should exercise compassion and respond well to reasonable requests when they see people struggling. People will remember kindness and reward it with loyalty.

[09:02] - Henri Nouwen’s The Wounded Healer makes the point that it’s having one other person you know will wait for you through tough times that makes a person willing to keep going. Employers can be that one person for employees who are struggling.

[11:09] - Being anticipatory about employee needs and offering them as a courtesy — even if the employee does not accept everything offered — goes a long way to convincing employees who are struggling that they are more than just a number at the company.

[12:57] - Employers also can help employees who are going through tough times by encouraging teammates to support the employee in whatever ways they can. This tactic builds a sense of community where all team members know they can count on each other for help, and where no one person has to feel like they must be the only one responsible.

[14:43] - Summary 

[14:58] - Prayer

[15:39] - Outro/What’s coming up next

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