EP. 271/ Revisit. When a Coworker loses someone to suicide.

Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton

Support for when a Coworker loses someone to Suicide. Lois Chauncey lost her husband to suicide she feared she would also lose her job due to her complicated grief. Paul Sale, her Supervisor, provided a textbook-like example of how a company should appropriately respond to a suicide loss survivor in the workplace. From the humbling way in which Paul responded to the initial news of suicide, to the steps Lois and Paul took to inform others in the workplace, the empathy, compassion, and kindness one team took to welcome back in a suicide loss survivor is a hopeful study in how a workplace can help heal a co-worker's grief, and win a valued employee's respect and loyalty.