Helping can be hard

Interacting with a coworker that is sad or grieving can be hard.

What should you do? What can you say to “make it better”?

Here is the good news: you don’t have to make it better. Which is a big relief. Because you can’t fix the lagging economy or the stay at home order or the looming anxiety.

You don’t have to fix a person’s sadness.

When people are sharing their struggles/issues/frustration, what they want, most of all, is human connection.

Here are some things you can say to show that you are listening and that you care.