Looking for the right words for difficult times?
How to Say It : When You Don't Know What To Say by Robbie Miller Kaplan (155.93 KAP)
Shared by Rohayah
Finding the right words at the right time isn't always easy, especially when someone dear to us is going through a challenging time, we want to say the things that will help them recover from loss, or face trials or just to let them know that they are not alone.
This book provides insight into grief and offers practical advice or comfort to others. I personally used some from this book to write to my acquaintances working in Phuket and a few Acheh students (after the Tsunami tragedy). From a variety of difficult experiences, illnesses, job loss, divorce, tragedies & traumas or natural disasters, we the readers will get some advice from experts, professionals and individuals whose words of wisdom can guide us through these/theirs difficult experiences. Broadly categorised by sub-topics: How to Say It (tone of voice/time), What Not To Say and Do It (the taboo, undignify words/terms), and Things to Consider, eg. an old friend whose teenager son has taken his own life, the parents of a child who died after battling cancer for 2 years, the aunt whose daughter was killed in a car accident, or a friend who has been sexually assaulted.
Interesting finds in this book: page 53-57 : on Religious and Cultural Differences (Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Islam, Jew etc), page 110 : on pet loss, page 201-205 : on physical disabilities - Words with Dignity VS Do Not Use words.
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Shared by Rohayah
Finding the right words at the right time isn't always easy, especially when someone dear to us is going through a challenging time, we want to say the things that will help them recover from loss, or face trials or just to let them know that they are not alone.
This book provides insight into grief and offers practical advice or comfort to others. I personally used some from this book to write to my acquaintances working in Phuket and a few Acheh students (after the Tsunami tragedy). From a variety of difficult experiences, illnesses, job loss, divorce, tragedies & traumas or natural disasters, we the readers will get some advice from experts, professionals and individuals whose words of wisdom can guide us through these/theirs difficult experiences. Broadly categorised by sub-topics: How to Say It (tone of voice/time), What Not To Say and Do It (the taboo, undignify words/terms), and Things to Consider, eg. an old friend whose teenager son has taken his own life, the parents of a child who died after battling cancer for 2 years, the aunt whose daughter was killed in a car accident, or a friend who has been sexually assaulted.
Interesting finds in this book: page 53-57 : on Religious and Cultural Differences (Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Islam, Jew etc), page 110 : on pet loss, page 201-205 : on physical disabilities - Words with Dignity VS Do Not Use words.
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