Hugs Help: How to Support People Who Are Grieving with Randy Stocker

Grief is an unfortunate but inevitable part of life, yet most of us don’t feel equipped to support people around us who are grieving. Today’s guest, Randy Stocker, has dealt with tragic, traumatic loss during his life, and in this episode, he talks openly about his experiences and some of the most important lessons that he has learned about the grieving process. Randy is the author of Hugs Help, and today he shares some of the key principles that he explores in this book, including how to be a supporter rather than a comforter, the importance of understanding that everybody grieves differently, and things that he recommends saying (and not saying) to somebody who is grieving. The biggest gift you can give a grieving person is to be patient with them and to let them grieve in their own way.