When Suzanne Jabour’s 22-year-old son lost his battle with depression, she became a student of grief. She wanted to understand the process well enough to grieve healthfully herself and support others who were grieving Ben’s loss as well. Suzanne eventually became a certified Grief Educator and Transformational Coach, leveraging her decades of experience as a trainer to normalize grief as a healthy response to losses big and small. She also built Suzanne Jabour Grief Education, a platform that serves organizations and businesses, helping them build the skills and protocols to support people who are grieving at work. On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Suzanne joins Anjel to share her experience with grief and explain why it’s crucial to honor friends and family members who grieve differently from you. Suzanne offers advice on navigating grief brain and describes three ways grief shows up in the workplace for individuals, teams, clients and customers. Listen in for Suzanne’s insight on giving yourself the space for trauma recovery work and learn what organizations can do to support grievers as they reintegrate in the workplace. What You Will Learn How the unexpected loss of her 22-year-old son led Suzanne to grief education Why it’s crucial to honor the family members who grieve differently from you How grief brain affected Suzanne and what the research says about why it happens Why the second year after a catastrophic loss is often harder than the first 3 ways grief shows up in the workplace for individuals, teams and customers How Suzanne helps organizations develop leadership compassion and grief literacy Suzanne’s top strategies for helping grievers reintegrate in the workplace Suzanne’s advice on how to leverage technology to navigate grief brain How to give yourself the space for trauma recovery work and permission to grieve Connect with Suzanne Jabour Suzanne Jabour Grief Education Resources The Grieving Brain by Mary-Francis O’Connor, PhD Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell  Wickedly Smart Women Wickedly Smart Women on X Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic The Wealthy Life Mentor The Wealthy Life Mentor on Facebook Listener Line (540) 402-0043 Ext. 4343  Email listeners@wickedlysmartwomen.com