580: Seeking Relief from Your Unending Grief | Feedback Friday
Oct 29, 2021
This discussion dives into handling grief after losing a sibling while juggling a new job's pressures. The hosts provide insights on supporting a family member in prison who wants to change his life, emphasizing the power of personal growth through reading and writing. They also tackle the challenges of dealing with a toxic coworker who spreads rumors, offering strategies to maintain professionalism and mental health. Financial transparency in relationships is highlighted, along with the emotional impact of ghosting and friendship dynamics.
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Managing Grief at Work
Be open with your manager about your grief and what you need.
Create systems to ensure you fulfill essential responsibilities, despite emotional challenges.
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Building Supportive Relationships at Work
Focus on building positive relationships with your colleagues.
Appropriately share what you're going through, inviting collaboration and support.
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Supporting an Incarcerated Nephew
Understand how your nephew spends his time in prison.
Encourage him to read books, write reports, and document his experiences.
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Justin Paperni's "Lessons from Prison" provides valuable insights into the realities of incarceration and the challenges of reintegrating into society after release. The book draws on Paperni's personal experience as a successful stockbroker who served time for fraud. It offers practical advice and strategies for maintaining mental and physical well-being, building support networks, and developing skills for successful re-entry. Paperni emphasizes the importance of self-education, networking, and critical thinking during imprisonment. The book serves as a guide for individuals facing incarceration and their families, offering hope and a roadmap for navigating this difficult period.
Earning Freedom
Michael Santos
In 'Earning Freedom: Conquering a 45-Year Prison Term', Michael G. Santos shares his journey from being sentenced to prison at 23 to emerging as a successful individual. The book details his path to personal growth, education, and entrepreneurship while incarcerated, and how he prepared for a successful life after release. Santos' story is divided into three sections, reflecting his journey from arrest to rehabilitation.
Grieving the loss of a sibling while still finding your footing at a new job is making it impossible to perform optimally, and you're worried your employer -- while overwhelmingly supportive of your plight -- may be forced to let you go. Is there anything you can do to manage your grief and find a way forward before it comes to this? We'll try to help with this and more here on Feedback Friday!
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What can you do to manage the grief of losing your sibling and find a way forward before you're fired from your new job for subpar performance?
Your nephew made an escalating series of bad choices, and now he's serving hard time for the next few years. A recent letter indicates he's adjusted his attitude and wants to turn his life around. How can you be supportive while he waits to be released?
You work with a fellow salesperson who takes the spirit of friendly competition into the realm of petty high school rumormongering and character assassination. What can you do to keep your sanity while the boss gaslights the notion that this is even happening?
You overcame poverty and work in finance, so your boyfriend's nonchalance over $20,000 in credit card debt and fuzzy details about future income give you pause about your future together. But can his good qualities cast aside the red flags you're seeing?
Someone who once referred to you as one of his best friends has taken to completely blowing you off now that his girlfriend's moved to town. You've tried to connect a few times in the past few months only to be completely ghosted. This guy might not be the friend you thought he was, but it still puts a dent in your psyche. What can you do?
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