“I’m so sorry for your loss.” These are the words we automatically turn to when someone tells us they’ve experienced a loss, but they often don’t feel like enough. To help, we created this guide to being a friend to someone in grief.

In this guide, you’ll learn

• What grief is (and what it is not)
• How we respond to grief (and why those responses are sometimes unproductive)
• Concrete ways to be a friend to someone experiencing grief

This guide is complete with examples and insights from parents who have lost children, children who have lost parents and others who have experienced profound grief.