How to handle grief at work and beyond | Meredith Wilson Parfet

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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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What happens when personal grief collides with your professional life? Drawing on her experience as the CEO of a crisis management firm and a hospice chaplain, Meredith Wilson Parfet breaks down the reality of grief — at work and beyond — and shares practical tools for navigating chaos, without toxic positivity.

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