There is no Good Card for This : : What to say and do When Life is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People you Love

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Call Number: 155.93 Cr, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Self-Help / Death & Grief / Crowe, Kelsey
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch

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Introduction. Life spoiler alert: bad things happen -- Part one. Laying some groundwork -- Put your own oxygen mask on first -- Standing in their shoes -- Part two. The three touchstones of showing up -- Your kindness is your credential -- Listening speaks volumes -- Small gestures make a big difference -- Part three. Just help me not be a disaster -- Please never say this (thanks!) -- Empathy directory: dos and don'ts cheat sheets -- You got this!
"The creator of the viral hit "Empathy Cards" teams up with a compassion expert to produce a visually stunning and groundbreaking illustrated guide to help you increase your emotional intelligence and learn how to offer comfort and support when someone you know is in pain. When someone you know is hurting, you want to let her know that you care. But many people don't know what words to use--or are afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing. This thoughtful, instructive guide, from empathy expert Dr. Kelsey Crowe and greeting card maverick Emily McDowell, blends well-researched, actionable advice with the no-nonsense humor and the signature illustration style of McDowell's immensely popular Empathy Cards, to help you feel confident in connecting with anyone experiencing grief, loss, illness, or any other difficult situation. Written in a how-to, relatable, we've-all-been-that-deer-in-the-headlights kind of way, There Is No Good Card for This isn't a spiritual treatise on how to make you a better person or a scientific argument about why compassion matters. It is a helpful illustrated guide to effective compassion that takes you, step by step by step, past the paralysis of thinking about someone in a difficult time to actually doing something (or nothing) with good judgment instead of fear. There Is No Good Card for This features workbook exercises, sample dialogs, and real-life examples from Dr. Crowe's research, including her popular "Empathy Bootcamps" that give people tools for building relationships when it really counts. Whether it's a coworker whose mother has died, a neighbor whose husband has been in a car accident, or a friend who is seriously ill, There Is No Good Card for This teaches you how to be the best friend you can be to someone in need"-- Provided by publisher.
When people you know are hurting, you want to let then know that you care. But many people don't know what words to use-- or are afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing. Crowe and McDowell have created a guide to help you increase your emotional intelligence and learn how to offer comfort and support when someone you know is in pain. They take you, step by step by step, past the paralysis of thinking about someone in a difficult time to actually doing something (or nothing) with good judgment instead of fear.

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Wonderfully easy and practical advice submitted by SMHred12 on July 9, 2019, 11:05am Really easy (and sometimes even comical) read about being a supportive friend or family member in the worst of times. Short and to the point practical advice as well as jumping off point for more info if you wanted to delve deeper into the topics of grief and compassion. Helped me get over my own fear of "saying something wrong" to be the best friend I could for another.

Like the style of writing submitted by onpaper24 on August 19, 2022, 11:43am Easy to understand and some good advice and tips on hard life topics