Every company and organisation is dealing with PEOPLE – customers, employees, managers – people whose physical and mental wellbeing are essential for the smooth running of your enterprise.

Your staff or your clients are also people who may well be suffering from the effects of loss – be it the death of a loved one, a divorce or even loss of position or control at work. Globally the world is waking up to the importance of good mental health, the impact on companies and the cost when mental health issues are not addressed.

There is fear however in many organizations about ‘opening a can of worms’, and that discussing sensitive issues or that confronting the silence around someone’s problems could lead to further unrest and anxiety.

We acknowledge this fear but we can help you and your organisation avoid getting stuck when personal or professional trauma or any major change occurs.

When a person who is grieving cannot cope with their own responses, they may bury them deeply and behave as if nothing is wrong. They then stop engaging fully and openly with others, including their family and work colleagues. They might even thrash out their feelings and thoughts, projecting them all over the place causing much confusion and hurt to themselves and others.

But when someone has a good understanding of grief and a better awareness of their feelings, their responses will be much healthier and more socially productive. They will also be more supportive of others with similar difficulties and this will enable them to evolve through their own grief. They will be stronger, have a new perspective on how to deal with life’s problems and have a much higher self-esteem.