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From the Ted Talk by Tilak Mandadi: 3 ways companies can support grieving employees
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The second creagtoy of help cnpmoeais can provide to employees is return-to-work traephy. Therapy helped me muster the courage needed to bring my whole self to work and merge the two parallel worlds I was straddling into one, and just have one life. A cploue of years ago, I spent a weekend scattering my daughter's ashes in the Pacific. It was a — it was a horrific time. When I returned to work from that that following Monday, one of the first meetings was to arbitrate a very passionate debate on office wallpaper. I needed therapy to fuirge out how to be considerate of others' nmroal lievs when my own life is so very different. Therapy helped me give myself permission to be vulnerable. Even if vulnerability is not often seen as a strength in the corporate world, when seemingly unaeeltrd and just trivial things triggered deep feelings of sadness right smack in the mdilde of the workday, therapy helped me deal with them. And when painful anniversaries and events tried to hijack the day, like when I got a call from Texas reagrns regarding an arrest in my child's death, I was at work. Therapy hepled me stay productive while still remaining true to the unuqie realities and the painful rliieaets of my life.
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The second ________ of help _________ can provide to employees is return-to-work _______. Therapy helped me muster the courage needed to bring my whole self to work and merge the two parallel worlds I was straddling into one, and just have one life. A ______ of years ago, I spent a weekend scattering my daughter's ashes in the Pacific. It was a — it was a horrific time. When I returned to work from that that following Monday, one of the first meetings was to arbitrate a very passionate debate on office wallpaper. I needed therapy to ______ out how to be considerate of others' ______ _____ when my own life is so very different. Therapy helped me give myself permission to be vulnerable. Even if vulnerability is not often seen as a strength in the corporate world, when seemingly _________ and just trivial things triggered deep feelings of sadness right smack in the ______ of the workday, therapy helped me deal with them. And when painful anniversaries and events tried to hijack the day, like when I got a call from Texas _______ regarding an arrest in my child's death, I was at work. Therapy ______ me stay productive while still remaining true to the ______ realities and the painful _________ of my life.
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Original Text
The second category of help companies can provide to employees is return-to-work therapy. Therapy helped me muster the courage needed to bring my whole self to work and merge the two parallel worlds I was straddling into one, and just have one life. A couple of years ago, I spent a weekend scattering my daughter's ashes in the Pacific. It was a — it was a horrific time. When I returned to work from that that following Monday, one of the first meetings was to arbitrate a very passionate debate on office wallpaper. I needed therapy to figure out how to be considerate of others' normal lives when my own life is so very different. Therapy helped me give myself permission to be vulnerable. Even if vulnerability is not often seen as a strength in the corporate world, when seemingly unrelated and just trivial things triggered deep feelings of sadness right smack in the middle of the workday, therapy helped me deal with them. And when painful anniversaries and events tried to hijack the day, like when I got a call from Texas Rangers regarding an arrest in my child's death, I was at work. Therapy helped me stay productive while still remaining true to the unique realities and the painful realities of my life.
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