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When couples grieve a workplace loss differently

My husband and I work for the same company and our colleague died suddenly three weeks ago — he's throwing himself into work like nothing happened while I can barely concentrate, and we're starting to feel like strangers even at home. We used to process everything together but now it's like we're grieving in completely different languages.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people who love each other are discovering that shared grief can create unexpected distance rather than closeness.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief in the workplace?”

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