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How to act normal with a grieving colleague

My coworker's son died and everyone at the office is walking on eggshells around her, but she seems to want normal interaction and I don't know what's right.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear of saying the wrong thing often leads to saying nothing, creating isolation when ordinary human connection might be healing.

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