How to Help a Grieving Friend: The Animation

The viral video on how to help a grieving friend: one complex topic explained in under four adorable minutes. 

How do you help a grieving friend? It's hard to know what to do when someone is going through a difficult time. The thing is, you can't cheer someone up by telling them to look on the bright side, or by giving them advice. It just doesn't work. Watch this video to learn the one thing that will help you support your friends in the most helpful and effective ways. 

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If you want a judgment free place to explore your losses, we strongly recommend the Writing Your Grief self-guided course. More than 10,000 people have used the prompts to tell the truth about their grief. Come see. 

IMPORTANT: This animation has been shared millions of times around the world, sometimes legally and sometimes not. This work is under copyright, and you must give proper attribution when you share this piece. Using it for a training? Awesome. Give proper attribution (and drop us a note to let us know how you've used it!). In no circumstance is it legal to copy this video, or the script, and use it in your own work, passed off as your own creation. Love this video and find it useful? Credit the people who created it. Simple. 

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