This is the home of Finding Words in Hard Times – the podcast. You can find show notes, resources, and links for people, like you, who want to be helpful in times of loss.

When I write the newsletter, Finding Words in Hard Times, and record the podcast, I’m aware of two groups of people.

First, I’m talking to people who want to be helpful to others in times of loss. So, friends, pastors, managers, extended family members. I know from research that those people are most helpful to the most people during the grieving journey. There are trained counselors, psychologist, therapists, and psychiatrists. They already know what they need to know. But the rest of us can be more helpful with some stories and tools. And that’s what I’m here for.

There’s a second group. These are people who are going through loss ourselves, and need support. In the words and frameworks and stories I provide, we can start to understand what is going on in our hearts and minds.

What I know, of course, is that the two groups overlap. We start by wanting to help, we discover that we need help. That’s why I’m here.

I don’t offer prescriptions of what to do. I offer descriptions of what you could try.

Finding Words in Hard Times – the podcast on Youtube

Finding Words in Hard Times – the podcast on Apple