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Liz Eddy of Lantern: “Be okay saying ‘no’”

Thrive Global

Coping with change can be traumatic as it often affects every part of our lives. As a part of this interview series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Liz Eddy. Be okay saying ‘no.’ There might be days you feel like going out and others where you can’t bear the thought. When you do go to an event, it helps to have an escape plan.

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my coworker is enraged that I call my cat “my baby,” my interviewer called me a schmuck, and more

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I was prepared to be outraged at Jane, but grief can cause people to behave in really odd ways. If she’s always seemed reasonable before now, I’d be inclined to figure that her grief made her really misunderstand your words (as opposed to her deliberately setting out to lie about you). One of my coworkers, Jane, lost it. – 2018.

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How to contain employee benefits costs (and why most businesses struggle)

Insperity

The worst part: these costs tend to rise. Unfortunately, increases in health-insurance costs are driven in part by factors outside a company’s control, such as: The rising cost of care (known as medical inflation) Expanding regulatory and reporting requirements. The average private-sector employer spends an average of $2.65

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Oddesty K. Langham of ODDESTY K: “Find a positive mean of expression”

Thrive Global

It’s important that you understand what grief is and how it may play out differently for individuals. When people think of grief, they often associate it only with death; however, grief is a natural response to any type of Dramatic Loss or Life Change. T he world seems to be reeling from one crisis to another.

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Cathleen Elle: “Surround yourself with people who can assist you in the way you need them to”

Thrive Global

Coping with change can be traumatic as it often affects every part of our lives. As a part of this interview series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Cathleen Elle. Her book, Shattered Together: A Mother’s Journey From Grief to Belief?—?equal T he world seems to be reeling from one crisis to another. That stuck with me.

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Krista St-Germain: “Grief is not linear and there is no endpoint”

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Grief is not linear and there is no endpoint. We don’t “recover” from grief. Our goal is not to move on from grief but rather to move forward with grief. Coping with change can be traumatic as it often affects every part of our lives. T he world seems to be reeling from one crisis to another.

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Love Lives Through Everything.

Thrive Global

” “ Good night, honey.We’ll go to the farmer’s market in the morning before you play golf with John. He believes that real, true love lasts waaaaayyy longer that the temporary, twelve-hour stretch of Valentine’s Day. Even in death, love lives. This may be why Barr is a little blasé about Valentine’s Day.

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