How To Comfort Someone Who Is Grieving

Even small gestures sending a card or flowers delivering a meal helping out with laundry or shopping or making a regular date to listen and offer support can be a huge source of comfort to a person who is grieving.

Often comfort for them comes from simply being in your company. Whether it s getting them back in the routine of doing things they did before or introducing them to something new being involved in activities can help distract them fill their time and lift their mood. You can comfort a grieving person and help them heal by getting them involved in an activity. Words of support and encouragement offer some of the greatest comforts to someone who is grieving.

Tell them about your day or silly things once you ve checked in on them the minutiae of other people s lives can be really comforting and momentarily distracting. Offering your support lets him know that you are reliable in his time of need. Don t press if the grieving person doesn t feel like talking. Ask what you can do for the grieving person.