Helping Others

Healing Conversations: What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say by Nance Guilmartin, Wiley, John & Sons, Inc., ISBN 0787960195 (2002)
From the publisher:
We're often faced with uncomfortable situations where we're at a loss for words. A friend calls to tell you she's lost her job. A colleague's test results confirm it: he has cancer. The neighbors -- who are like family -- are moving. Your best friend's mother has Alzheimer's. Your spouse's father suddenly dies; she didn't get to say goodbye. Can you help? Should you help? What would be useful? What kinds of boundaries do we respect or lower? Healing Conversations enables us to provide or ask for a new level of support when facing life's inevitable challenges, transitions, and losses -- at work, at home, and in our community. It is a practical guide to help you step into someone else's shoes so that you can offer, ask for, or receive comfort.