When a friend's loved one has died, what do you do? Send flowers? Condolences? Distract them? It can be hard to know how to support a grieving friend. You want to be there for them, but you also know there's not much you can do to heal their pain. This episode, reporter Julia Furlan talks to grief experts about the most effective ways to show up for someone. And she shares insights from the times she's supported her own friends through their loss. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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We're starting this episode in the top drawer of a dresser in reporter Julia Furlan's living room.
In that drawer is a small decorative bag filled with a few little things.
Okay, here it is.
I can't believe I found it.
There's a pair of avocado socks.
They're purple with little avocados.
Fortune teller fish.
It's a miracle fish Night Garden Mix, Hudson Valley Seed Company Deep cleansing pink clay mud mask.
Doesn't say when it expired.
That says, you're my queen, featuring the queen of England in a flower crown.
I bought this when the queen of England had not died.
It's a care package that Julia intended to send to her friend whose mom passed away in 2022.