Supporting Others Through Illness, Loss and Change

This compassionate and empowering session is for anyone supporting a loved one who is experiencing physical, psychological or emotional illness or challenges, loss or bereavement.  It acknowledges that being in a supporting role can be both a privilege and a significant emotional load, and it helps to normalise common reactions such as worry, guilt, fear and exhaustion.  We will explore some of the key challenges that can arise when someone close to us is unwell or grieving - including changes in roles and relationships, communication difficulties and the impact on our own mental health and daily life - and introduce gentle, practical tools to navigate these.  The session will focus on how to have supportive conversations, set and comminicate healthy boundaries, signpost to appropriate help and stay resourced enough to keep going without burning out.  Attendees will leave feeling seen, understood and equipped with simple, realistic strategies to support their loved one while also taking care of themselves.

Online Booking

To reserve your place, please use our online booking system by clicking on the Book Now button below. 

This webinar will be run using Teams technology and a link to the meeting will be sent to those who register, at the time of booking.

Interested but can't attend?

Don't worry if you can't make the date/time of this webinar.  It is being recorded so just select the "Access to recording only" option and you will receive access to the recording shortly after the event.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants should be able to:

• recognise common emotional and practical challenges experienced when supporting a loved one through illness, loss or bereavement
• understand how being in a supporting role can impact their own mental health and day-to-day life
• use simple, compassionate communication tools and healthy boundaries to support a loved one who is struggling
• apply realistic self-care strategies and know when, and how, to seek additional or professional support for themselves or their loved one

About our Speaker

Claire Russell

Founder & CEO, Mental Health in Business; TEDx Speaker; Keynote Speaker; Coach

Claire's vision is to lead a global shift in mental health in the workplace.  With her personal lived experience of mental health, and losing her partner to suicide in 2018; she is passionate about helping to effect change, break down taboos and open up the conversation about mental health. 

She is a professional speaker, mental wellbeing coach, mental health first aid instructor (yount and adult, suidcide awareness and intervention trainer, accredited menopause trainer and coach, breathwork facilitator and therapist and creator of multiple mental health training programs. 

Claire has been a leader and business owner in the insurance industry for more than 25 years, so she understands well the challenges faced by business owners and leaders.

She speaks candidly about her own experiencse, and on a range of issues relating to wellness and workplace mental wellbeing.  She continues to be a committed volunteer, passionately supportng suicide prevention charities.