Own Thy Grief: Guiding Leaders to Support Employees Experiencing Loss - Part 1 with Holly Gainsboro

In this episode of Own Thy Stuff, Joe talks with grief expert Holly Gainsboro, founder of Golden Heart Grief Support and Education and host of Creating Space for Grief and Hope. Holly is also Joe’s wife, making this a deeply personal conversation about grief, healing, and supporting others through loss. Holly shares how the death of her late husband led her to grief-support work and explains anticipatory grief, secondary losses, and the many non-death experiences that can cause grief. She and Joe also explore how grief affects the workplace and how leaders can respond with greater compassion, presence, and understanding. Holly Gainsboro, founder of Golden Heart Grief Support & Education, is a Grief Support Specialist, Grief Educator & Coach. Holly’s late husband, Steven, died in December 2010, from Glioblastoma. Holly began her work in the grief field nearly 13 years ago. She provides 1:1 grief support for women who have lost a loved one to a brain tumor or are caring for a loved one diagnosed with a brain tumor, facilitates grief support groups, leads grief workshops, is a keynote speaker on grief, and is a contributing author for the book Own Thy Stuff. She is the host of the podcast Creating Space for Grief & Hope. You can find her at: https://www.GoldenHeartGrief.com Listen to Holly's podcast at:    / @creatingspaceforgriefhope   Joe Machicote has more than 30 years of experience in human resources, organizational development, and leadership and culture transformation. A former Chief Human Resources Officer, he has led culture strategy across the hospitality, food service, manufacturing, and healthcare industries, referring to his work as “Cultural Engineering.” Joe specializes in building values-driven, high-performing teams with aligned growth mindsets. He is also an accomplished author, keynote speaker, and ICF-accredited executive leadership and neurolinguistic programming coach. Throughout his career, Joe has coached hundreds of leaders and teams, helping them strengthen trust, presence, communication, and leadership impact in both personal and professional relationships. Joe can be reached at: https://www.tlsolutionsgroup.com Produced by Cindy Ballaro with On Track Marketing – cindyballaro@yahoo.com #OwnThyStuff #GriefSupport #GriefInTheWorkplace #CompassionateLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment