Kristina Shands is a transformational launch strategist and copywriter. She shares some social media best practices when dealing with grief and handling the pouring in of messages from friends and family. What’s the best way to share the news? If people are hurt, how do you navigate that? And so much more. 

 

Key Takeaways:

• Kristina shares her grief story. 
• As a launch strategist, Kristina shares how she used social media to share her story and inform her friends and family about her mother’s passing.
• Susan has had bad experiences with people on social media. 
• When is it appropriate to post on social media about a loved one’s passing? 
• Having deep and personal conversations on facebook is not the best way. Pick up the phone and call to talk to them if they are doing something disrespectful to you.
• If someone is hurt, don’t try to hash it out on Facebook. It just causes more hurt. 
• Some people just want to be the knowledge center, but they do not consider what that really means and who that ends up hurting. 
• For some people, having a facebook page of the person who has passed is very comforting and keeps their memory alive. For others, it’s very painful. 
• Look into your social media settings, you have a lot more control than you think! 
• It was very difficult for Susan to look at social media after the passing of their husband and seeing how everyone was moving on with their lives and going on vacation together as a family. 
• We have to be really aware of what we’re allowing into our hearts and in our minds. 
• Susan had to unfollow and block people from her friend circle. It feels petty and childish, but it had to be done! 
• Don’t be guilted into being friends with people you don’t like. That doesn’t apply to social media. 
• Everytime Kristina got on instagram, she just felt worse about herself. 
• The beauty of social media is you can unfollow people who don’t serve you and follow people who inspire you! You have control over this! 
• When it comes to grieving, you can’t compare what you’re going through with someone else’s grief journey. 
• Why is Kristina passionate about social media? 
• Give yourself permission to say no to toxic people in your life. Your sanity and your wellbeing deserves that. 
• We don’t owe anyone a front row seat to our lives! 

Resources:

Kristinashands.com