People die every day.

I find it surprising how differently people react to the death of an influencer. People die every day. And the only difference that is obvious, is the amount of people that particular person has influenced; how many people they reached with their message.

You can feel the wave of shock flooding the internet, you watch the reporters on the news channels, the headlines - for weeks and months - and the hundreds and thousands of posts of personal tributes, stories, and thank you's.

See, for me death is something I deal with on a daily basis. I speak about the Power of Grief. I offer workshops to teach more nurturing language and healing tools. I host Celebrations of Life... And the one thing these services all have in common, is bringing more Lightness into the rather heavy topic of Grief.

So, while the world grieves people like Liam Payne, Kris Kristofferson, or Kerwin Rae, we read lines such as "suffering from 'hurting hearts' and an 'unimaginable sense of loss'".

I can deeply empathise with these emotions.

Grief is no stranger in our family.

What matters the most, is how we respond to it!

Trust me, when I share these 2 thoughts, that they both come from a space of Love:

1. What are you going to do about it?
2. Do what you wish you had now.

Allow me to elaborate:

1. I understand the depth of emotions all too well; the grief, the hurt, the sadness, the broken hearts - the shock of the message, followed by the myriad of thoughts around the impact of death. So, I'm asking you: "What are you going to do about it?" How will this influence your life going forward? The decisions you make, the way you live your life now? Will you do anything differently, now that you were reminded, how in the blink of an eye, everything can change? Will you have a conversation with your own nearest and dearest? Will you take the leap and ask out that cute person, you haven't had the courage to tell about your feelings? Will you change your career, spend more time with family, have more fun, go on that long desired holiday, call your brothers and sisters, do all the things you wish you had done, if today was your last day?
2. Here we are. What exactly is that? What is your "I wish I had" list, if this was your final day, week, month? And why not do them now?!

We always think we have more time.

So do I.

The unexpected call "I'm sorry to inform you..." can happen to any of us, even today.

I don't want this to be a fear-based decision for you.

I don't wish for you to be scared of death.

I wish for you to embrace and love your life to the fullest, right now.

What's standing in your way?

How can you change that?

What can you do today, right now, to minimise your "I wish I had" list?

Make these decisions out of Love for your life - not out of fear of losing it.

And as always, please reach out if you'd like support on your journey!

With Love

Marie

PS: If you're dealing with grief at your workspace right now, please consider my workshop Thriving Teams in Tough Times. There's so much we can do to support a person during bereavement - it's just that we usually don't learn these things growing up.