In this episode of Soul Therapy with Chelle, we sit with a truth most of us avoid: one day our time here will end. With gentleness, clarity, and a surprising amount of humour, Toni Corbett joins Chelle to talk about how grief can become a doorway to preparation, presence, and deeper love.

Toni's story begins with a sudden loss of a dear friend that left no room for last conversations. Rather than be consumed by that absence, she turned her grief into service: writing long love letters to her children and building a practical system to help families manage the things that matter when someone's gone. That work became My Affairs Organised and her course, Just in Case - a step-by-step way to organise practical affairs (from bank details and wills to the often-overlooked - like pets and phone access) so the people we love aren't left picking up the pieces.

In our conversation we explore:

• How losing someone without closure reshapes the heart.
• Ways grief can open us to living more truthfully and intentionally.
• The "Just In Case" folder - not born of fear but of love and dignity.
• Practical actions that protect and clarify for those we leave behind (letters, a legacy entry in phones, estate basics, pet care plans).
• Why planning ahead is an act of kindness, not morbidness - it frees those we love to grieve without chaos.

This episode isn't about giving up - it's about the opposite. Preparing your affairs is an expression of love, a way to hold your people steady. Toni reminds us that legacy is more than belongings; it's the gift of direction, protection, and feeling known - even after we're gone.

If you're navigating loss, thinking about the future, or simply curious about how to live more intentionally today, this conversation will meet you with compassion and useful steps.

Connect with Toni Corbett:
Instagram: my_affairsorganized
Website: My Affairs Organized

Connect with Me:
Instagram: @_chellegriffin_
Facebook: Michelle Griffin Psychotherapist & Intuitive Guide
TikTok: @‌soultherapy.with
LinkedIn: michelle-griffin-325075127
Website: Michelle Griffin Psychotherapist & Intuitive Guide

In this episode, we explore what it means to face the one certainty in life with clarity, compassion, and courage: that one day, our time in this lifetime will come to an end.

My guest, Toni Corbett, shares the deeply personal story that led her to this work. After losing her dear friend Mari—suddenly, swiftly, and without the chance for final conversations - Toni was left holding both grief and a profound realization:

Most of us assume we'll have tomorrow.
But not everyone gets the luxury of time to say what matters.

Instead of being swallowed by loss, Toni transformed her grief into service. She began writing letters to her children, documenting everything they may one day need - wisdom, guidance, information, truths - and eventually created what is now My Affairs Organized, a structured and compassionate way to help individuals and families prepare for the practical side of loss.

In this episode, we explore:

✨ The emotional and spiritual impact of losing someone without closure
✨ How grief can deepen our awareness of life rather than shut us down
✨ Organizing the "Just In Case" folder – not out of fear, but out of love
✨ Why preparation provides dignity, clarity, and protection for those we leave behind
✨ How facing death can help us live more truthfully, intentionally, and awake

This conversation isn't morbid - it's profoundly human.
Because when we plan ahead, we're not preparing for death…
We're easing the burden for the people who love us most.

Toni reminds us that legacy isn't only what we leave behind - it's how we empower others to continue with strength, direction, and a sense of being held rather than abandoned.

To anyone navigating loss, preparing for the future, or facing the reality of time:

You are not alone.
Grief is not a sign of weakness - it is evidence of love.
And putting affairs in order is not giving up on life…
It's honoring the people who will continue living after us.

Connect with Toni Corbett:
Instagram: my_affairsorganized
Website: My Affairs Organized

Connect with Me:
Instagram: @_chellegriffin_
Facebook: Michelle Griffin Psychotherapist & Intuitive Guide
TikTok: @‌soultherapy.with
LinkedIn: michelle-griffin-325075127
Website: Michelle Griffin Psychotherapist & Intuitive Guide

In this final part of my book reflection on Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman, I explore what it means to reclaim the mother within - the inner source of care, grounding, and tenderness many of us spent years longing for.

Edelman describes this as a second birth: the moment a daughter realizes that while the mother she lost can never be replaced, the mother she needs now can begin to grow inside her. At first, this idea feels startling - even unfair. But in time, it becomes liberating. It expands the lineage of care rather than erasing it.

Through Gestalt therapy, I reflect on how this shift shows up in the body: in the softening where we once braced, in the breath that returns after years of vigilance, in the quiet ritual of placing a hand on the heart and whispering, I will not leave myself.

In this episode, I explore:
✨ Reclaiming the "mother within" as an act of healing
✨ How mother loss shapes the way we love - fiercely, yet fearfully
✨ The protective patterns born from bracing for loss
✨ Gestalt therapy's invitation to meet fear with awareness instead of avoidance
✨ How awareness loosens old patterns and makes room for safer love

Healing from mother loss is not about becoming invulnerable - it's about learning to risk connection again. To say, "I am afraid, and I'm still here." Over time, the people who can meet that honesty begin to appear, and new constellations of care form around us.

Edelman reminds us that absence doesn't disappear; our relationship to it transforms. We stop orbiting the loss and begin walking with it. The grief becomes companion rather than cage.

To every daughter carrying an invisible story of loss:
Your grief is not a flaw - it is the language of love enduring.
You are not broken for feeling it.
You are living proof that love remains.

Connect with Me:
Instagram: @_chellegriffin_
Facebook: Michelle Griffin Psychotherapist & Intuitive Guide
TikTok: @‌soultherapy.with
LinkedIn: michelle-griffin-325075127
Website: Michelle Griffin Psychotherapist & Intuitive Guide