Many of us have suffered different effects of the pandemic in 2020. There are days where it is hard to make sense of it all or think about what to expect for 2021. That's why I found my interview with Karen Chaston is super timely, as it helps us to get a different perspective when it comes to tragedy, suffering and life lessons.

In July 2011, Karen’s life changed forever when her son died unexpectedly. It is without a doubt a mother's worst nightmare. Within 15 months, Karen resigned from her CFO role of a publicly listed company and began a personal, professional and spiritual journey. From that point on, all the experiences have led hers into becoming a beyond loss expert and co-founding her business Live Love By Design. 

Fast forward to today, Karen Chaston is known as a business owner, beyond loss mentor and international keynote speaker who has shared the stage with Marianne Williamson, Jamie-Lee Curtis, Valerie Harper and Dr Ellie Drake. She is the author of eight books and numerous e-books as well as an online TV show host and podcaster.

Interview Highlights:

* How a mother’s worst nightmare has lead Karen from a CFO to become a Beyond Loss expert.* Her professional and spiritual journey to move through grief and growth. Eventually, she re-calibrated and re-design her life. * 5 Steps process: The Gift of Loss - We start with a Stop and Go within.* People come into your life for a reason or for a spiritual lesson* There are over 40 different loss events that can affect our lives* Sadness is completely different from grieving and suffering* Instead of buying into someone else’s version of success and good life, we take time to design the life we actually love. That’s why Karen has co-founded her business "Live Love By Design"* Three aspects of every relationship: Physical, emotional ad spiritual * Sometimes the loss that we experience is not one-dimensional, it brings another kind of gift* Ways to connect with Karen and her webinars on topics related to: "The Gift of Loss" and "Live Love By Design”.

If you would like to connect with Karen, please visit:

https://www.karenchaston.com/

https://www.livelovebydesign.com/

Video:

https://youtu.be/FNwGvd5FmAc

Transcript:

Sze Wing:Hi, everyone. I'm really happy to introduce you to my guest of the day. We have Karen Chaston with me, and she's a business owner, a Beyond Loss mentor and international keynote speaker, and I'm really excited to chat with her because she had been on stage with some really big names including Marianne Williamson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Valerie Harper and Dr Ellie Drake to name a few. So I mean, I don't know how it's going to be on the same stage with these people because I think, I love public speaking but I still sometimes get nervous, so anyway. Not the major focus for today, but I can't help it, I'm off script sometimes. Anyway. She's also an author for eight books, probably more now, and working on some more, and numerous ebooks as well as online TV show host and podcaster. So you can tell, she has been busy working and sharing her work. And in her corporate career earlier, she was a CPA, CFO of a public listed company, and a city manager for more than 25 years. So definitely, she has a very solid background in the corporate world, but she also have-- probably hand in hand that you've been obviously very productive and effective in your life, and you have written eight books after that, so. But so today,