Susan is accompanied to today’s episode by Kori Clausen, author of the book Paddle Out: Death Is Life-Changing. Kori does not consider herself a writer but instead claims that her husband Clint, who passed away, was the one writing it through her. Kori shares today about her grief journey and how she found peace in being present, allowing herself to feel, lowering the mean voices in her head, and experiencing gratitude for all the gifts life has granted her.

 

Key Takeaways:

• Kori shares about her husband Clint and the amazing 15 years she was married to him.
• Kori and Susan talk about psychic intuition, stopping the constant motion to listen to the voice within, whispering the thing to do next.
• Kori found that she could write when she stopped thinking about writing and started feeling it.
• Kori realized the amazing value of being present and avoiding listening to that voice in her head.
• Kori thinks that Clint knew he was going to die, because of the decisions he took during the two last months of his life.
• Be careful about what you tell yourself because if you sustain the same message long enough you will create it.
• Honor your feelings all the time, accepting them is the only way of processing those feelings, and being able to come to a different place with them.
• Give yourself permission to grief in a way that is cathartic and healing for YOU, your way of grieving won’t follow a script, let it be, and love yourself in the process.
• Knowing that she wasn’t alone was the greatest comfort for Kori. 
• As humans, we tend to attach ourselves to anything, but really nothing is really even ours.
• Kori talks about her book Paddle Out.
• Kori shares her advice to start the journey of self-love and reinvention: Slow down, take a big breath, experience what it really looks like to be present, live instead of worrying all the time.

 

Resources

Tendrilsofgrief.com

Email Susan: [email protected]

Paddle Out: Death Is Life-Changing, Kori Clausen

 

Meet Kori Clausen:

Kori Clausen has never considered herself a writer. She still doesn’t. While she has accomplished a series of amazing things in her life, including an international dance career, running a restaurant, working as a renowned yoga instructor, organizing charity events and raising her four amazing daughters, she never thought “author” would be on that list. She blames her husband Clint, who passed a few years ago. In fact, she’s more than a little convinced that Clint is actually the one writing this book and she’s just serving as his vessel. And she’s okay with that; he always enjoyed the limelight a little more than she did. Just as with the years she got to spend married to him, she’s simply happy to be a part of the journey.