Finding meaning in loss

When you look around, do you see loss and hardship – or are you able to find the blessing? In tough times, it’s helpful to remember that life is cyclical. History is cyclical. Day follows night. And spring always follows winter.

When we think of loss, it is loved ones that likely first come to mind. We may think of losing a job or a relationship. But loss isn’t only about people or careers we love. We can also experience loss in other ways: loss of the way things were. Loss of our normal routines. Loss of social experiences, visits with friends and family. Loss of hugs and human contact. In typical times, we may not even notice how much we need these things. Yet losing them can cause a reaction similar to the stages of grief.

We’ve all heard these stages: shock, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Not accepting that it’s right or fair, but accepting that it is. But there’s a sixth step no one talks about: Creation. Letting go of the past and creating something new. Whenever we lose something, a new thing is also born, and when we shift our focus and choose to live in the present, no matter what, we can find beauty in the pain.

Tony and Sage sit down for an intimate fireside chat to personally share their own experience and also share a message of hope and unity. Together they tell us how this is a time to move forward, to create, to be able to step into another dimension of who we are. Because what we get will never make us happy; it’s who we become and what we contribute.

Listen to the podcast below to learn:

• Three principles of action that allow you to find the blessing in any situation
• Values we all share and how to use them to find common ground
• How to design a life instead of just making a living

“We are not the manager of our circumstances, we are the creator of our life experience.” – Tony Robbins

About The Fireside Chat Series

In the 1930s and 40s, a time when the country was struggling even more than it is today, we had an amazing leader named FDR. He began doing evening radio programs called “fireside chats,” designed to communicate directly with the American people.

At that time, 90% of people in the U.S at that time had a radio. Today, 96% of people have a cell phone and nearly all have internet access. Instead of being unified and watching all the same things, and having a collective experience, now we’re all kind of separated. And we can see division in our culture. We desperately need a form of unity, a form of connection, more humanity and more kindness in the world.