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In Episode 25 of Carpe Diem 2026, transformational coach and end-of-life doula Christine Bailor shares a deeply compassionate perspective on grief, transition, and personal renewal. Working closely with individuals navigating life’s most profound moments of change, Christine explains how loss — whether through relationships, identity shifts, or life transitions — often carries within it the seeds of transformation.

Grief has a way of rearranging the architecture of a life. It alters the weight of mornings, the texture of silence, and the meaning of ordinary things. What once felt effortless becomes deliberate. What once felt certain becomes fragile. And amid that reorientation, one question often lingers, sometimes unspoken: Is there still room for joy here?

There’s a question most of us avoid for as long as we can. How do I actually want to leave this life? In this week’s Awakened Magazine interview, Christine Bailor-Goodlander (Body Essential Wellness Center) shares what four decades in healthcare have taught her about dying well, grieving openly, and the kind of legacy that has nothing to do with money

People tell her they can’t talk about death because they’re afraid it will come sooner. In this clip, Christine Bailor-Goodlander shares the line she uses to gently open the conversation most of us have spent our whole lives avoiding.