Quote · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Emilie Kiser EXCLUSIVE: The Loss That Changed Her Forever
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Why It All Felt So Cruel
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Jay returns to the subject of public commentary, asking what Emilie wants people who fill in the gaps with their own commentary to know. Her answer is measured but devastating: nothing anyone could say would hurt her more than she is already hurting herself. When you lose your child, she says, the only thing that matters is doing your best to keep going — not getting through it, because there is no 'through it.' There is only moving forward, caring for family, and not letting the loss become the only thing. She makes clear that the internal wound far outstrips any external judgment.
Nobody online could say anything that would hurt Emilie more than she was already hurting herself. When you've lost a child, the internal blame and the void of their absence is the most crushing thing imaginable — external criticism barely registers.
