Thank You Heartbreak

Founder of KHL Consulting, Kaylie Hanson Long joins Chelsea 13:30 minutes in to reflect on the tragic and unexpected accident that took her husband’s life. The first guest to claim there is no upside, Kaylie shares her trauma in hopes of normalizing a topic that really should be normalized. Grieving as a young woman and dating as a young widow begs the question: What are you going to do with yourself now that you have these experiences? A few gems contained within this conversation are, turning grief into advocacy, the value of focusing on nothing while you are going through something, settling the pingpong balls—aka the mental noise—by being in your body, struggling with religion post-accident, the importance of having friends in different time zones, how new romantic interests teach us just how big our hearts can grow and the poignant reality that just because Kaylie’s husband has passed doesn’t mean she can’t still call upon him for guidance, asking her usual question: What would Jeff do?__To connect with