𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 🙍‍♂️😔

A coaching client of mine killed herself last week.

No — I’m not that bad of a coach.

Jokes aside, this really happened.

She was early-30s, a medical school graduate and working doctor who was a “success” by any societal measure (degrees, income, social status). She was going through a tough, long, not-amicable divorce (if your focus is money, and you want to always have work, become a divorce / custody attorney). She was friendly to everyone, and incapable of having a negative word pass through her lips.

We spent many hours on Zoom calls. I got to know her 6-year-old daughter.

My son turned 18 months old this past weekend. I can only imagine my son having to grow up without one of his parents.

This woman, my client, had postponed our last two calls.

Her message for the first postponement:

“Can we reschedule? Feeling really run down with this latest cold and divorce stuff.”

3 weeks later (after more ignored messages), I sent:

“Hellooooo… still alive?”

Her reply:

“Hey, yeah. Have been having a hard time with things. Can we pause for a bit?”

I replied with an 8-minute audio WhatsApp message.

The message, summarized: