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  "description": "These are not the same thing. They're on two separate tracks 🛤️",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T06:00:55.000Z",
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    "Video Masterclass on Grief, Loss and Death",
    "reach out to me for support",
    "Grief Loss & Death",
    "VISIT THE STORE",
    "It’s not what happens, it’s how you feel about it.The one simple distinction that, when truly seen, will change your life forever 🤩The Daily RemindersGiles P Croft"
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  "textContent": "Short and sweet today: 1 minute of pointing to the principles that underpin our experience of life.\n\nBecause what shows up for us in life (‘the thing’) is  _completely_ out of our control!\n\nThat's a bitter pill to swallow sometimes, especially when it comes to something like the death of a loved one.\n\nRelief from suffering comes from seeing that there are no rules about how we  _should_ feel—for  _any_ circumstance!—but that there  _are_ principles that govern our  _experience_ of ‘the thing’.\n\nIt might seem like a subtle difference, but it's the key to having a totally different experience of life; one free from stress & anxiety, and full of ease, connection and peace of mind.\n\nIf you can see, insightfully (maybe from watching videos like this one), that ‘the thing’ (i.e. the circumstances we face) are  _not_ connected to our  _experience_ of the thing (i.e. what we actually  _get_ , moment to moment), ** _however much it looks that way_** , then you’re free.\n\nAs I explain, in this very short (1 min) video:\n\n0:00\n\n/1:01\n\n1×\n\nClip lifted from my Video Masterclass on Grief, Loss and Death\n\n🙌🏻\n\nGiles\n\np.s. If you’re struggling with feelings that you can’t seem to prise apart from your circumstances, please, reach out to me for support. It's what I do! 💝\n\np.p.s. The full Video Masterclass that this clip was taken from, on Grief Loss & Death is available in the store on the link below:\n\nVISIT THE STORE\n\n### Related\n\nIt’s not what happens, it’s how you feel about it.The one simple distinction that, when truly seen, will change your life forever 🤩The Daily RemindersGiles P Croft\n\nMore on this topic 💗",
  "title": "The thing vs. Your experience of the thing",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-21T06:00:54.947Z"
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