The best keynote speaker in USA, Brandon Gardner, along with speaking on a victim mentality and moral injury to law enforcement, has also aided people by being a grief counsellor. Through his great spirit, he has spread happiness among sorrowful people. Grief is basically a reaction to any form of loss in life. Moreover, Grief cages a wide range of emotions, from deep despair to rage. The process of adapting to a loss deviates from person to person dramatically. 

Thus, Grief is something that can be experienced in a wide span of situations, including the death of a loved one or a pet, the abolition of marriage, alienation from a family member, or any other kind of substantial loss. Grief counselling is intended to help people overcome such Grief and enjoy the small moments in life. Grief counsellors make people see such things that are curtained for them by their Grief. They make people see that there’s much more to life.

Five stages of Grief:

Brandon, with the aid of his great humour, helped people cross the following five stages of Grief very smoothly:

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

Brandon Gardner about comprehending the truth of loss

Through his motivational speeches, Brandon Gardner has helped people accept the reality of loss, work through the pain of Grief, adjust to life with the loss, and cope with guilt, shame or regret. His strong communication skills allow people to be comfortable with him because he allows people to talk about their loss and speak their hearts out. He also encourages people to let go of the blame and commit to living a life that will honour the loss. Brandon himself has lost a friend to suicide. A person who has experienced the loss of someone or something better understands the loss of others. Brandon helped his clients grieve healthily, comprehend and cope with the emotions they undergo, and ultimately find a way to move on.

Grief reactions or signs

Everyone experiences grief differently. Although, there are periodic common signs and reactions that everyone experiences during Grief which may include:

• Shock
• Disbelief and denial
• Anxiety
• Despair
• Fury
• Period of sadness
• Loss of sleep
• Loss of appetite

Brandon Gardner’s service in Hospice and Healthcare

Hospice care is for those who are moving towards the end of life. It is for people with serious diseases. Many people who acquire hospice care have cancer, while others have heart disease, dementia, kidney failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Brandon, via his excellent speaking skills, provided comfort, care, and quality time to a person with a severe terminating disease moving to the fate of life. At some point, it might be impossible to mend a specific disease, or a person might not want to undergo the cure; that is what hospice is designed for.

What could be a better time to make a person happy than a person moving towards the end of this life? We cannot stop anything from happening, but the least we can do is accept reality and live the remaining life to the fullest. 

The following are the worthy words of hospice nurse Elaine Mallory about Brandon:

“Brandon opened my eyes to things that I had not really thought about with starting a career. I’m getting ready to graduate, and I am glad to be learning some of these life-lesson principles now and not later. I think this was a valuable talk that would be beneficial to everyone getting ready to graduate college.”

Brandon added colour to the life of people who are in the later stages of an incurable illness through his fantastic humour. He is a very passionate grief counsellor and worked with his whole heart as a hospice and healthcare worker.