I've paid particularly close attention to this story since I received a concussion a few months ago and have struggled with vicious headaches and other problems since.

After my injury, I did not seek immediate medical attention since I thought it was a minor problem. It never occurred to me that I could have had a concussion or even something more serious. After finally going to see a neurologist and getting an MRI, I was kicking myself for not going sooner. Any type of head injury is nothing to discount.

While watching CNN, I heard Andersen Cooper briefly mention that ?it is hard to imagine that Natasha is no longer with us.?

But that isn't true.

I'm an intuitive and I've interacted with ghosts and other spirits all of my life. After a lifetime of experiences with the recently deceased, I'm well aware of what happens after you die, and truly, death is not an end.

Death is an illusion. Rather than an ending it is a transition where we change forms of existence. But we do not cease to exist.

Natasha Richardson is still very much with us. In fact, as I write this article she is very much with her family right now. Shortly after she passed, I tuned in to her energy. I saw her extraordinary relief at being freed from her body which was no longer working properly. And I saw her smiling with her boys and her husband, placing her hands on their faces, telling them as loudly as she could, ?I am FINE, I'm FINE, Don't Worry,? and comforting them as much as she could.

She is not afraid, worried or concerned. She is well and strong and gracious and very present with her loved ones, offering them as much comfort as she can.

Another commentator mentioned that ?her death was such a waste of talent and all that she had to offer.?

I understand the sentiment, and death is nothing to take lightly. But perhaps a more accurate and healing way of looking at Natasha Richardson's passing as well as all of her gifts that she shared with us, is to look through the eyes of gratitude.

Gratitude isn't typically available in the midst of grief, but in the right time it offers valuable, healing insight.

Truly, no one's human presence lasts forever on the earth plane. And the sudden absence of a loved one's bodily existence can be a harsh and life changing event.

In time and with proper healing, grief gives way to gratitude and it becomes clearer that the gifts of their life and the talents they shared were brilliant and perfect, however long they were here.

If you are someone who can see, hear or feel the evidence of a loved one's continued existence after their passing, your own grief from loss will heal exponentially faster than someone who doesn't.

Once a client who was pained at the loss of her sister asked me if those on the Other Side missed us, to which I answered honestly, ?No. Because they're never without us. It's we who have to work through the illusion that we're without them. They don't have that challenge.? Her expression softened and her long-held grief began to melt.

My father passed early last year and I had the honor of being with him when he transitioned from his body. I watched his spirit leave his body and the time we shared before he crossed over was among the most healing experiences of my life.

He has returned for visits since then, often with messages. Other times he has visited to share in celebrations, holidays and other happy times. I often see him with my Mother and I pray that she feels his presence.

Like all of us who will one day transition from our bodies, Natasha will always be with her loved ones. She will bring them comfort in trying times, she will be back for celebrations and ceremonies and she will give them countless signs that she is not gone or suffering or lacking in any way and that her love for them endures.

She will visit them in their dreams, bringing them clear visions of her bright smile as well as strong feelings of the love she has for them. When they wake they will feel as though they have had a visit with her, and they have. And they be left with the strong sense that she is still alive, and she is.

I pray that Liam, the boys and her loved ones will feel her continued presence throughout their lives. That they may know that life and love continues infinitely on, regardless of the form we take. And that her presence and their faith will bring them comfort, insight and peace in the coming days.