For many of us, when faced with one of life’s difficult moments we internally ask ourselves: what would Oprah Winfrey do?

As a super successful one-woman brand, she’s achieved a lot while having faced some serious obstacles. To name but a few: she grew up in rural poverty in America, she lost several siblings at a young age and she was sexually abused as a child.

Despite all this, she went on to create The Oprah Winfrey Show – one of the most successful programmes in TV history, running for 25 years, pulling in such high ratings and awards to the point where Winfrey won so many Emmys that she opted to stop submitting herself for consideration.

In short: she’s incredible.

Which is why, it comes as no surprise, that while she’s been mourning the recent death of her mother Vernita Lee, Winfrey has viewed the loss “as a teaching, learning, experience”. And she wants to share what she has recently learned with others.

Oprah’s advice on saying goodbye to our loved ones is truly comforting