Heidi Powell is sharing the final textual content messages she acquired from her ex Dave Hollis earlier than his dying.
The health coach, 42, stated whereas showing on the Nov. 13 episode of the Him & Her podcast that she and Hollis, who died of an unintended drug overdose on Feb. 11, 2023, “by no means stopped speaking till the night time he died” and that she has “lovely closure” from his final texts despatched to her.
Powell, who cut up with Hollis earlier than his dying, recalled having “superb conversations” with the self-help writer and former Disney government, that “would shift I’ll say in the direction of the top of his life.”
She shared that the final textual content he despatched her was on the day he died, which occurred to even be her son’s birthday, and that it was “like his soul knew it was time.”
“He despatched me probably the most insightful [messages], like, ‘Hey, , coming to grips with the place you and I are … I’m not simply shedding you. You’re not simply shedding me. We’re shedding our youngsters.’ And telling me how a lot I meant to him,” Powell recalled. “… It was probably the most lovely day, of textual content messages and telephone conversations ever.”
“There’s closure with him, probably the most lovely closure,” she stated. “Our dialog we had proper earlier than we went to mattress that night time and yeah, I really feel full.”
Hollis died at age 47 from an unintended overdose of cocaine, fentanyl and alcohol on Feb. 11, 2023. He and Powell dated after his cut up from his ex-wife Rachel Hollis in 2020 after 16 years of marriage. The pair shared 4 kids.
Powell revealed earlier on the podcast that she and the YouTube persona and mogul had damaged up “a deal with of instances” and that the pair “by no means bought to some extent the place we talked about marriage” as they have been dwelling in separate states with their kids.
“He is in Texas. I am in Arizona. We’ve got children which might be totally different ages … he is not gonna uproot his children and his ex-wife, I am not gonna approve mine … and so we by no means actually bought previous the soul connection,” she stated. “Constructing a life wasn’t even a factor we ever talked about,” including that it was “not sensible.”
Powell stated that when “challenges” got here up for Hollis of their relationship, of which she didn’t specify, she believed he would “begin to make the selections to heal for me as an alternative of for [him].”
She revealed that the pair ultimately broke up for good and “he went into remedy.”
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Powell beforehand spoke out about Hollis’ dying in a video posted on Instagram in April 2023.
“Dave and I had damaged up earlier than, and so there are a variety of query marks for me,” Powell stated within the video, admitting that the 2, who started relationship in 2020, had damaged up someday earlier than his dying.
“None of what I do know now takes away from the life he was on this world and it does not take away from the issues I like about him,” she added.