Ludovic Chancel, Sheila's son, died in 2017 at the age of 42 from a drug overdose.

On Europe 1, facing Michel Denisot, the singer tells how she manages to overcome this terrible pain, in particular by speaking directly to her son.

In 2017, Sheila experienced the immense pain of losing her son.

Victim of a drug overdose, Ludovic Chancel died at the age of 42, a few months after being reconciled with his mother.

To overcome this terrible drama, the singer was able to count on spirituality, which has accompanied her all her life.

This is what she told Michel Denisot, Saturday on Europe 1.

"What helps me - because we are not recovering from such a thing - is that I believe that we are surrounded by souls. And Ludo, he is always near me", says Sheila.

"As I believe in reincarnation, I tell myself that he left because he had made this piece of life where he had learned and unlearned everything he needed to know, but it is to rebuild another. "

"I tell her that I love her, because that's the meaning of life anyway"

But the singer is convinced, her son accompanies her on a daily basis.

"He's always present at my house. And I talk to him by the way," Sheila smiles.

"There are times I get annoyed, there are times I tell him that I love him, because that's the meaning of life anyway. But he's there. But anyway. , sincerely, if I hadn't had this, if I didn't have the music and if I hadn't had this belief, I believe that I would not be there anymore. "

This spirituality, Sheila acquired it through encounters. "In my life, I have had the chance to meet masters. They are real people, people who are just there to give you answers, happiness, and to try to guide you on a path," he explains. -it. "Thanks to them, I was able to write my first books, I was able to write things on beliefs, prayers, mantras, lots of things."