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Best Life Best Death#19 Johanna Lunn - We Begin at the End
Johanna J Lunn When You Die, director/producer, and I discuss the film "In the Realm of Death and Dreaming" + her next three documentary films about the end of…
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#18 Gary Roe - Grief: It's Everywhere
Author, speaker and grief specialist Gary Roe and I discuss the topic “Grief: It's Everywhere!" From humanity living with the COVID pandemic to personal losses…
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#17 Lori LoCicero - What Is the Game "The Death Deck"?
Co-creator of The Death Deck, Lori LoCicerco describes how she and Lisa Pahl decided to bring conversations about death to the fore by making a game that helps…
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#16 David Wilcox - Songs that Can Start Conversations
David Wilcox and I talk about "cardio spelunking" and how creating songs is way to move emotions. Includes an unrecorded song about his father's death.
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#15 Thatcher Wine - Reclaiming Our Attention Through Monotasking
Monotasking expert and founder of Juniper Books, Thatcher Wine and I discuss the concepts in his book "The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do…
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#14 Hospice Nurse Julie - What Makes a Peaceful Death?
Hospice nurse and growing public figure (450K TikTok followers, 30K+ on Instagram) Julie McFadden and I discuss the topic, “What Makes a Peaceful Death?” This…
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#13 Ann Whitehill - One Story of Ancestry.com
What are some of the ways that we can capture family history and stories? Ann Whitehill and I discuss her experience using ancestry.com, and talk about other…
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#12 Jennifer Caroll - What Does It Mean to Write Your Own Story?
Jennifer Caroll - author, journalist, biographer, and artist - chats with me about tributes, memoirs and even obituaries. How do people get started? Why bother…
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#11 David Wilcox - You Will Always Have What You Gave to Love
Singer songwriter David Wilcox joins me with two unique songs and some ruminations on gratitude, death and love.
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#10 Johanna Lunn - The When You Die Project and How a Movie Became a Much Bigger Project!
Johanna Lunn - director, producer, exquisite human! - talks about the When You Die Project and how the documentary film "In the Realm of Death and Dreaming"…
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#9 Minoti Rajput - How Can Parents of Special Needs Children Plan for Long Term Care?
Minoti Rajput - wealth advisor, author, & financial advocate for women of all ages and means - discusses how parents of special needs children can think about…
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#8 Lynn Golden - At Death's Door: A Doula Discusses Bedside Vigils
Guest Lynn Golden, an end-of-life doula and educator, discusses hospice and doula support at the end of life. Through powerful stories, she shares the benefits…
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#7 Diane Hullet - What is Seagull Syndrome & What are Kvetching Circles?
Family communication in crisis can resemble an aviary, with squawking visitors and pecking orders. Learn about seagull syndrome and the ring theory of…
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#6 Diane Hullet asks "Who is Barbara Karnes?" - Learn about This Prolific Author and End-of-Life Educator
Barbara Karnes, hospice pioneer and author of "Gone from My Sight," inspires me to explore palliative care, hospice and end-of-life doulas. And thanks to Russ…
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#5 Zak Foster - Talking to Fabric - a Conversation with a Quilter and Creative Community Builder
Zak Foster - visual artist, teacher, and creative community builder - shares his thoughts on memorial, burial and funeral quilts + sewing as a metaphor.
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#4 Diane Hullet talks about Atul Gawande and "Being Mortal" - If Only Conversations Could be FDA Approved, They Would Be!
I read an excerpt from Being Mortal, in which a town improves the lives and deaths of residents by having conversations. Author Atul Gawande says, if the FDA…
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#3 Diane Hullet asks "Why think about this stuff?" - and references "The Art of Dying Well" by Katy Butler
Katy's Butler's book "The Art of Dying Well" offers one sentence that may answer the question: Why think about all this aging and mortality stuff?
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#2 Adam Kimberly - Amazing Grace: a Hospice Story
My friend Adam Kimberly shares his powerful experience around his father's death - what it means to say everything you need to say, and how chance encounters…
