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Podcasts
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Featured Podcasts:

WYD Podcast With Sian Sibley: Old Ways in Modern Times
When we hear the word “witch” we think of fairy tales . But witches (yes they are real!) are rooted in the “natural” instead of the supernatural. Sian Sibley is a traditional witch, animist and a lover of the green world.
She embraces ecological death culture and draws on the ancient beliefs to create sustainability

WYD Podcast With Jennifer O’Brien: Advice for Sustainable Caregiving
Using her skills as a CEO in health care management combined with her experience as a caregiver, Jennifer O’Brien shares advice from her latest book Care Boss, about how to balance providing a dignified death for our loved ones with a smooth transition from caregiver to griever.

WYD Podcast With Nurse Penny Smith: The Transformative Power of Hospice Care
Social media star Nurse Penny Smith talks about her new book Influencing Death, her transformation from addiction to celebrated hospice nurse, the state of hospice, and so much more.

WYD Podcast With Kathryn Mannix, MD: Stories to Help Us Understand Death
Palliative care pioneer, and passionate death educator Dr Kathryn Mannix shares beautiful stories from her decades of practice at the bedside. Not to be missed!

WYD Podcast With Gabby Jimenez, RN: Grief, Ritual, and End-of-Life Care
While grief is universal, it is also personal and unique to each to each of us. Gabby Jimenez is a hospice nurse, and end-of-life doula, and educator who uses her experience to improve end-of-life care and support grief. She talks about the need to address unresolved grief, otherwise it can be come staked, one experience after

WYD Podcast With Lisa Pahl: Dealing with Death.. With a game of cards
Death is in the cards, so why not deal yourself a hand and have a laugh? That’s what the Death Deck is about. Created by Lisa Pahl and her business partner Lori LoCicero, The Death Deck offers a creative way to have those difficult conversations. As a Hospice and Emergency Medicine Social Worker, Lisa saw first

WYD Podcast with Karen Wyatt, MD: 7 Lessons From The Dying
Hospice physician, Dr. Karen Wyatt has been widely recognized for her compassionate presence with patients and her deep understanding of the spiritual aspect of health, illness and dying. In this episode, Johanna Lunn talks with Hospice physician Dr Karen Wyatt about Seven Lessons for the Living from the Dying, a beautiful book about Dr Wyatt’s entre

WYD Podcast with Carol Reid: Grieving Before Death
Carol Reid and her husband were looking forward to spending their retirement together. But when Jim was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia , Carol found that although she had worked as a palliative care nurse, it did not prepare her to deal with the gradual loss of her own loved one.

WYD Podcast With Sian Sibley: Old Ways in Modern Times
When we hear the word “witch” we think of fairy tales . But witches (yes they are real!) are rooted in the “natural” instead of the supernatural. Sian Sibley is a traditional witch, animist and a lover of the green

WYD Podcast With Jennifer O’Brien: Advice for Sustainable Caregiving
Using her skills as a CEO in health care management combined with her experience as a caregiver, Jennifer O’Brien shares advice from her latest book Care Boss, about how to balance providing a dignified death for our loved ones with

WYD Podcast With Nurse Penny Smith: The Transformative Power of Hospice Care
Social media star Nurse Penny Smith talks about her new book Influencing Death, her transformation from addiction to celebrated hospice nurse, the state of hospice, and so much more.

WYD Podcast With Kathryn Mannix, MD: Stories to Help Us Understand Death
Palliative care pioneer, and passionate death educator Dr Kathryn Mannix shares beautiful stories from her decades of practice at the bedside. Not to be missed!

WYD Podcast With Gabby Jimenez, RN: Grief, Ritual, and End-of-Life Care
While grief is universal, it is also personal and unique to each to each of us. Gabby Jimenez is a hospice nurse, and end-of-life doula, and educator who uses her experience to improve end-of-life care and support grief. She talks

WYD Podcast With Lisa Pahl: Dealing with Death.. With a game of cards
Death is in the cards, so why not deal yourself a hand and have a laugh? That’s what the Death Deck is about. Created by Lisa Pahl and her business partner Lori LoCicero, The Death Deck offers a creative way
Past Podcasts:

WYD Podcast With William Peters – Continuing Bonds with Loved Ones Who Have Passed
I was a hospice worker. So, when somebody would come in to see me and would say, “Hey, I want to share something with you that happened when my father was dying. He was very close to the end of

WYD Podcast With Sue Brayne – Working With Our Fear of Dying
Is it possible that our fear of death prevents us from living fully? For over 20 years Sue Brayne has been helping people to transform their relationship with mortality as a therapist specializing in trauma, as well as through her

WYD Podcast With Jill MacFarlane – The Sharing Place where kids and their families cope with grief and loss
Since 1993, The Sharing Place in Salt Lake City has had a mission to “provide a safe and caring environment for grieving children, teens, and their families to share their feelings while healing themselves.”
Program director Jill MacFarlane talks

WYD Podcast With James Morgan – Connecting Through Loss
After experiencing the devastating loss of their one-year-old baby boy, James and Catie Morgan found comfort in surrounding themselves with other couples who have also gone through the loss of a child. As a way of helping others, James devised

WYD Podcast – Interview with Hospice Nurse, Julie McFadden
Julie McFadden has been working as a hospice nurse for the past five years, and prior to that she worked in Intensive Care for close to a decade. Julie is passionate about educating people on what happens as we

WYD Podcast With Jill Schock – Being a Death Doula in the time of COVID-19
The more people divide, the worse things are going to get. I hope that we’re able to see the nuggets of beauty in life and take advantage of those—of those moments, of those people, of those times, of those restaurant

WYD Podcast With William Peters – Continuing Bonds with Loved Ones Who Have Passed
I was a hospice worker. So, when somebody would come in to see me and would say, “Hey, I want to share something with you that happened when my father was dying. He was very close to the end of his life, and was coming in and out of consciousness, sleeping a great deal. A few times he woke up, and he was energetic, vital, and carrying on a conversation

WYD Podcast With Sue Brayne – Working With Our Fear of Dying
Is it possible that our fear of death prevents us from living fully? For over 20 years Sue Brayne has been helping people to transform their relationship with mortality as a therapist specializing in trauma, as well as through her end-of-life research, workshops and books on spirituality, consciousness, and dying.

WYD Podcast With Jill MacFarlane – The Sharing Place where kids and their families cope with grief and loss
Since 1993, The Sharing Place in Salt Lake City has had a mission to “provide a safe and caring environment for grieving children, teens, and their families to share their feelings while healing themselves.”
Program director Jill MacFarlane talks to us about the value of this process and how telling the truth is the most important thing you can do when helping kids deal with their grief

WYD Podcast With James Morgan – Connecting Through Loss
After experiencing the devastating loss of their one-year-old baby boy, James and Catie Morgan found comfort in surrounding themselves with other couples who have also gone through the loss of a child. As a way of helping others, James devised the Buddys app, which allows people to connect with those who have had similar experiences.