Barbara Karnes – Hospice Pioneer
“We are grieving so many losses,
and we don’t even realize that we’re grieving.” – Barbara Karnes
In conversation with Johanna Lunn, Barbara Karnes shares insights on self-care, best practices for frontline workers, global grief, and straight talk on end of life care.
Sheree Fitch – Part 2
Sheree Fitch is known for many things: an author of witty and wonderful children's books, an award-winning poet, a bookstore owner and a teller of stories. But in 2018 she became known as something else—a mother grieving the loss of her son.
Sheree Fitch – Part 1
Sheree Fitch is known for many things: an author of witty and wonderful children's books, an award-winning poet, a bookstore owner and a teller of stories.
But in 2018 she became known as something else—a mother grieving the loss of her son.
Funeral Director and Embalmer, Dale Jackson
Dale Jackson—a licensed embalmer and funeral director with 46 years of experience and counting—shares his story (SPOILER: and his own near-death experience at 13:13) and lessons learned from his time helping families through the loss of a loved one.
Cultivating the Doula Heart
WYD Podcast in conversation with Death Doula Francesca Arnoldy, the author of Cultivating the Doula Heart: Essentials of Compassionate Care. She is the course developer, facilitator, and program director of the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate Program. www.contemplativedoula.com
Where Once There Was Life
Deborah Luscomb is one of the facilitators of the Halifax Death Café and leads Death Matters workshops in the area. She acts as an end of life concierge, assisting during the transition and post-mortem experience. Deborah has a passion for bringing people together around difficult conversations, like death and dying.
Palliative Care with Peggy McGuire
Cambia Health Foundation President Peggy Maguire talks the ins and outs of palliative care and what the rest healthcare could learn from it.
Endwell Symposium 2017 Recap with Death Doula Jill Schock
As the 2018 ‘Endwell Symposium: Design for the End of Life Experience’ approaches, we’re revisiting last year’s recap podcast from #Endwell 2017 with our favorite death doula.
The Future of Green Burial with Katrina Spade
Katrina Spade is popularizing the idea of ‘Recomposition’, a green burial method that converts human remains into soil. It’s among the most promising eco-friendly options that may be available in the near future. She discusses this unorthodox alternative to cremation and how it’s rise could change our approach to saying goodbye.
Grief Counseling: Explore ‘Complicated Grief’ with Charley Rosicky
Longtime hospice worker, grief counselor and meditation teacher, Charley Rosicky, discusses 'complicated grief' and shares stories of working with the dying and those left behind.
Death Salon with Mandy Benoualid and Jeremy Cohen from TalkDeath.com
Mandy Benoualid and Jeremy Cohen from TalkDeath.com and qeepr.com recap the 2018 Boston Death Salon — America’s premier #DeathPositive gathering and death conference.
Better Path to the End of Life with Dr. Jessica Zitter
Dr. Jessica Zitter, author of ‘Extreme Measures’ and star of the Netflix doc ‘Extremis’ on what she calls the ‘End of Life Conveyor Belt’ most Americans wind up on and how introducing End of Life Ed in schools could change a death-phobic culture in one generation.
Aquamation with Joslin Roth: Water Cremation Explained
Jocelyn Roth, Co-owner of Resting Waters, Washington’s first aquamation site, explains the growing trend of water cremation (alkaline hydrolysis or aqua cremation) – legalized in California in October 2017. Kelly and Jocelyn discuss this and other “green burial” practices making their way into the mainstream.
DIY Dying with Green Burial and Burial at Sea
Funeral Director Shawn LaValleur-Adame of DIY Dying discusses green burial methods like sending ashes to the moon, a volcano summit and the bottom of the ocean: burial at sea.
‘Dying to Know’ with Gay Dillingham: A Documentary on Timothy Leary & Ram Dass
Gay Dillingham, producer/director of ‘Dying to Know’ the documentary that chronicles Tim Leary and Ram Das’s friendship in the final days of Leary’s life shares her own tale of pouring her own loss and grief into the award-winning film.
