Episodes

  • Ep. 515 Collective Grief Rituals: Honoring Ancestors and Carrying Light

    Ep. 515 Collective Grief Rituals: Honoring Ancestors and Carrying Light
    Aug 25 2025
    Learn about the importance of community-based rituals for grief to help us heal the divisions in our society. In this solo episode I’m sharing some my observation that our society is currently in a massive collective grief spiral, largely due to unaddressed grief from the COVID pandemic as I wrote about in a recent Substack… Continue reading Ep. 515 Collective Grief Rituals: Honoring Ancestors and Carrying Light
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    34 mins
  • Ep. 514 Life Advice for Entrepreneurs from the Terminally Ill with Travis Luther MA

    Ep. 514 Life Advice for Entrepreneurs from the Terminally Ill with Travis Luther MA
    Aug 18 2025
    Learn how business leaders and entrepreneurs are being taught to find meaning in life from the stories of the terminally ill. My guest Travis Luther MA is a sociologist and entrepreneur and a recognized expert in childhood trauma. He teaches business leaders through workshops, one-on-one coaching, and keynote speaking about finding deeper meaning in work… Continue reading Ep. 514 Life Advice for Entrepreneurs from the Terminally Ill with Travis Luther MA
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    50 mins
  • Ep. 513 Why (Death-Aware) Spirituality Matters Now More than Ever

    Ep. 513 Why (Death-Aware) Spirituality Matters Now More than Ever
    Aug 11 2025
    Check out this recent episode from my podcast What Really Matters that includes why we need death-aware spirituality. This week I’m taking a little summer break from interviews and sharing with you a recent episode from my newly-relaunched podcast What Really Matters. I discuss the importance of spirituality right now at this particular time in… Continue reading Ep. 513 Why (Death-Aware) Spirituality Matters Now More than Ever
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    40 mins
  • Ep. 512 Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnosis: Action Steps with Hsien Seow PhD

    Ep. 512 Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnosis: Action Steps with Hsien Seow PhD
    Aug 4 2025
    Learn about a helpful workbook and a free workshop toolkit to support people who are navigating a life-changing diagnosis. My return guest Dr. Hsien Seow is a palliative care researcher and a professor in the Department of Oncology at McMaster University. He is a co-host with Sammy Winemaker MD of The Waiting Room Revolution Podcast… Continue reading Ep. 512 Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnosis: Action Steps with Hsien Seow PhD
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Ep. 511 Being with Dying: Teaching Death to Medical Students with Kevin Dieter MD

    Ep. 511 Being with Dying: Teaching Death to Medical Students with Kevin Dieter MD
    Jul 28 2025
    Learn about innovative educational programs for medical students and the impact they are having. My special guest Dr. Kevin Dieter is a family medicine and hospice and palliative care physician who helped to develop the nationally recognized palliative care curriculum at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He created a virtual learning module called “Being with Dying”… Continue reading Ep. 511 Being with Dying: Teaching Death to Medical Students with Kevin Dieter MD
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Ep. 510 Training Death Literacy Educators with Francesca Lynn Arnoldy

    Ep. 510 Training Death Literacy Educators with Francesca Lynn Arnoldy
    Jul 21 2025
    Learn about an exciting new training to become a Death Literacy Educator and teach in your community. My return guest Francesca Lynn Arnoldy is a doula and a published researcher with the Vermont Conversation Lab and she runs a program for Death Literacy Educators. She is the author of The Death Doula’s Guide to Living… Continue reading Ep. 510 Training Death Literacy Educators with Francesca Lynn Arnoldy
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    58 mins
  • Ep. 509 A Future Path for Hospice and Palliative Care with Ira Byock MD

    Ep. 509 A Future Path for Hospice and Palliative Care with Ira Byock MD
    Jul 14 2025
    Learn about Dr. Ira Byock’s strategic vision for approaching the major issues facing hospice and palliative care. My guest Dr. Ira Byock is a leading palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care through the end of life. He is the author of the books Dying Well, The Four Things that Matter Most,… Continue reading Ep. 509 A Future Path for Hospice and Palliative Care with Ira Byock MD
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    57 mins
  • Ep. 508 Navigating Life as a Dementia Caregiver with Beverly Thorn PhD

    Ep. 508 Navigating Life as a Dementia Caregiver with Beverly Thorn PhD
    Jul 8 2025
    Learn about a helpful book with resources for dementia caregivers. My guest Dr. Beverly Thorn is dual trained in the neurosciences and clinical psychology. She is the author of hundreds of articles, two books, and four workbooks on coping with chronic illness. She has also been trained as an end-of-life doula and served as her… Continue reading Ep. 508 Navigating Life as a Dementia Caregiver with Beverly Thorn PhD
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    1 hr