Episodes

  • Death in Healthcare

    Death in Healthcare
    May 20 2025
    Today, our hosts dive deeper into the world of healthcare as they discuss how death is viewed, experienced, and processed within the modern-day system. Joan offers insights on how physicians handle conversations about death with their patients and families, and the inherently flawed structure that prevents all bodies involved from thriving. Our hosts describe a vision for the future that they hope will replace the current, unsustainable framework. And we get a sneak peek at Jamie’s coaching, as she facilitates an on-the-spot session with Joan during their Body Check-Ins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • When Bodies Talk: Running with Resilience

    When Bodies Talk: Running with Resilience
    May 13 2025
    Listen in to the sounds of freezing, crunching rain as Joan reflects on the dying systems in healthcare and the new limits her body has set, while Jamie shares her new motivation to run and the importance of trusting our bodies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • Our Systems Are Dying

    Our Systems Are Dying
    May 6 2025
    In today’s episode, Joan and Jamie discuss the death of modernity and its large-scale systems. From mass co-dependence to the need to control others, they discuss the various structures of society that are slowly dying. On the practical level, they recount stories from personal experience of the various changes they see happening within the modern healthcare system. And they circle back to their Season 1 theme that will inspire us toward an embodied future. Be sure to check out the book they referenced, “Hospicing Modernity” by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • When Tragedy Strikes: Opening up About Family and Fear

    When Tragedy Strikes: Opening up About Family and Fear
    Apr 29 2025
    Listen in as Jamie and Joan share vulnerable moments from each of their families’ recent losses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • 202. Caroline - The Death Doula Experience

    202. Caroline - The Death Doula Experience
    Apr 22 2025
    Today we have our first guest, Caroline Lee, who joins Jamie and Joan to discuss death doulas. Caroline offers a brief overview of her Bay Area practice and how she got started in this unique line of work. Similar to giving birth, Caroline describes the routine steps that precede death and her role as a doula in making those transitions as smooth as possible for her patients and their families. She also shares the ethereal aspects that oftentimes accompany someone’s passing. And Jamie asks Joan and Caroline to recount how their bodies feel when they care for a dying body. For such a weighty subject, their answers may be a bit surprising! You can find out more about Caroline by emailing or following her on social media: @howcarolinecarolines, @death.ed_, TikTok, and carolineisdying@gmail.com. Be sure to check out the hospice booklet by Barbara Karnes and the documentary, “The Last Ecstatic Days,” about Ethan Sisser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Until I Die: Conversations on Life and Loss

    Until I Die: Conversations on Life and Loss
    Apr 15 2025
    Listen in these voice memos to hear a sweet conversation between Joan and her child, along with several of Jamie’s recent experiences around death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • Why death matters - awareness of death increases our embodied aliveness

    Why death matters - awareness of death increases our embodied aliveness
    Apr 8 2025
    We’re back! Join our hosts, Jamie and Joan, as we dive into Season 2’s overarching theme of death. These two bring their easy laughter and levity to a heavy subject as they share their vision for this season. Discussing why death matters, they touch on the inextricable link between death and rebirth, and the unavoidable pain that accompanies us all on this journey of life. We’ll get a sneak peek at future guests and hear a bit about what our hosts have been up to in the off-season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Bodies, Breath, and Beginnings: Dancing with Change

    Bodies, Breath, and Beginnings: Dancing with Change
    Dec 17 2024
    Listen in as Jamie shares her feelings on wrapping up Season 1 and Joan describes her much-anticipated concert experience! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins