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01/06 Ep. 486 Death & Grief in Pop Culture: Songs to Die For with Benjamin Kintisch
01/20 Ep. 487 Addressing Inequity in Palliative Care with Dr. Kelli Stajduhar
01/27 Ep. 488 DEAD Talks Podcast: Life, Grief and the L.A. Fires with David Ferrugio
02/03 Ep. 489 Influencing Death: Teaching Hospice Care on TikTok with Penny Smith RN
02/17 Ep. 490 How to Write Non-Fiction About Death, Dying and Grief with Joanna Penn
02/24 Ep. 491 The Hospice Team and Whole-Person Care with Barbara Karnes RN
03/03 Ep. 492 Rituals and Ceremonies for Life, Death and Grief with Megan Sheldon
03/17 Ep. 493 The Good Death: An End-of-Life Guide with Suzanne B. O’Brien RN
03/31 Ep. 494 Integrating Art and the End of Life with Rich Curtis
04/07 Ep. 495 Care Boss: Strategies for Family Caregivers with Jennifer A. O’Brien
04/14 Ep. 496 Visual Storytelling for End-of-Life Planning with Jill Greenbaum
04/21 Ep. 497 Integrating Doulas and Chaplains in End-of-Life Care with Jane Whitlock and Liza Neal
04/28 Ep. 498 Memory Bears and Grief in Community with Michelle Sebern RN
05/05 Ep. 499 Death as a Shift in Consciousness with Felicity Warner
05/12 Ep. 500 Celebrating a Milestone with Karen Wyatt MD
05/19 Ep. 501 Disability-Informed End-of-Life Care with Carrie Batt
05/26 Ep. 502 Just One Little Thing: Gratitude and Grief with Kelly Buckley
06/02 Ep. 503 Taboo Education: Changing the Way We Talk About Death with Samantha Waite
06/09 Ep. 504 The Ash Rose: Transforming Grief into Beauty with Ian McCartor
06/16 Ep. 505 How Death Doulas Fill the Gaps in End-of-Life Care with Kacie Gikonyo RN
06/23 Ep. 506 Pediatric Palliative Care and the Remarkable Children it Serves with Bob Macauley MD
06/30 Ep. 507 Sacred Activism for Soul Care Providers with Terri Daniel and Brian Smith
07/07 Ep. 508 Navigating Life as a Dementia Caregiver with Beverly Thorn PhD
07/14 Ep. 509 A Future Path for Hospice and Palliative Care with Ira Byock MD
07/21 Ep. 510 Training Death Literacy Educators with Francesca Lynn Arnoldy
07/28 Ep. 511 Being with Dying: Teaching Death to Medical Students with Kevin Dieter MD
08/04 Ep. 512 Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnosis: Action Steps with Hsien Seow PhD
08/11 Ep. 513 Why (Death-Aware) Spirituality Matters Now More than Ever
08/17 What Death Doulas Offer at the End of Life
08/18 Ep. 514 Life Advice for Entrepreneurs from the Terminally Ill with Travis Luther MA
08/25 Ep. 515 Collective Grief Rituals: Honoring Ancestors and Carrying Light
09/01 Ep. 516 Ethical Service for End-of-Life Workers with Kathy Ginn
09/08 Ep. 517 Lessons the Dying Teach Us About Living with Diane Button
09/15 Ep. 518 What My Brother Knew: Grief After Sibling Loss with Kristina Amelong
09/22 Ep. 519 Dying to Live: How Death Gives Meaning to Life with Andy Chaleff
09/29 Ep. 520 Scattering CJ: A Mother’s Grief Shared by Many with Hallie Twomey
10/06 Ep. 521 Caring House: A Residence for Hospice Care with David Zartman and Joanna Franco
10/10 Ep. 522 BONUS: Introduction to Wild and Holy
10/13 Ep. 523 Humanizing Healthcare: The Good Listening Project with Jenny Hegland
10/20 Ep. 524 Meeting the Challenges of End-of-Life Care with Cathy Yuhas RN
10/27 Ep. 525 Writing as a Lifeline Through Loss and Grief with Christina Holbrook and Jane Flynn
11/03 Ep. 526 End-of-Life Planning: Small Steps to Complete the Work with Jennifer Tadjedin and Karen Callahan
11/10 Ep. 527 Transforming Veteran Care Through Stories, Art, and Theatre with Qwynn Galloway-Salazar PhD
11/17 Ep. 528 Sharing Our Stories to Preserve Our History with Stephanie Ford
11/24 Ep. 529 The Dementia Deck: Preparing for Future Decisions with Lisa Pahl and Jamie Thrower
12/01 Ep. 530 Six Pillars of Care for Palliative Care Providers with Meina Dubetz RN
12/08 Ep. 531 Sacred Wild: Soul Connections with Our Pets in Life and Death with Miki Jacobs
12/15 Ep. 532 Writing Your Obituary as Part of End-of-Life Planning with Gail Shapiro

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From Watkins Publishing:

There is no life without death.

The aim of this book is to ease our terror of death so that we can contemplate our own deaths, and those of our loved ones, with less regret, disappointment and fear, and to learn to live with more freedom and joy.

Collected here are uplifting stories of transformation and healing gathered by Dr Karen Wyatt from the hospice patients in her care. She offers the seven key lessons the dying taught her, from suffering (“embrace your difficulties”) and love (“let your heart be broken”) to forgiveness (“hold no resentments”) and impermanence (“face your fear”).

The sometimes challenging, always inspiring real-life stories are combined with guidance on absorbing the 7 lessons into our lives through meditation and other spiritual practices. Teaching us what really matters in life, the dying show us how to live our best lives now with meaning, purpose and love.