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01/01 Ep. 436 Highlights of 2023: The Best of the Best with Karen Wyatt MD
01/06 BONUS: Casting Call for Docuseries on Grief with Kim Clevenger
01/08 Ep. 437 Holding Space for Birth and Death with Amy Wright Glenn
01/15 Ep. 438 How to Choose the Best Hospice for Your Loved One with Barbara Karnes RN
01/22 Ep. 439 Medical Aid in Dying: A Chaplain’s Perspective with Rev. Dr. Terri Daniel
01/29 Ep. 440 Nights of Grief and Mystery with Stephen Jenkinson
02/05 Ep. 441 The Doula Took Kit: A Guide for EOL Doulas with Diane Button, Gabby Elise Jimenez, and Angela Shook
02/12 Ep. 442 When You Die Project: Raising Death Awareness with Johanna Lunn
02/19 Ep. 443 Combatting Social Isolation: An Intergenerational Approach with Jeremy Holloway PhD
02/26 Ep. 444 Contemplative Practices for Death and Grief with Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison
03/04 Ep. 445 Grief and Bereavement on the Hospice Journey with Barbara Karnes RN
03/06 Blog: The Last Ecstatic Days Trailer
03/11 Ep. 446 “The Last Ecstatic Days:” How to Die Without Fear with Aditi Sethi-Brown MD
03/18 Ep. 447 Compassionate Communities and End-of-Life Care with Elizabeth Johnson, Erin Collins and Qwynn Galloway-Salazar
03/25 Ep. 448 Human-Centered Design for End-of-Life and After-Death Care with Isabel Knight
04/01 Ep. 449 Open to Love: Senior Dating After Loss and Grief with Drs. Gloria Horsley and Frank Powers
04/08 Ep. 450 Death Doula World Training Day with Suzanne O’Brien RN
04/15 Ep. 451 Filling the Gaps in End-of-Life Care with Kaishauna Guidry MD
04/22 Ep. 452 Funeral Planning, After-Death Care, and Healthy Grief with Jokotifa Alaye

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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.