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Ep. 485 Highlights of 2024: The Best of the Best with Karen Wyatt MD

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Find out what you may have missed in 2024 if you haven’t listened to every episode!

In this solo episode I recap some of the episodes of this podcast that had the greatest impact on me personally and professionally! All of the interviews from 2024 were fantastic but if you missed any of these be sure to take a listen! Thanks for your support this year! Looking forward to another amazing year – be sure to subscribe and leave a rating and review if you enjoy this content.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR BELOVEDS!

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Ep. 459 Continuing Bonds Theory of Grief: A Closer Look with Karen Wyatt

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Learn more about the continuing bonds theory and various ways it is beneficial for grievers.

This special episode is a follow-up to the previous interview with Dina Stander about the phone of the wind. I’ll take a closer look at the Continuing Bonds theory of grief to see how using a wind phone might actually be helpful for grief. I’ll share excerpts from previous guests who talked about important aspects of continuing bonds. Listen to the previous episode here:

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This episode includes:

  • What is the Continuing Bonds theory
  • Examples of continuing bonds mentioned by previous guests Terri Daniel, Gary Wederspahn, Joe Primo and Danielle MacKinnon
  • How to maintain continuing bonds
  • Summary of continuing bonds
  • How the wind phone helps with continuing bonds
  • Why not everyone wants to maintain continuing bonds with a deceased loved one
  • Quotes from grievers who found the wind phone helpful

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Ep. 458 The Phone of the Wind: Connecting with Those We Grieve with Dina Stander

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Learn how the “phone of the wind” can help us establish continuing bonds with our loved ones who have died.

My guest Dina Stander is an end-of-life navigator, funeral celebrant and burial shroud maker. She is also the founder of the Northeast Death Care Collaborative, an author and a propagator of phones of the wind, which she discusses today. Learn more at her website:

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This episode includes:

  • How Dina’s life experiences led her to the varied work she is doing now
  • The need for specialized death resources for disabled people
  • Why Dina’s shroud-making services use “up-cycled” fabrics for shrouds
  • The history behind the Phone of the Wind
  • How Dina shares the Phone of the Wind with others
  • How to locate a Phone of the Wind near you
  • What type of phone is best to use
  • How the phone of the wind allows for expression of all emotions, including anger
  • Why a wind phone could be part of a compassionate community
  • The many settings that could benefit from the presence of a wind phone

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If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu and to Annie Valdez for buying me 5 coffees! Also many thanks to Thilda Zorn for joining the $10 for 10 Years Campaign! Your contributions make all the difference and ensure this podcast stays ad-free.