Podcasts about death caf

Das Sterben wirft bei Angehörigen und Pflegenden immer wieder Fragen auf: Was wünschen sich Menschen, die im Sterben liegen? Welche psychosozialen und spirituellen Bedürfnisse haben sie? Wie kann ich als Angehörige*r und professionelle Pflegekraft mit Grenzerfahrungen und Ängsten umgehen? Und gibt es in Deutschland Entlastungsangebote? Über alle diese existentiellen Fragen und noch viel mehr spreche ich in der heutigen Folge mit der Expertin für Palliativ Care und Hospiz, Anja Herzog. Shownotes: Shownotes: Link zu weiteren bildungsspezifischen Informationen auf der Homepage der BTU: https://www.b-tu.de/pflegewissenschaft-bs-fh/team/anja-herzog Informationen zum persönlichen Background, bspw. auf: 30GedankenZumTod (14. Interview) BMG: https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/themen/pflege/online-ratgeber-pflege/leistungen-der-pflegeversicherung/schwerstkranke-und-sterbende.html GKV: https://www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/krankenversicherung/hospiz_und_palliativversorgung/hospiz_und_palliativversorgung.jsp Deutscher Ethikrat: https://www.ethikrat.org/themen/medizin-und-gesundheit/ Bildungsserver: https://www.bildungsserver.de/elixier/elixier2_list.php?feldinhalt1=Trauer&bool1=and Verbraucherzentrale: https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/wissen/gesundheit-pflege/alles-fuer-pflegende-angehoerige/entlastung-und-hilfe-fuer-pflegende-angehoerige-13922 Deutsche Hospiz- und Palliativgesellschaft: https://www.dhpv.de/start.html Deutsche Gesellschaft Palliativ-Medizin: https://www.wegweiser-hospiz-palliativmedizin.de/ Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung, am Beispiel Baden Württemberg: https://www.kvbawue.de/praxis/qualitaetssicherung/genehmigungspflichtige-leistungen/palliativmedizinische-versorgung Ersatzkassen, am bspw. NRW: https://www.vdek.com/LVen/NRW/Service/Pflegeversicherung/Palliativversorgung.html Ministerien, am bspw. Sachsen: https://www.pflegenetz.sachsen.de/hospiz-und-palliativversorgung.html Koordinierungsstelle: https://www.koordinierung-hospiz-palliativ.de/ (Hatte ich auch nicht erwähnt, weil mir etwas fehlt, daher gleich der Bezug zu KANADA: https://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home.aspx Im Virtuellen Hospiz kommen die Menschen selbst zu Wort, was bei uns in Deutschland fehlt: Die Angelegenheit mit der Laienperspektive) Hospize, bspw.: Nachfrage Hospiz macht Schule: https://www.hospizmachtschule.de/ I Letzte Hilfe Kurse: https://www.letztehilfe.info/ Trauergruppe, bspw.: https://www.trauergruppe.de/ Death Café, bspw.: https://deathcafe.com/deathcafe/7105/ Death Festival, bspw.: https://www.deathfest.berlin/ Kunst-Ausstellungen, bspw.: „Erzähl mir was vom Tod": https://www.regio-tv.de/mediathek/video/erzaehl-mir-was-vom-tod-interaktive-ausstellung-soll-beruehrungsaengste-nehmen/ I un_endlich. Leben mit dem Tod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdYe0Y6XHoE Projekte, bspw.: 30 Gedanken Zum Tod:  https://vimeo.com/30gedanken Kongress, bspw.: Armut- und Gesundheitskongress https://www.armut-und-gesundheit.de/ Gesundheitliche Akteure: Film zur Reflexion: https://mediathek.hhu.de/watch/82df7ebb-1b15-43ac-bee0-7a6e931b69dd Pflegende – Entlastung: Fallbesprechungen, Supervision, Coaching, Kollegiale Beratung, Mentoring-Programme, Ethik-Café eigene Aktivitäten: Reisen, Familie, Sport, Nähen, vielseitig, ... (Selbst erspüren, was Freude bereitet) Born to Pflege: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/borntopflege/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/borntopflege/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCITRHJ4qllFPZkXaPDrlq6A Homepage: https://borntopflege.de/

Hablemos de salud holística con los Boricuas Barefoot Doctors José Raúl Cepeda y Michelle Estrada conversan con la Dra. Elizama Montalvo, Legna Vargas y Wilka Roig de Boricuas Barefoot Doctors Segmento 1 Michelle nos pone al día de los eventos del pasado fin de semana en Casa Pueblo. Damos la bienvenida a las invitadas. Hablamos con la Dra. Montalvo sobre orígenes de BBD. Segmento 2 Michelle explora con la Dra. Vargas sobre el origen de los BBD en la crisis post huracán María y como compara con la situación actual (2025). Prácticas para manejo de estrés y ansiedad que tan alta se han mantenido en Puerto Rico desde el 2017. Segmento 3 Wilka Roig nos habla del “Death Café” un proyecto q invita reflexionar sobre la mortalidad. Existe necesidad de aceptar que las diferentes etapas de la vida se van superando, pero cada etapa tiene un cierre. Diferentes grupos aceptan o manejan el tema de diferentes maneras. Segmento 4 ¿Cómo se integran la conciencia de la muerte y los ejercicios y prácticas tipo Tai Chi a los BBD? Sábado 17/mayo Taller de la Playa de Antonio Martorell, calle Salmón #54 entrando por la calle Morena desde las 9AM.

En Tras la tormenta acogemos un taller práctico de psicología centrado en la muerte de seres queridos. La psicóloga Ana de Luis nos ubica en este escenario y nos ofrece dinámicas concretas para transitar esta delicada etapa. Además, te invitamos al Death Café de la Universidad Popular de Logroño, un encuentro para hablar de la muerte. Nazareth Castellanos aborda el concepto de identidad y desde la Neurociencia nos explica cómo formamos la idea que tenemos de nosotros mismos. Por supuesto contamos con las historias emocionantes de Alfonso Levy y los oyentes que son caminantes tras la tormenta. Gracias por habitar este refugio, esta hora de autocuidado sonoro donde el bienestar emocional fomenta la salud mental.Escuchar audio

How can talking about death bring more meaning to life? Richard Brendan, a speaker, mentor, and advocate for authentic living, joins Caregiver Crossing to share how open conversations about mortality can shift our perspective, deepen connections, and inspire a more intentional way of living. Richard played a key role in helping Joy's House host our first Death Café, creating space for Guests and caregivers to reflect on what truly matters. Show notes:www.Joyshouse.orgwww.caregivercrossingradio.orghttps://richardbrendan.net/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Learn how a college student investigating death and dying is starting student-run Death Cafés on her campus. My guest Jenna Yeam is a senior at Duke University who is investigating what it means to die well anyhow we can help people die better. As part of her thesis she interviewed 67 death doulas to learn… Continue reading Ep. 482 Talking About Death on College Campuses with Jenna Yeam

Dreams from the Other Side: Visitations, Dreaming with the Dead, and Scary Creatures from Unseen Realms. In this Day of the Dead special, our guest this week is Marta Aarli, a psychotherapist and dream guide in Colorado. This is the time of year when our ability to dream through the veil that separates this world from other realms increases. We may receive visits from loved ones who have crossed over or scary beings from unknown places, bringing terrifying messages or beautiful offerings, like a mystical version of trick or treat. How can we work with these in a way that opens up our consciousness while also protecting us from harm? There are several ways to approach the things that scare us. Just as our nervous system's first response to fear is generally fight, flight or freeze, our first emotional response to a scary dream may be to reject, deny or ignore it. The benefits from opening up scary dreams are often profound and healing gifts. We need courage to face them, as well as strong allies and protectors. We take live questions from Ray and Max. You can find out about the Death Café movement which is mentioned on the show at DeathCafe.com BIO: Marta Aarli, MA, LPC, is a psychotherapist and dream guide in Colorado. She draws from multiple styles of dreamwork in her eclectic approach to exploring the personal, collective and ancestral aspects of dreaming. She is currently writing a book on finding the healing messages in dreams. Find our guest at: Marta-Aarli.com, FB and IG @Marta.Aarli This show, episode number 283, was recorded during a live broadcast on November 2, 2024 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz. You can watch “Ambient Pugs,” a video of Rick’s dogs being mellow while you hear him compose the music for today’s show here: https://youtu.be/ThUS3yYa1Ic? Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the phones. SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com. The Dream Journal aims to: Increase awareness of and appreciation for nightly dreams. Inspire dream sharing and other kinds of dream exploration as a way of adding depth and meaningfulness to lives and relationships. Improve society by the increased empathy, emotional balance, and sense of wonder which dream exploration invites. The Dream Journal is produced at and airs on KSQD Santa Cruz, 90.7 FM. Catch it streaming LIVE at KSQD.org 10-11am Pacific Time on Saturdays. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Note that closed captioning is available on the YouTube version of this podcast and an automatically generated transcript is available at Apple Podcasts. Thanks for being a Dream Journal listener! Available on all major podcast platforms. Rate it, review it, subscribe and tell your friends.

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, film clips, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics and planning ahead. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead and a Certified Funeral Celebrant. The Association for Death Education and Counseling recognized her work with their 2024 Community Educator Award.She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. She is also one of the first people to hold a Death Café in the United States and has held the annual Before I Die New Mexico Festival since 2017.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

The Fire Marshal's Office has delayed the opening of the new patio system at Market Square in Saint John. We speak with Jesse Vergen, owner of the Saint John Ale House about his frustrations.And on the phone-in: We talk with Anne Marie Hartford and Karen Lake about the Death Café meetings they hold in Fredericton.

Juanjo Millás y Paqui Ramos asisten a un Death Café organizado por la psicóloga clínica Miryan Wodnik, donde los asistentes hablan sobre sus experiencias con la muerte. Javier del Pino conversa con Marcela Sarmiento, autora del podcast 'Más allá del amor' en  el que, a través de cinco entrevistas, se acerca a las distintas formas de afrontar un duelo.

Juanjo Millás y Paqui Ramos asisten a un Death Café organizado por la psicóloga clínica Miryan Wodnik, donde los asistentes hablan sobre sus experiencias con la muerte. Javier del Pino conversa con Marcela Sarmiento, autora del podcast 'Más allá del amor' en  el que, a través de cinco entrevistas, se acerca a las distintas formas de afrontar un duelo.

Let's talk about death! And grief, and loss, and the profound transformation that can occur in the aftermath of large shifts and losing parts of ourselves. Maybe it's not a person you lost, maybe it's a relationship, a hope, a dream, or a physical ability… we all experience loss. But the question is, how do you deal with it? And how do we help loved ones through it? Speaking with us today is Death Doula Maux Elworthy. She is a trauma-informed coach and suicide intervention educator creating spaces for conversations about grief, loss, death and mental health in our everyday lives. Listen in as she teaches us what she has learned about surviving & thriving in times of loss & grief.    Because… our culture really doesn't talk about these realities often enough or in intimate ways. Opening yourself up to grief, is really opening yourself up to deeper levels of love and connection. They are two sides of the same coin, and one often cannot exist without the other. Living in fear of the grief that might one day come from loving deeply, stops some from loving altogether, and that is not how we want to live.  CONTACT: Join the WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Eo5RM4TYTBt4M4RT21Ohew  Website: www.krishall.ca   Email List:  ⁠https://www.subscribepage.com/reclaim-your-radiance⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/reclaim_your_radiance⁠  TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@reclaimyourradiance⁠ Retreat: Wild Women Rising  Apply for your chance to participate in a powerful sacred sensuality retreat on Bowen Island, BC, from September 20-22nd. This retreat is for women who wish to deepen their pleasure, create a powerful relationship with their bodies, immerse themselves in sisterhood and nature, and reclaim that primal sense of being fully, radiantly, alive!  : https://forms.gle/CApKPtsM7KigWEQo9 1:1 Sex Coaching: To learn more about 1:1 sex & relationship coaching that deepens your pleasure, helps you attract and nurture the relationships of your dreams, and live your best most turned-on life - visit www.krishall.ca  Workshops: To participate in local Vancouver workshops that deepen your pleasure and empower your sexual selves, and help you embody your somatic experience, visit: https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/kris-hall-78928648923  Meet our Guest: Maux  Maux Elworthy is a Death Doula, trauma-informed coach and suicide intervention educator creating spaces for conversations about grief, loss, death and mental health in our everyday lives. Maux Elworthy can be found online at https://www.maureenelworthy.com/  and at http://suicideinterventiontraining.ca/  If you're in Vancouver and want to explore your own relationship with death and dying, join Maux for a free Death Café on July 9th at Kitsilano Neighborhood House! More info on her website which will be linked in the show description.  IG: @maux.elworthy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kris-hall0/message

Megan Miller, PhD, RN (she/they) is a Registered Nurse and a faculty member in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing. Megan's work focuses on providing holistic, compassionate, and equitable palliative and supportive care. Her research examines the role of spirituality in supporting management of common cancer-related symptoms, and explores equitable, human-centered approaches to psilocybin-assisted therapy in the context of serious illness. She is the founder of the Creative Dying Project, a Death Café facilitator and a recent grad of the California Institute of Integral Studies Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research program.We chat about palliative care; psychedelic-assisted therapy as a supportive tool for facing illness, death, and grief; her preparation in working on a project (Creative Dying) to build a dying center where psychedelic therapy and other integrative therapies can be offered; and lastly, we chat about a conversation game about death that she co-created/launched. *Episode recorded in 2022* _________________________Connect with Megan!Website: https://sites.google.com/view/megan-miller-phd-rn/homeCreative Dying Game: https://www.creativedying.org/gameCreative Dying Project: https://www.creativedying.org/__________________________Get in touch!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/conversationsondeathpodcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conversationsondeath/Email: conversationsondeathpodcast@gmail.comSHARE & LEAVE A REVIEW IF YOU DIG WHAT YOU HEARD! ;)

I met these two women, Sarah and Shanel, over the summer at a Death Café. While we both host/ed Death Café, their vibe is different than when I hosted. It reminds me that each person has a unique perspective to share with the world. They bring that vibe into the show, and I know you'll feel it as we talk together.Bonus: To keep this episode from being too long, I saved a little nugget from this interview for next week. We laughed a lot and the ladies answered my last, last question so well, I wanted to share it with you. But that's for next week.  Podcast mentioned: Terrible, Thanks for Asking  -  https://ttfa.orgEnd of LIfe Deck - https://thedeathdeck.comhttps://tumbleweird.orgListen and read my blog: https://whilewerestillhere.com and https://grimtea.comReach me at kathy@whilewerestillhere.comStarting with Episode 56, the episode music was added. It was composed, produced and provided by Kyle Bray specifically for this show.The logo artwork was provided by Maddie's Plush Pouch.

In this episode, we welcome Shari Alton, ADN RN, CHPN and Deb Bershad, BSN, RN, CHPN, to talk about Death Cafe in the Phoenix Chapter of HPNA. Deb and Shari speak on how Death Cafe encourages open discourse about death and dying for healthcare professionals and how to get involved.   About Shari: Shari Alton is an ADN RN, CHPN with 45 years of experience in the nursing field. Shari started as a CNA in 1978, then became an LPN and graduated from RN school in 1983. Her background includes inpatient Med-Surg, Ortho, Post-Partum and Nursery, Chemical Dependency and Adult Psychiatry and Endoscopy. For the last 20 years, Shari has worked at Hospice of the Valley, in Phoenix, Arizona, as an RNCM in Home Hospice. Currently, Shari is the President of the Phoenix Chapter of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. She is passionate about Death Café and has benefitted tremendously from it. About Deb: Deb Bershad is a nurse with diverse experience. She has worked most nursing positions available in the acute care hospital setting. She spent 17 years in the acute care setting, until burnout took its toll. She left the field and found her most rewarding and challenging work to date. For the next ten years, she worked as a teacher, facilitator, and Professional Development Coach. Personal tragedy prompted a 3-day retreat in which she re-clarified her goals and passion in life. This led to her return to nursing, where she found new pride, purpose, and meaning in her life as a nurse. Some of her most rewarding work has come in her latest role, as a Hospice nurse.  

Idag pratar vi om sorg och hur detta kan ta sig uttryck på olika sätt. Med som gäst har vi Jamie Woodworth som forskar kring sorgearbete och samhällsstöd vid palliativ vård samt verksam vid ”Death Café”. Det rör sig om ett ställe dit alla kan komma och prata ut om

Happy Halloween! This month we're joined by thanatologist and Death Café host Jennifer Moran-Stritch. Jennifer is a lecturer at the Technological University of the Shannon in Limerick. The focus of her teaching is in personal development, therapeutic group work skills, and loss and grief for the caring professional. In addition to lecturing, Jennifer is the primary principal investigator of the Loss and Grief Research Group which is part of Social Sciences ConneXions Research Institute at TUS.  She also teaches on the RCSI/Irish Hospice MSc in Loss and Bereavement and is a certified thanatologist and the current Irish representative to the Association for the Study of Death and Society. In 2015, Jennifer co-hosted the first Death Café event in the Limerick area, where people gather to eat cake, drink coffee and tea and celebrate our mortality. She is a steering group member of the Global Dying Well Initiative and one of the founders of the Limerick Bereavement Network. In this podcast we look at global funeral rituals and traditions; Irish attitudes toward death; how long is too long to try and hold on to the memory of somebody; and whether modern technology is helping or hindering the natural healing process of grief.  Follow Jennifer on Facebook at Death Cafe Limerick, reach her by email at deathcafelimerick@gmail.com and she's also findable on the TUS website at www.TUS.ie  Find tickets to Ann's/The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra's gig as part of Comhluadar's Féile Na Samhna at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/comhluadarluimnigh/1034259?fbclid=IwAR2JHetdnFK2k3W-4CMA65o8gqGoldG_8Eck2K6XzFbclLqifl3HG63V5OE  Check out all of Lumen Street Theatre's Samhain Festival events at https://samhain.lumenstreettheatre.ie/  The Limerick Lady is a grassroots movement based in Limerick, Ireland, with a focus on promoting conversation around gender, visibility, gender balance and the arts. It was founded in 2016 by award-winning (and losing) singer-songwriter Emma Langford, who hosts the podcast alongside fellow award-winning (and losing) Limerick woman, theatre-maker and musician Ann Blake. Find the Limerick Lady Podcast on all your favourite streaming platforms. New episodes drop once a month, on the third Thursday (or Thirdsday, if you will). The Limerick Lady is sponsored by Ormston House and supported by The Limerick Post Newspaper. Follow Ormston House at www.ormstonhouse.com Support the Limerick Post at www.limerickpost.ie 

In Today's episode, Saul talks to Janelle Benuska on her work as a death and grief doula. Janelle Benuska is a death + grief doula, licensed massage therapist, energy worker, hospice volunteer, Death Café facilitator, mother, wife, and deathcare advocate. Her services focus on active listening, facilitating and holding space, and her practice is rooted in community and love, deep, authentic connection and devotion to attentive, intentional care. For more information, please visit https://www.ourdyingday.com/.

This month the team in Irish Country Living share their college experiences as student prepare for a new college year. They also deal with one of their most difficult letters to agony Aunt Miriam where they come to terms with respecting people dying wishes.Behind the Pod:Read some of the stories referenced in this months podcast:Take my College AdviceTop tips for navigating college lifeTransforming lifelong learning with micro credentials

Hablamos con María Guerrero, creadora de Animal Death Cafe con motivo de su 2º aniversario.

Nel primo pomeriggio di oggi, venerdì 28 aprile, è stato ospite dei Degiornalist, Fabiana e Claudio Chiari, lo psicologo Andrea Bovero per parlarci dell'evento Death Cafè, evento che si è tenuto a Torino promosso dall'Ordine degli Psicologi del Piemonte. Il Death Cafè è un evento pubblico in cui i partecipanti discutono sul tema della morte consumando cibo e bevande. L'obiettivo di questi incontri è educare e rendere famigliare il tema della morte, aumentando la propria consapevolezza nei confronti del ciclo della vita

Beth Nascè is a writer, teacher, celebrant and lover of the Archers - and that's just scratching the surface! Beth is a self-described Multi-hyphanate and thrives on creating a range of different opportunities and outlets. Books we mention: The Artist's Way - Julia Cameron One Day - David Nicholls The Multi-hyphante Method - Emma Gannon Books I ended up buying all of after Beth's workshop..! The Power of Ritual - Casper Tea Kuile The Self-Care Year: Reflect and Recharge with Simple Seasonal Rituals - Alison Davies The Wheel of the Year: A nurturing guide to rediscovering nature's seasons and cycles - Rebecca Beattie Rituals for Every Day - Nadia Narain and Katia Narain Phillips Find out more about: Death Cafés - deathcafe.com Coffin Club - coffinclub.co.uk

Judith Johnson, author of Making Peace with Death and Dying, joins us today to talk about how our perception of and relationship with death has completely transformed from what it once was. She discusses the 5 taproots of the modern death taboo, how these changes have impacted us and our relationship with death, how to talk to our children about death and the many mistakes most of us have made out of a desire to love and protect our children. Highlights Gain insights into how we used to view death and how it has completely changed over the years. Learn how to make peace with death and dying. Discover the 5 taproots of the death taboo that changed everything. Understand how the black plague and more recently COVID have influenced our view of death and dying. Discover what it means to “outsource death.” Learn how to talk about death with your children. Learn how to normalize death for your children. Understand how fear affects our ability to experience right now. Discover what is necessary to be both spiritually and practically prepared for end of life. Gain insights into how to interact, communicate and show up for our loved ones that are in the process of dying. Learn how to transform your relationship with the taboo of death. Learn about “Death Café's” and how they are opening the conversations around death for many people. Contact Judith judith@judithjohnson.com Free Gift:

Heather Hill is a licensed funeral director at Renaissance Funeral Home in Raleigh, NC. She also moderates Death Café Raleigh. Heather has been in the funeral industry for 8 years now, and feels that her past careers in the healthcare field and traveling the world as a flight attendant has led her to this passion. The opportunity to work with families in their time of need is a calling and Heather takes a personal approach when helping families. She also advocates for green burial, end of life care and providing meaningful memorial services. Heather is a recent widow and is raising three children along with the help of her close family and friends. Having experienced such a profound loss in her life, she can connect with others at their level and offer support and a shoulder to lean on. Renaissance website: https://rfhr.com/ Death Café FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/deathcaferaleigh To learn more about Death Café: https://deathcafe.com/ My personal website where I share about grief: https://www.heathermariehill.com/

People don't like to think about death. And they certainly don't like to talk about it. Or do they? Sharon Crowell is an end-of-life acupuncturist and hospice volunteer who facilitates Death Cafés where participants have honest and often lively discussions about death, dying, and impermanence. And it's not as morbid as it sounds. By encouraging early conversations about end-of-life wishes with loved ones before a medical crisis occurs, we can help ensure a better death experience for everyone, including caregivers. Thanks to Sharon and these gatherings, more people have an increased awareness of death, which is helping them make the most of their lives. — Don't forget to subscribe, download, and review to share your thoughts about the show! To find out more about Bobbi and Mike or the inspiration behind this podcast, Rodger That, head over to rodgerthat.show. ***************************************** Rodger That is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company that is dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.  Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is The Designated Drinker Show —a high-spirited show featuring craft cocktails and lively banter with the people who create (and quaff) them. Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Death with Dr Kathryn Mannix, a former palliative care consultant and bestselling author of two books: With the End in Mind, and Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations. In the episode, we talk about the link between food and death – what happens to our appetites as we die, how to celebrate a loved one through food, and what on earth is a Death Café.Follow Dr Kathryn on Instagram @drkathrynmannix.Follow Dr Kathryn on Twitter @drkathrynmannix.Order Listen on Bookshop.org.Order With the End in Mind on Bookshop.org.Visit Dr Kathryn's website. About Dr Kathryn Mannix: Dr Kathryn Mannix is a former palliative care consultant who now writes books and speaks publicly to help people gain a better understanding of what happens when we die. She is the author of With the End in Mind, a series of stories from her years in palliative care, which aims to help people not feel quite so scared about death and dying, and Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations, a guidebook for communicating with others.About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London with her two cats. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I attended my first Death Café in 2012. I enjoyed the experience so much I continued to attend different Death Café meetings throughout San Diego. I became a host of Death Café in 2014.  Take a listen and see for yourself that talking about death and dying does not have to be scary. It may even be fun!  http://deathcafe.comListen and read my blog: https://whilewerestillhere.com and https://grimtea.comStarting with Episode 56, the episode music was added. It was composed, produced and provided by Kyle Bray specifically for this show.The logo artwork was provided by Maddie's Plush Pouch.

Wildfire is a vital ecological process, but it can be dangerous. It's also a tangible reminder of how our climate is changing around us. Therefore, living in areas impacted by wildfire can be stressful on many levels, and individuals may experience eco-anxiety –  or even eco-grief –  in response.  On the latest episode of the Living With Fire Podcast, guest Caitlyn Wallace, LCSW, unpacks these terms and talks about ways to address feelings about wildfire and climate change. According to Wallace, “Eco-anxiety is the anxiousness and the worry about the changing climate and what might happen. And eco-grief is the sadness and grief at the loss of life – human, animal and plant life – that you anticipate to come.”Wallace, a licensed clinical social worker and therapist in Northern Nevada, specializes in perinatal mental health and the emerging field of climate-informed therapy. She treats patients experiencing pregnancy, postpartum depression and anxiety, infertility, grief and loss. Wallace explained that some of her clients were also experiencing eco-anxiety and eco-grief. “I started noticing in some of my clients this grief and guilt around – I work so hard for this baby, I tried so hard for this baby. The baby is here. And now I am guilty and ashamed because there's a pandemic, there's smoke, there's this warming climate and we're in a huge drought. What did I do? Why did I bring a baby into this world?” said Wallace. On the podcast, Wallace explained that anxiety and grief show up differently for everyone. Therefore, there is no “one-size-fits-all” solution for dealing with eco-anxiety and grief. However, she emphasized the importance of acknowledging feelings and experiences. “I think that a big thing is being able to name it and being able to talk about it. Yeah, we know enough to know that for a lot of these things. Specifically, depression, anxiety, that being able to talk about your feelings around them gets you out of a fight-or-flight reactive place and into a place where you can be more responsive.”Wallace speaks about the benefits of finding a space to talk about the feelings of eco-anxiety, such as a Climate Café modeled after Death Cafés. According to the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America, a Climate Café is “an informal, open, respectful, confidential space to safely share emotional responses and reactions related to the climate and environmental emergency.”Wallace is one of the only climate-informed therapists in Northern Nevada and has started hosting free Climate Cafés in Reno, which you can read about in Our Town Reno. And, to learn more about eco-anxiety, check out Wallace's suggested reading list below:A Guide to Eco-Anxiety: How to Protect the Planet and Your Mental Health, by Anouchka Grose Generation Dread, by Britt WrayTurn the Tide on Climate Anxiety: Sustainable Action for Your Mental Health and the Planet, by Megan Kennedy-Woodard and Dr. Patrick Kennedy-WilliamsEarth Emotions: New Words for a New World, by Glenn A. Albrecht

In this Spiritual Sunday Flashback episode- we revisit one of my favorites with a guest that teaches us about healing and the importance of letting go of negative aspects of our lives with a unique technique. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did recording it. Myofascial Release, Integrative Nutrition, Holy Fire & Karuna Reiki what do all these things have in common? We have a conversation with about Death, loss, grief, legacy work, and living life to the fullest My guest in this episode is Hemali Vora. She is an expert holistic practitioner, intuitive energy healer, and a spiritual mentor. With over two decades of working in healthcare field as a physical therapist, she has helped, coached and guided hundreds of patients, and their families deal with chronic illnesses, disabilities, and personal traumas. We are going to learn how through her own journey that was filled with immense grief, depression, traumas and health challenges; about intuitive guidance, about Death, loss, grief, legacy work, living life to the fullest. Hemali is an avid traveler and a lifelong learner. Her intuitive guidance, experiences and curiosity has led her to learn many modalities like Myofascial Release, Integrative Nutrition, Holy Fire & Karuna Reiki. Having gone through her own journey filled with immense grief, depression, traumas and health challenges, she taps into her abundant tool box and integrates in her work. Hemali empowers clients to discover and embody their unique version of optimal mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health, allowing them to thrive and reach their greatest potential. She often speaks and is hosted at city and local government facilities on programs related to goal setting, nutrition and the importance of self-care to counter care-givers burn-outs, overwhelms and stress. Hemali has taught all levels of Reiki courses to healthcare workers, caregivers and children to help them uncover their true gifts and talents. Her fascination with every aspect of life and death and dying inspired her to complete End of Life Doula training through the University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine. She provides comprehensive support, comfort and guidance to the dying clients and their families with end of life transitions, legacy projects, preparations and through bereavement process. She educates communities on the importance of advance care planning for end of life to achieve comfort and peace at the end of life. Hemali hosts virtual and online Death Café's, a space to talk about death and dying. Through her energy and doula work, she has coached many caregivers who companioned their loved ones experiencing terminal illness and death. Hemali offers one-on-one & group sessions in her studio and through online webinars HTTPS://beforeyougopodcast.com This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

#074 My wonderful guest today is Susan Barsky Reid, who modelled an enterprise called The Death Café, which she founded in 2011, alongside her wonderful son, Jon Underwood. The objective of Death Café is to help us all make the most of our finite lives. Death is one of the great social taboos of our time and Death Café gatherings tend to be joyful occasions.  Jon & Susan's work has brought huge comfort to tens of thousands of people across the world, assisting us all in being courageous and in knowing it's okay to discuss our feelings and emotions around death and dying, however they may manifest for us.My name is Ann Théato, and the mission of the Psychic Matters Podcast, is to teach you proven techniques for spiritual and psychic development from the comfort of your own home. I investigate the teachings of experts across the globe, to bring you their wisdom, their advice and their spiritual wealth.DEAF FRIENDLY: If you'd like to get the links & show notes, including a complete transcription, head to www.anntheato.comwww.patreon.comCREDITS: Reach by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Licensed by Enlightened Audio.Support the show

Con María Guerrero, creadora de Animal Death Café, hablamos del II Encuentro Animal Death Café, encuentro-homenaje a los animales que ya no están con nosotros. Se celebrará el sábado 1 de octubre en el Centro Munay Nachi, Finca El Salobrar de Alfajarín

Anthony Hopkins hat einmal gesagt: “Keiner von uns kommt lebend hier raus.'' Heute sprechen wir mit Prof. Dr. med. Raymond Voltz, Direktor des Zentrums für Palliativmedizin der Uniklinik Köln, Vorsitzender des Palliativ- und Hospiznetzwerks Köln e.V. sowie Mitbegründer der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin e.V. über das Sterben und die wichtige Zeit davor. Was geschieht beim Sterben? Was passiert die letzten Stunden und Tage vor dem Tod? Und ist das wirklich so entscheidend? Oder ist es mindestens genauso wichtig, die letzten Monate und Jahre davor selbstbestimmt zu gestalten? Können wir - oder sollten wir - uns alle auf das Sterben etwas vorbereiten? Wenn ja: Wie lange vor Ihrem Tod möchten Sie wissen, dass Sie sterben werden? Was tut die Palliativmedizin in der Zeit davor und auf was dürfen wir alle für ein selbstbestimmtes und glückliches Lebensende achten?

Learn how this man’s experience with grief led him to start a Death Café in Japan and become a death doula and Willow EOL educator. My guest Masatoshi Shoji is a licensed acupuncturist, health communicator and medical translator in Sendai Japan. He started Death Café Sendai in his hometown in 2015 and since then has… Continue reading Ep. 367 Increasing Death Awareness in Japan with Masatoshi Shoji

Val Zavala, former anchor/reporter for the long-running KCET (L.A. PBS station) series SoCal Connected and Life & Times talks about: The ‘Extinction Circle' group that she was part of for a couple years, meeting once a month to discuss likely human extinction (before the pandemic led the group to slowly disband; meantime she continues to be an active member of her local ‘Death Café'); how approaching humanity's future is akin to Elisabeth Kubler Ross' five stages of grief; the oil industry's campaign of disinformation and its effect on the climate crisis; a profoundly thoughtful Buddhist take on our (humankind's) fate; relating extinction to former guest Fernando Dominguez Rubio's study of the preservation of artworks in the museum, and what Val thinks of the lengths museums go to maintain artworks' longevity; the concept of EA, or Effective Altruism, in relation to human longevity; “Seeding” the future, which is to say leaving a better foundation for future civilizations; and her “New 10 Commandments for Future Generations.”

*"You can find the English version of the text below." Olivia Bareham ist eine „Death Midwife“. Warum sie ein Unternehmen rund um das Thema Tod gegründet hat, wie sie die Würde des Menschen bis in den Tod und darüber hinaus schützt, wie sie Menschen rund um das Thema Tod durch Seminare und Fortbildungen aufklärt und was sie selbst über den Tod denkt, das erzählt sie uns im heutigen Podcast. Olivia teilt mit Dir viele wertvolle Insights und beantwortet aus ihrer jahrelangen Erfahrung einige brisante Fragen, die viele von uns Menschen da draußen beschäftigen: Wissen wir es vorher, wann wir sterben werden? Was konkret können wir tun, um Ängste vor dem Sterben zu verlieren? Warum sollten wir uns schon als Kinder in der Schule mit diesen Themen beschäftigen? Fun facts in diesem Podcast: Wusstest Du schon, welche alternativen Methoden es zu einer „klassischen“ Beerdigung gibt? Was hat es zum Beispiel mit einem „Biokrematorium“ auf sich, bei dem die Leiche in einen Laugenbottich gelegt wird, der komplette Körper sich dann verflüssigt und die braune Flüssigkeit dann als Düngemittel verwendet wird?

*"You can find the English version of the text below." Obwohl der Tod kein direktes Schwerpunktthema am berühmten ESALEN-Institut in Big Sur, Kalifornien ist, hat dieses Thema dort indirekt einen sehr hohen Stellenwert. Denn indirekt beschäftigen wir uns alle mit dem Tod und der Angst vor dem Tod und dem Sterben, sobald wir uns auch anderen Ängsten des täglichen Lebens widmen. Dafür steht JJ Jeffries, der seit vielen Jahren Sensory Awareness und Chakra Meditationen im berühmten ESALEN-Institut unterrichtet und Menschen aus der ganzen Welt in kürzester Zeit dabei unterstützt, sich den Erfahrungen in ESALEN zu öffnen, um damit eine tiefe innere Heilung zu erfahren. Denn die am Institut praktizierten Methoden unterstützen Menschen dabei, ihre Ängste zu verlieren und mit Schmerzen anders umzugehen. Eine dieser Methoden ist JJs Chakra-Meditation für das sensorische Bewusstsein. Doch wie hilft diese Chakra Meditation dabei, Angst und sogar Todesangst besser zu bewältigen? Und welche kleinen Alltagsübungen können wir in unser Leben integrieren, um Angst und Schmerz loszulassen? Diese Fragen diskutieren wir mit JJ genauso wie: Welche Rolle spielt Musik für unsere innere Balance? Und was ist das "ESALEN Geheimnis" für Heilung? Außerdem verrät uns JJ seine ganz persönlichen Zutaten für sein kalifornisches Rezept des Heilens.

Suizidassistenz: Ein spannendes Thema, das wir heute mit Herrn Professor Reimer Gronemeyer - promovierter Theologe und Soziologe, Vorsitzender der Aktion Demenz und Mitglied im wissenschaftlichen Beirat des Deutschen Hospiz- und Palliativ-Verbands - diskutieren. Und hoch interessant! Warum? Weil dieses Thema nicht nur in den aktuellen Medien diskutiert wird, sondern uns auch alle betreffen wird - gesellschaftlich und politisch. Denn rechtlich befindet sich Deutschland seit Februar 2020 in einer Grauzone. Im Jahr 2020 wurde vom Bundesverfassungsgericht das Verbot zur Suizidbeihilfe gekippt. Der hier gekippte § 217 des Strafgesetzbuchs hatte bis dahin geregelt, dass die sogenannte geschäftsmäßige Förderung der Selbsttötung strafbar war - und dieser Paragraph machte Beihilfe zum Suizid für Ärzte, Organisationen und Privatpersonen unmöglich. Nun ist der Paragraph gekippt - doch wie soll diese Unterstützung Dritter zukünftig geregelt werden? Was sind Gründe für eine Suizidassistenz? Wo ist die Grenze? Was geschieht beispielsweise mit an Demenz erkrankten Menschen, die diese Entscheidung nicht mehr für sich alleine treffen können? Kurzum: Wie kann Sterbehilfe ermöglicht, aber ein Missbrauch ausgeschlossen werden? Und wie können wir sicher gehen, dass ältere oder erkrankte Menschen sich nicht als überflüssig oder zu kostspielig betrachten? Genau diese Fragen möchten wir heute Herrn Professor Reimer Gronemeyer stellen, der seit vielen Jahren Experte auf diesem komplexen und weitreichenden Gebiet ist und eine sehr spannende Perspektive dazu einbringt.

Today is National Death Doula Day and we are celebrating with a very special podcast and free family caregiver training!   Death used to be revered as a sacred part of our life's journey. It is only within the last 100 years that we've absolutely removed the end of life from being a natural component of our lives.    This removal of end of life has, in my opinion, caused death to become 1,000 times more difficult for both patients and family members.    End of life can be a positive and sacred experience. It is with the right education, kindness, and support that we can have the end of life go well for every person - everywhere in the world.   Due to current reimbursement structures, mainstream medical is only able to supply a certain amount of time and support for patients and families at the end of life - but end of life is 24/7 and the need for more support in this area of care is extremely great.    “The minute we put a dollar amount and a time limit on dying, we're doing something wrong.” - Suzanne B. O'Brien RN    Doulagivers/Death Doulas are non-medical holistic practitioners that care for somebody who is dying physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. The Doulagiver/Death Doula is filling in the gaps in mainstream medical and can support not only the patient and family but the Hospice Care Team as well. It is a win/win/win addition to end of life care!    In this episode of Ask a Death Doula, we will cover:   The History of the Death Doula Movement Why We Need Doulagivers/Death Doulas How Hospice is Working with Doulagivers/Death Doulas to Provide the Best End of Life Experiences for Patients and Families. What Death Doula Day is and How You Can Celebrate It   Listen to the Full Podcast HERE:   https://youtu.be/ONAvdqyDfFM   What is National Death Doula Day? The day is set aside for Death Doulas to engage with their communities by bringing awareness to the profession and benefits for patients and families. An End-of-Life Doula is a non-medical person trained to care for someone holistically (physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually) at the end of life. End of Life Doulas are also known around the world as: Doulagivers, End of Life Coaches, Soul Midwives, Transition Guides, Death Coaches, Death Doulas, Doula to the Dying, Death Midwives, Thanadoula, and End of Life Guides. National Death Doula Day is a day where we recognize the positive impact these individuals can have during the end-of-life process.  This day was created to raise awareness about the profession of Death Doulas and how they can benefit patients and families at the end of life. Death Doulas provide the additional support that families need in order to feel comfortable with taking care of their dying loved one at home. They are non-medical professionals that provide holistic support for the dying and their loved ones before, during, and after death. Trained in the various end of life stages, a Doulagiver is able to assist the family with understanding the natural processes of death while providing comfort and support through these processes. This is the day where all Death Doulas can rise together and be a voice for social change for end of life care - ensuring everyone has the most positive passing possible. How should this day be celebrated or observed? On Death Doula Day we encourage the conversation about the profession of Death Doulas. This can be done anywhere, and in any way you feel comfortable. Have fun with it!    Post/Tweet/Market/Share, have a discussion panel, show a documentary, give a training, host a Death Café – anything to do with end of life.   Here are two articles you can share to your social media to help spread awareness!   HOSPICE TIMES ARTICLE   TIME MAGAZINE ARTICLE   End of life is a human experience -  not a medical one. With the right education, kindness, and support, end of life can be the sacred, positive experience it was meant to be.    In Love & Service,  Suzanne B. O'Brien RN    P.S. The FREE Doulagivers Level 1 End of Life Doula LIVE Webinar Training is TONIGHT at 7pm ET in honor of National Death Doula Day and Doulagivers World Training Day!    We invite you and anyone you would like to share this event with to attend and we cannot wait to see you there!    REGISTER HERE!

Talking Points: Work and the meaning of life; the wisdom of Elphaba–or, how your weird quirks can be your passport to a more meaningful career; but Lily, I HATE MY JOB! Links and Housekeeping: LiElla will be hosting a virtual Death Café via Zoom on April 30 at 11:00AM MT. You can pre-register here: https://deathcafe.com/deathcafe/14940/ You can also find LiElla on her website, https://leavingwellmt.com/ or on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leaving.well.death.doula/ or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=leaving%20well%20end-of-life%20planning What Color Is Your Parachute: https://www.parachutebook.com The Wizard and I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZyQwjVRT5c Ted Talk by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi about Flow: https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_flow_the_secret_to_happiness?language=en You can contact Lily by email: lily@lilyfieldschallenge.com, or find her other work here: https://linktr.ee/lilyfieldschallenge A great big thank you to Seven Productions, https://7prod.fr/,  here in Mulhouse France for the use of the song La Joie for the Intro and Outtro to the show. Also, thanks to Matt Kugler who sang it and Claude Ekwe who wrote it.

Episode 15 Talking Points: The Ideal Life Exercise–those precious fifteen minutes and four questions that will help you make progress; Lily takes you on a ride in a time machine; If you can't say something nice…; Curiosity as the antithesis to fear. LiElla will be hosting an online Death Café on April 30, 2022. This is a safe space for those who are curious about End-of-Life issues or have down-to-brass-tacks questions. You can ask LiElla anything death related, and she will, without judgment, give you an answer if there is one to be had! Lily will be attending, too. We'll get you the Zoom meeting link as soon as it becomes available. LiElla's Death Doula work can be found here: https://leavingwellmt.com/ To read more from Lily about the importance of tracking our periods and some ideas for keeping on top of the trackable, measurable aspects of our health, try here: http://lilyfieldschallenge.com/2021/07/30/the-building-block-of-womans-health/ More from Bessel Van Der Kolk, the neuroscience research LiElla quoted can be found here: https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/ A great big merci to the marvelous Matt Kugler for his stylings on the ukelele version of Big Yellow Taxi, and for making us sound so nice. That was fun. Let's do it again sometime! That little one-minute version of Big Yellow Taxi can be found here, as a special bonus for podcast listeners: https://youtu.be/dwEH4cGiAC0 Listen to it when you are feeling down about your bodies. Remember to dance. As always, I want to give a great big thank you to Seven Production in Mulhouse France for the use of the song, “La Joie” as the intro and outro to the show.

Today's guest on Speaking of Grief, is Shakara Arrazola-Tiscareno. Shakara will share information about her sacred work both as a Death Doula and a facilitator with the non-profit organization, Death Café.

Learn about the Death Café movement and how and why to start a Death Café in your community. My guest Megan Mooney has worked with Death Café since 2013, shortly after the movement was introduced to the US from London. She has experience in hospice and end-of-life research and currently works as the director of… Continue reading Ep. 335 Death Cafe: Cake, Coffee and Talking About Death with Megan Mooney

In this episode Joe talks to Jools Symons, the Patient and Public Involvement Manager at the Leeds Institute of Medicine and Health, about her work with the Leeds University Death Café, and the history Death Cafés more globally. If you would like more information relating to the Death Café more broadly, or would like to find a Death Café near you visit - https://deathcafe.com/

Roger Fyfe talks to Kay Cope and Rosemary Kitchen about the worldwide phenomenon Death Café which has now started in Kiama.  The intention of Death Café is to help us all become more comfortable in talking about death, as we are all going to face it sooner or later.This episode is a tribute to Roger Fyfe, who died unexpectedly between Christmas and New Year. This is one of several episodes recorded by Roger over the past 18 months, all of which you can here on our website www.kiamacommunityradio.org.  Roger has been a great contributer to Kiama Community radio and we will miss him a lot. https://deathcafe.com/ Music is by Joe Mungovan, from his album June and July. https://www.joemungovan.com

In this episode, understanding Death Education and why it matters. My guest is academic Jennifer Moran Stritch from Technological University of the Shannon (TUS). She explains the concept of Thanatology, the power of Death Cafés and shares some of the research happening in TUS. TUS.ie Twitter: @stritchj

One More Thing Before You Go … Myofascial Release, Integrative Nutrition, Holy Fire & Karuna Reiki what do all these things have in common? Hemali Vora who in This Episode we have a conversation with about Death, loss, grief, legacy work, and living life to the fullest. I'm your host Michael Herst and this is That thing about Myofascial Release Holy Fire & Karuna Reiki. Hemali is an expert holistic practitioner, intuitive energy healer, and a spiritual mentor. With over two decades of working in healthcare field as a physical therapist, she has helped, coached and guided hundreds of patients, and their families deal with chronic illnesses, disabilities, and personal traumas. We are going to learn how through her own journey that was filled with immense grief, depression, traumas and health challenges; about intuitive guidance, about Death, loss, grief, legacy work, living life to the fullest. Hemali is an avid traveler and a lifelong learner. Her intuitive guidance, experiences and curiosity has led her to learn many modalities like Myofascial Release, Integrative Nutrition, Holy Fire & Karuna Reiki. Having gone through her own journey filled with immense grief, depression, traumas and health challenges, she taps into her abundant tool box and integrates in her work. Hemali empowers clients to discover and embody their unique version of optimal mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health, allowing them to thrive and reach their greatest potential. She often speaks and is hosted at city and local government facilities on programs related to goal setting, nutrition and the importance of self-care to counter care-givers burn-outs, overwhelms and stress. Hemali has taught all levels of Reiki courses to healthcare workers, caregivers and children to help them uncover their true gifts and talents. Her fascination with every aspect of life and death and dying inspired her to complete End of Life Doula training through the University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine. She provides comprehensive support, comfort and guidance to the dying clients and their families with end of life transitions, legacy projects, preparations and through bereavement process. She educates communities on the importance of advance care planning for end of life to achieve comfort and peace at the end of life. Hemali hosts virtual and online Death Café's, a space to talk about death and dying. Through her energy and doula work, she has coached many caregivers who companioned their loved ones experiencing terminal illness and death. Hemali offers one-on-one & group sessions in her studio and through online webinars HTTPS://beforeyougopodcast.com

Whether it's because of fear, or because it seems too sad, most people don't like to speak about death. But what if there was a space where you could speak openly about the realities of it, and you were guaranteed cake? [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2021/07/21130128/SSTSTM_21071.mp3"][/audio] Having cake is the one rule of the Death Café which was established to allow people to come together and speak about passing away without fear of making people feel uncomfortable or being seen as being morbid. The Death Café has been running across the world for a number of years now, and sees people getting together to chat about everything from the emotional and physical side of dying to who would delete your browser history. The idea is to take away the reluctance we all have to speak about our own mortality. Limerick is one of the locations where Death Café's have been set up, and Dermot and Dave met Jennifer Stritch, who is one of the people involved. She explained how the events run, the type of people who attend (including a couple on a first date!), and why cake is so important. You can catch Jennifer's chat with the lads by clicking play above, and to find out more, email deathcafelimerick@gmail.com  

Roger Fyfe talks to Kay Cope and Rosemary Kitchen about the worldwide phenomenon Death Café which has now started in Kiama.  The intention of Death Café is to help us all become more comfortable in talking about death, as we are all going to face it sooner or later. The next Death Café is Sunday 30th May at Industrial Brew from 2 till 4pm. 

When you walk inside Cappelens Forslag, you are reminded that strong essences are kept in small bottles. This Oslo bookshop is dressed up in leather and wood and sells, in the words of its owners, interesting books; new, second hand or antiquarian titles, mainly in English and Norwegian. No bestsellers, chick lit, crime nor self-help make the cut, unless extremely well written, out there weird, contrarian or from a different epoch. Cappelens Forslag publishes its own book as well, the Conversational Lexicon, an exquisitely crafted encyclopedia ‘freed from factual accuracy' that won the Gold Prize in the annual competition The Year's Most Beautiful Books. Owners Pil Cappelen Smith and Andreas Cappelen have been friends since they were twelve and together, have created a space much beloved and championed by the local community. They travel the world with empty suitcases to get books for Cappelens Forslag and come back with film-worthy stories. The bookshop has seen both weddings and fistfights and runs a Death Café, where people gather once a month to talk about death. We are very thankful to have Pil with us today to tell us all about this magical place. Books recommended by Pil: Cappelens Forslags Conversational Lexicon We by Yevgeny Zamyatin Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog The Necrophiliac by Gabrielle Wittkop Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Woolgathering by Patti Smith The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gotbooks/message

In 2017, Rachel Weiss watched a TV programme about the menopause and was inspired to hold a Menopause Café. This has now turned into an international movement of pop-up events where women and the men in their lives meet to drink tea, eat cake and talk menopause. The Menopause Café is modelled on the Death Café movement, founded by Jon Underwood.  In this episode, Rachel and Andrew talk about women's experiences of menopause and the impact on their lives and relationships. The menopause has long been a taboo subject, and raises profound issues of shame and silence around the female body. Women have suffered due to the lack of knowledge or public conversation about the menopause, and so have their partners.  The Menopause Cafe is playing a crucial role in an increasingly more open discourse on the menopause, helping women to live through this stage of their lives with understanding rather than fear and loneliness.  Follow Up Join our Supporters Club to access exclusive behind-the-scenes content, fan requests and the chance to ask Andrew your own questions. Membership starts at just £4.50. https://www.patreon.com/andrewgmarshall  Find out more about the Menopause Café  www.menopausecafe.net Rachel has written about the Menopause Café in “M-Boldened: Menopause Conversations We All Need to Have” The world's only Menopause Festival takes place on April 30th and May 1st 2021 #FlushFest2021 in Perth, Scotland, and online. The Menopause Café  was inspired by the Death Café - learn more here: www.deathcafe.com  Learn about Rachel's work with coaching and counselling clients at Rowan Consultancy www.rowan-consultancy.co.uk or find out about enrolling on the COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills, a 120-hour course online or face-to-face, starting August 2021. Find out more about dealing with midlife and the relationship issues it can cause in Andrew's book It's Not a Midlife Crisis, It's an Opportunity  https://bit.ly/midlifecrisisbook  Read Andrew's advice on some of the common issues faced inside long-term marriages in his article on avoiding the “silver divorce”: https://bit.ly/silverdivorce  Follow Rachel on:  Twitter: @Menopause_Cafe @Rowan_Rachel @Rowanconsult Instagram: @Menopause_Cafe Facebook: www.facebook.com/menocafe17 and www.facebook.com/RowanConsultancy YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RowanConsultancy Andrew offers regular advice on love, marriage and finding meaning in your life via his social channels. Follow him on: Twitter https://twitter.com/andrewgmarshall  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AndrewGMarshallTherapy  YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF5gT7ru5sblpFaU2-iWTTw

  Guest Introduction: This is Exploring the Seasons of Life podcast episode 33. I’m Cindy MacMillan and today’s guest is Nada Frazier. Welcome to Exploring the Seasons of Life, a podcast for women with a big heart on a spiritual journey. Each week join Cindy MacMillan as she interviews coaches, spiritual explorers, and celebrants from all walks of life about beginnings, endings, and the messy bits in-between. Self-love, well-being, and mindset are at the heart of our conversations because once you change the inside, the outside will begin to change as well. Welcome back to Exploring the Seasons of Life podcast. If you are new to the podcast or are a long-time listener thank you for being here and you are going to love this conversation. I am so excited for my guest today. Nada Frazier is the Founder of The Sacred Servant where she serves as a non-medical, non-judgmental holistic Life & Death Coach, Certified End-of-Life Doula, Consultant, Community Educator, Inspirational Speaker, and lover of life! Nada served on the Board of Directors of the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance 2018-2019 term. Nada founded and facilitates The Death Café of Northeast Florida and has served as a hospice volunteer for over 10 years. She enjoys her family, meditation, nature, and never met a tree or rock she didn’t love. Here’s a glimpse of our conversation: 3:00: And then in the fall, again, with respect to our minds, it's a time of relationship to the rest of community and it reminds me of when trees start losing their leaves, right and going into fall, their roots go even deeper into the soil. And there are all kinds of studies now that talk about how tree roots have their like nerve centers, and they connect with other trees. And really, it is a community-building experience, not just what you see above the ground. 5:16: I've been around death and life, obviously, since I was a young person, I spent much of my youth on my grandparent’s farm in Texas. 8:50: Well, I can't speak for other people. Because I think every end-of-life doula is unique. For me, it's just so varied. So, you know, I can do anything for example I'll have someone contact me and say, I'm a college student. And I've got a friend that's received a diagnosis, and I really want to know how to best support them.  14:25: A Death Cafe is really where people show up. My job is to facilitate the discussion meaning I create a safe space for people to talk about what they want to talk about. I am not there to, to you know, I do a lot of community education and workshops and different teachings. I'm not there to do that. In this environment, I'm there to just facilitate people having a discussion about whatever they want to talk about in the theme of death. And so, the objective of a Death Cafe is to increase awareness, with the hope of when people do that, they will make the most of their lives.  17:56: If I change my perception about death, meaning, it's this big, scary thing that I'm fearful of, and I'm not going to say the D-word ever, because then it could happen. Well, here's the reality, it's going to happen, the death rate is 100%. At least the last time I checked; I don't think that's changed. And so when we start consciously addressing that elephant in the room, or whatever you want to call it called Death, I believe that we more consciously and fully live because we realize that there is an end date at some point on this particular lifetime that we're living. So I think that we are going to be more conscious about how we choose to live our life.  34:23: So on my bucket list, I want to be really ever-present in my life, meaning taking the time to watch the Osprey that flies in my neighborhood, and even if it's five minutes, but being really tuned into that watching, as I said earlier, the squirrels play and making sure for example, my husband and I, we never go to bed mad at each other. Not that we're mad at each other very often; we don't get sideways very often, but especially in the work that I do, we have come to appreciate that any minute could be our last moment together. So we don't ever want to be sideways with each other. So that's on my bucket list. Resources Mentioned:  The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by: Brene Brown Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by: David Kessler You can find Nada Frazier at: Website Thank you for listening to this week's episode of Exploring the Seasons of Life and my conversation with Nada Frazier.   Are you ready for Grief and Loss Coaching? The very first step is scheduling a Discovery Session, which is simply a FREE 30-minute heart to heart conversation, where we will talk about your grief journey and get to know each other a bit and make sure we have the right chemistry to work together. Next, we will explore how coaching can give you the tools and the support you need to help you face your sadness, reconnect with your life, and find a way forward. You don’t have to do it alone. You can reach me via the website CynthiaMacMillan.com or email me at Cindy@CynthiaMacMillan.com. Until next time. Live inspired! If you enjoyed this conversation with Nada Frazier, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Hard Conversations + Solace in Nature with Sarah McInerney Peruvian Trained Shaman and Medicine Woman, Shannon Davis Putting More Love Into The World With Zita Christian

Für diese Spezialepisode habe ich meine gute Freundin Christina befragt. Sie ist seit ein paar Jahren Co-Host des Berliner "Death Cafés". Sie erklärte mir das Konzept von Death Cafés und beschrieb mir ihre philosophische Einstellung zum Thema Tod und Sterblichkeit. Es war sehr interessant und ich merkte, dass ich noch so einiges von Christina lernen kann.In jeder Spezialepisode erzählt euch jeweils eine*r meiner Freund*innen von einem ganz besonderen Hobby.Dieser Podcast ist für fortgeschrittene Deutschlerner*innen geeignet.

We are continuing our conversation with Nada Frazier where we explore some of the important aspects and benefits of having open and honest dialogues about death and dying with our loved ones. We also talk about what we can do to get our affairs in order before the hot minute* - when death is arriving and emotions may cloud our vision and ability to do what is necessary for our loved ones who are dying and for ourselves are caregivers facing the challenges of grief. Nada is the founder of The Sacred Servant,™ where she serves as a non-medical, non-judgmental holistic Life & Death Coach, End-of-Life Doula*, Guide, Mentor, Trainer, Consultant, Community Educator, Writer & lover of life. Nada is a Certified End-of-Life Doula (CEOLD). She has earned the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) Proficiency Badge (www.nedalliance.org). Nada has served as a hospice volunteer for over 12 years. She founded and facilitates The Death Café of Northeast Florida upcoming VIRTUAL meeting dates are: Sept. 14; Oct. 5; Nov. 2; and Dec. 7. To know more about Death Cafe's check out www.deathcafe.com Nada brings a lot of compassion and wisdom in helping people tackle the difficult questions, legal processes and funeral arrangements with compassionate support and guidance to individuals and their families through times of critical, transformative life change. The Sacred Servant™ does not provide medical care, mental health counselling, or legal services. You can contact Nada and find out more about The Sacred Servant's services on www.thesacredservant.com To receive updates on Crazy Grief episodes sign up to our email list https://mailchi.mp/3c2131951f04/crazy-grief-podcast and if you would like to get in touch with me email tatiana@crazygrief.com Check out www.crazygrief.com for blog posts and extra resources. Please subscribe to Crazy Grief and share the episodes. We never know who may be silently struggling with grief or who may benefit from listening. Light and peace, Tatiana xo

Many people don't want to talk about death because quite frankly we are scared to face the big death elephant in the room. That is, until death is starts knocking on our door through a terminal diagnosis or has already bursted into our lives unannounced through a sudden death of a loved one. If you struggle to talk about death and dying as a family or if you are on your own and don't know who to turn to, you may want to consider reaching out to someone like Nada Frazier, who helps people as an End-of-Life Doula. Nada Frazier is the founder of The Sacred Servant,™ where she serves as a non-medical, non-judgmental holistic Life & Death Coach, End-of-Life Doula*, Guide, Mentor, Trainer, Consultant, Community Educator, Writer & lover of life. Nada is a Certified End-of-Life Doula (CEOLD). She has earned the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) Proficiency Badge (www.nedalliance.org). Nada has served as a hospice volunteer for over 12 years. She founded and facilitates The Death Café of Northeast Florida upcoming VIRTUAL meeting dates are: Sept. 14; Oct. 5; Nov. 2; and Dec. 7. To know more about Death Cafe's check out www.deathcafe.com Nada brings a lot of compassion and wisdom in helping people tackle the difficult questions, legal processes and funeral arrangements with compassionate support and guidance to individuals and their families through times of critical, transformative life change. The Sacred Servant™ does not provide medical care, mental health counselling, or legal services. You can contact Nada and find out more about The Sacred Servant's services on www.thesacredservant.com To receive updates on Crazy Grief episodes sign up to our email list https://mailchi.mp/3c2131951f04/crazy-grief-podcast and if you would like to get in touch with me email tatiana@crazygrief.com Check out www.crazygrief.com for blog posts and extra resources. Please subscribe to Crazy Grief and share the episodes. We never know who may be silently struggling with grief or who may benefit from listening. Light and peace, Tatiana xo

Plus, Mary Newton, a behavioral health program coordinator for the Atlanta Regional Commission and Angela White, a behavioral health coach for the Atlanta Regional Commission discuss the expansion of a behavioral health coaching program that aims to help older adults who are at risk of eviction. Then, Reverend Dr. Mark LaRocca-Pitts, host and founder of Death Cafe Atlanta, shares how local Death Café chapters offer a safe space for conversations about mortality during the pandemic.

In this episode Mitzi and Casey discuss things to think about when running a Death Café, and pitfalls to avoid. 

This time on Alfred, the podcast for Shaftesbury, The Vale and Chase areas of North Dorset and West Wiltshire: Alfred meets two former high-fliers who have travelled the world pursuing their passion for food before starting a grocery shop in Semley in June. Sam and Bill of Compton McRae share their story and their plans for the future. (00:27) Shaftesbury has hosted its first Death Café sessions. Organiser Nicola Donaldson explains what happens at the events and appeals for a new host venue. (11:17) Semley walking stick maker and coppicer Alex Huxley explains how his famous relatives encouraged his love of the countryside and inspired his interest in this ancient woodworking craft. (17:31) Home-Start North Dorset say that they have supported several families who feel isolated on the new Shaftesbury estate. Alfred hears how the charity helps new parents and why they are recruiting more volunteers. (25:26)

Gast: Karel Winterink, afkomstig uit de wereld van kunst en cultuur (theater, architectuur, stedenbouw, landschap, fotografie, beeldende kunst en design). Door kunstenaars en ontwerpers en door mensen samen te brengen en gezamenlijk de wereld beter en mooier maken gaat zijn hart sneller kloppen. Sinds vijf jaar is Karel actief als uitvaartondernemer en organiseert hij regelmatig Death Cafés en Socratische gesprekken in parken, cafés en bij mensen thuis. Zijn bedrijf heet 'Uitvaren'.

Pop into most cafes and you'll quite easily find tea and cake. Pop into a Death Cafe and you'll be served much more. At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake and drink tea - as you might expect - but they also gather to discuss death. Death has a stigma of being morbid to bring up and especially to talk about. There's that superstition that you are inviting death closer by discussing it. However, thousands of groups in 51 countries have met up with one another to discuss our finite lives and the inevitable. Death Cafe co-founder, Sue Barsky Reid joins me on the podcast. Sue is a psychotherapist and counsellor, skills she used to the full when creating the Death Cafe concept with her late son, Jon Underwood. Sue tells us why they founded Death Café and how and why this social enterprise has gone from strength to strength. Listen here on episode 046 The Retirement Café Podcast.

In this episode of the Seekers of Meaning Podcast, Rabbis David Levin and Simcha Rafael discuss the Philadelphia Death Café, where participants discuss a wide range of topics related to death and dying. The post SOM Pod 8/30/2019: Rabbi David Levin and Rabbi Simcha Raphael, hosts of the Philadelphia ‘Death Café’ appeared first on Jewish Sacred Aging.

In this episode of the Seekers of Meaning Podcast, Rabbis David Levin and Simcha Rafael discuss the Philadelphia Death Café, where participants discuss a wide range of topics related to death and dying. The post SOM Pod 8/30/2019: Rabbi David Levin and Rabbi Simcha Raphael, hosts of the Philadelphia ‘Death Café’ appeared first on Jewish Sacred Aging.

Revelation 14:13 NLT And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this down: Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they are blessed indeed, for they will rest from their hard work; for their good deeds follow them!” It’s difficult to have appropriate conversations about death in a society that is “death averse”. I remember meeting an experienced health professional who had organised all her own affairs, not least because of what she had observed as a result of her job. But she was unable to engage her grown-up children in the conversation she really wanted to have. This was to advise the children where all the appropriate paperwork was and other essential details that once dead she would no longer be able to communicate. She was nearly in tears as she described her situation. There is a need to talk about death cross-generationally; the work of the Death Café movement has been brilliant here. People come together to drink tea, eat cake and talk about death. The objective is “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives”. For info; deathcafe.com/what/ Most people are so death-illiterate that they not only fail to prepare for our own death, but are not a great comfort to either those who are approaching death or their surviving relatives. Lacking a vocabulary, we tend to avoid contact post-funeral and just hope those who survive might return to “normal”, whatever that might be, as soon as possible. When my first wife died, I felt supported through to the funeral, then everyone went quiet. This was the time I felt most alone. After her death, the house was overwhelmed with beautiful bunches of flowers. After the funeral, nothing. I now seek to send some flowers a couple of weeks after the funeral to say, “You’re not forgotten.” We need to recover a vocabulary for this season of life and unavoidable experience. QUESTION: Do you have a vocabulary that enables you both to talk about death and with those facing death or family and friends who are supporting them? If not, start building one. PRAYER: Eternal Father, thank you for the assurance that death is no more than a staging post. 

Kayla Moryoussef is a Community Worker/Registered Social Service Worker from Toronto who has been volunteering and working in end-of-life/palliative care for over seven years. She is a Death Educator, Death Doula candidate with Home Hospice Association, and project manager for all of their Death Cafés across southern Ontario. Kayla truly believes in the profound power of a ‘good death’ and its lasting effects on healthy individuals, families, and communities at-large. At the age of fifteen, Kayla’s life was profoundly changed by baring witness to the death of her grandmother, a primary parent and the one of the most formative figures in her life to this day.   In this episode we talk about getting becoming a death doula, the coming death boom in our culture, the death of her grandmother and dogs, her memorial tattoos, Death Cafés, and grief dreams of grandmother.   You can find more about Kayla at www.GoodDeath.ca or on Instagram and Facebook @GoodDeathDoula

Entrevistem Glynys German, organitzadora de bodes i funerals, i des de fa uns anys, de ‘Death Cafés’ a l’illa de Mallorca, i próximament també a Palma i Eivissa.

Programa del dimecres 19 de juny. Arrancam el programa d’avui amb el terapeuta teatral Óscar Cortés Salas, que estarà aquest dissabte a l’Auditòrium de Palma fent una masterclass de teatre terapèutic. També parlem amb Glynys German, organitzadora de bodes i funerals, i des de fa uns anys, de ‘Death Cafés’ a l’illa de Mallorca, i próximament també a Palma i Eivissa. I finalitzam amb David Ventura i la secció ‘Música per passatgers freqüents’, avui amb músics que són bons, però que li cauen malament a en Ventura.

Is death denied or revived in the 21st century? Guest Miriam Karrel shares her fascinating new research into Canadian Death Cafés. In the process, she gives an insightful historical overview of how we think about mortality – from the middle ages to the internet era. At the end of the programme, there's an extract from a previous interview with Jon Underwood, founder of the Death Café movement. In 2017, he tragically died at the age of 44. Jon describes how and why he started Death Café. deathcafe.com

In this episode we’re going to be learning about Death Cafés, places where strangers can meet to drink tea, eat cake and talk about death. There have been over 7000 Death Cafés held across the world and their aim is to encourage people to speak more openly about death and dying. We’re going to be hearing from Alex who is interested in setting up her own Death Café group.

The subject of death tends to make a lot of people uncomfortable or afraid, despite it being the one inevitable experience we are all sure to have. In this episode, we talk about our personal relationships with death - how it influences our lives in subtle and obvious ways, the ways we have had to cope with it, and how we hope to be honored when our time comes. We explore the colorful ways that cultures around the world "celebrate" or honor those that have passed, and how we can use death as a means of motivation, positivity and peace. We consider ideas of an afterlife, or how our energy may live on after our bodies have passed. Death Cafés are real-life meetups for people who are interested and eager to discuss death with other curious minds, in a comfortable and non-morbid way. Join us in this "virtual death café" episode and share your thoughts with us on Twitter @downtomarspod Links https://ideas.ted.com/11-fascinating-funeral-traditions-from-around-the-globe/ https://deathcafe.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/downtomars/support

Don't plan to die? Bad news – humans have a 100% mortality rate. Yet only 30% of us make end-of-life plans: wills or trusts, advance medical directives and pre-need funeral planning. That leaves 70% of us unprepared and devastated, not if but when a death occurs. Listen to Gail Rubin on why we avoid the topic of death and what we can do to improve end-of-life planning rates so everyone can have a good goodbye. Gail Rubin is a pioneering Certified Thanatologist – a death educator who uses humor and funny films to help teach about serious subjects. She was one of the first people to hold a Death Café in the United States. Known as The Doyenne of Death, she's the author of A GOOD GOODBYE: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die. To learn more about Gail, visit: http://agoodgoodbye.com/about-gail/ To learn more about Houston Money Week visit: www.Houstonmoneyweek.org   http://www.cheatsheet.com/personal-finance/how-schools-can-improve-their-personal-finance-education.html/ Financial Advisor Magazine Articles: http://www.fa-mag.com/news/advisors-stay-the-course-amid-monday-s-market-drop-22864.html?section=3  http://www.fa-mag.com/news/on-it-s-80th-anniversaryadvisors-consider-social-security-s-impactfuture-22784.html?section=3 You can listen live by going to www.kpft.org and clicking on the HD3 tab. You can also listen to this episode and others by podcast at: http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/moneymatters or www.moneymatterspodcast.com #KPFTHOUSTON #HoustonMoneyWK #TheFamilyPlot

RadioRotary interviews Laurie Swartz and Rev. Lynda Carré about the Death Cafés they help run as part of Circle of Friends for the Dying in Ulster and Dutchess Counties. A Death Café is a gathering of a few people in a home, a church, a restaurant, or other venue where the conversation over tea or coffee and cake is all about dying. Our population is growing older every year and death will come to all of us—many who are not very old die as well—but few are prepared for it and many don’t even want to think or talk about it. The Death Café experience, often with a speaker, is offered about once a month at various locations around Ulster and Dutchess counties. A new project for the Circle of Friends for the Dying is a home in Kingston where a person who lives alone and is close to dying will be able to live with one or two others, which many would prefer to dying in a hospital or nursing home or dying alone at home. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiorotary/support

Bill Palmer has dedicated much of his life to helping people get comfortable with death. Hear why he has hosted more than 75 Death Cafes and what he's learned from them and the people who attend. Note: A Life and Death Conversation is produced for the ear. The optimal experience will come from listening to it. We provide the transcript as a way to easily navigate to a particular section and for those who would like to follow along using the text. We strongly encourage you to listen to the audio which allows you to hear the full emotional impact of the show. A combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers generates transcripts which may contain errors. The corresponding audio should be checked before quoting in print. Contact Death Cafe website Transcript Dr. Bob: My guest on today's podcast has been on a really interesting journey over the past several years. Bill Palmer is a successful executive coach and management consultant who lives in Oakland, California. After a personal experience with a loved one who died while being supported by an excellent hospice organization, Bill was inspired to come home to Oakland and start volunteering with other people on hospice. And then he began hosting Death Cafes. To date, Bill's hosted over 75 Death Cafes for members of his community up in Oakland. If you're not familiar with Death Cafes, you will be after listening to this very informative podcast. Bill has had incredible insights through many, many hours spent with hundreds of people openly discussing death and dying. From the very practical aspects to the emotional and spiritual issues. On this podcast, he shares some of the insights that he's gained with us. I believe this can help you become more comfortable having those meaningful and really important conversations that you should be having with your loved ones and with yourself. I hope you're as grateful for these insights and reminders as I was, as I was speaking to them. Bill, thank you so much for being willing to spend some time with us and share a bit of your experience and knowledge with the listeners. Bill Palmer: Sure you're welcome. Dr. Bob: You have an interesting life, I'm assuming. For some reason, you have chosen to dedicate yourself to helping people get more comfortable talking about death. How did that come about? What was the ... My understanding is that you're a business coach and that you're coaching people through different aspects of business and leadership. How do you become a Death Cafe leader from that place? What was your journey? Bill Palmer: The journey really started actually, quite a few years ago when my mother was admitted as a hospice patient in Florida. She received incredibly good care at the Hospice of Palm Beach County where she lived at the time. As a business coach, and as an organizational development consultant, I was struck mostly by the wonderful care that she and my family received, but I was also struck by the incredible business alignment and sense of higher purpose in that hospice. At the time, I thought it was unique. And since then I volunteered in several different hospices. I found that to be more the rule than the exception. Somehow, rather, and I don't recall exactly how I came across a guy named John Underwood who lived in London, and who was the founder of Death Café. It just seemed like a great idea to me at the time. I became a hospice volunteer because I wanted to give something back. It didn't especially require any special skill to be a hospice volunteer. Sometimes just sitting with somebody, visiting, doing a respite visit something like that. But Death Cafe appealed to me because I could bring to bear some of the skills that I feel I have in terms of leading groups and speaking with individuals in an open and honest and kind of free, willing environment. So, I decided I would take John's advice and example and do a Death Café, which is actually pretty easy to do. Dr. Bob: You have the model, right? He shared the model with you and ... From my understanding ... Tell us what a Death Cafe for people who don't really understand it. Bill Palmer: Well, first of all, there's a website called www.deathcafe.com, and it gives a full explanation not only of what a Death Cafe is but how to start one if you want to in your own community. A Death Cafe is simply a free and open ... Free meaning there's no fee to attend, a group meeting of people, whoever wants to come, who want to talk about any aspect of death that interests them. That could be anything from where do I get a will to, deep philosophical and religious concerns to, what are the regulations about scattering ashes to, my companion died 40 years ago and I'm still grieving to, my spouse died last week and I feel nothing. There's an incredible richness of experience and this is going to sound really strange, but they're actually fun. There's a lot of laughter in a Death Cafe. Some of that laughter is just nervousness about speaking about a taboo subject, but some of it is just appreciation of life. If I could make one generalization about the Death Cafes, people leave feeling strongly that what they're doing in their lives right now, whether they're close to death or whether they feel like they're very far away, takes on an added significance if they can find a way to accept the fact that we're all going to die. One thing that surprised me about the 75 Death Cafes I've led is the number of people who apparently, intelligent, responsible, normal people who actually don't really think they're going to die. Dr. Bob: They certainly act like that, right? Bill Palmer: Yeah. Like I said, responsible, taxpaying, voting, civic-minded people who don't have a will, who don't have an advanced care directive, who've never discussed their wishes for their care towards the end of their lives. It is just an indication of the power of the taboo that people who in most every other aspect of their lives behave quite responsibly. But in this one area, even after they see and hear about the chaos that ensues if you die without a will, if you die without an advanced care directive, if you die or become disabled, even after they hear stories about that, it doesn't seem to get them. Dr. Bob: Do you think that people are denying that they're going to die or that they just think somehow things are going to work out? They just don't want to ... They don't feel like they need to do the preparation because things just have a way of working out? Bill Palmer: Well, I guess on an intellectual level, of course, they know they're going to die. But I think on some kind of emotional level, like a child, they don't really believe it. But I think it's probably a little bit of both, is just if you've never sat down and filled out an advance care directives, and you're using a good one, I'd ask some pretty tough questions. For example, if you don't really know what resuscitation is like, you might think sure, resuscitate me. And if you find out what resuscitation is actually really like in many cases, you might decide something very different. Dr. Bob: Right, in most cases. I think people, they watch TV shows, they watch ER or St. Elsewhere, these shows that depict somebody having a cardiac arrest. They do a couple of things and then a few seconds later they sit up and everyone's relieved, and it doesn't depict the absolute horror that ensues when somebody's doing chest compressions and ribs are breaking, and there's virtually no chance of survival in the vast majority of cases. So, yeah, are those kinds of things discussed even at that kind of graphic level? Are people open to hearing those kinds of things when they show up for the Death Cafes? Bill Palmer: Yeah, I think so. Anyone who leads a Death Cafe, including myself, leads it with a very light touch. There's no schedule of activities. There are no small groups. There are no icebreakers or anything like that. It's just open conversation. If somebody brings that up, people listen, and I think people are affected by it. There is a great deal of information that gets shared. A common statement is, my family won't discuss my death with me. I will or someone else in the group will say, "Well, here are some great resources." The conversation project, for example, can give you some tips and guidelines and do's and don'ts for, how do you have this conversation with people that don't want to talk about it? It's not an easy thing. So, I think there's that and there's a sense of comfort and community and that people find out well, gosh, I'm not alone in this. Other people feel this way too, or are afraid of the same thing, or have had a similar experience. I think it's comforting to people. Dr. Bob: Yeah. Oh, it's rich, and like you say, it's a safe space. Interestingly, I haven't been to one for a bit, but when I went to a few Death Cafes here in San Diego, and they did break up into small groups like four people and then there were some sample questions to stimulate conversation. There was a little bit of discussion as a group. I think as I remember, representatives from the small groups talked about some of the insights that came out. But I felt like there were so many people in the room, there were maybe 50 to 60 people in the room, and I felt like we missed getting the insight from more people in that space. So, I feel like maybe the open format like you're describing could be even more effective if everybody who wants to speak has a chance to. Bill Palmer: Well, anyone who's interested in starting a Death Cafe can read on the Death Cafe website, very specific and clear instructions for leading one. I think that if someone is fortunate enough to get 50 or 60 people at a Death Cafe, that's nice, but I think it's an unwieldy number. I know that I've always limited the attendance of Death Cafe to 20. Even at 20, it can be a bit unwieldy. So, I think the smaller group dynamic works. I know I was asked to help with a Death Cafe that was being sponsored in a retirement community here in the East Bay in California. 40, 50 people showed up. Yeah, we split up into small groups, but it just wasn't as satisfying. It is just really difficult to manage. If anybody's considering doing it, I would strongly recommend that you limit the attendance. You can use a website like Eventbrite which is a free ... It's like Evite, or Eventbrite, one, they're pretty much the same. You can invite people to purchase free tickets, or just sign up for registration. Then you can limit it to 15 or 20. Dr. Bob: How did you go about finding a location? Because if you're there's no fee, I'm assuming you've done 75 of these, I'm assuming that you're trying to avoid spending a lot of your own money on these. Is there money available from any organization to help defray costs of putting these on? Bill Palmer: Actually, to be specific, The Death Cafe, you can charge a fee if it's to reimburse the cost. For example, if you rent some space or if you provide some refreshments, you can recoup the cost with nominal fees. I was very fortunate. There's a funeral home here in Oakland called Chapel of the Chimes. They have a long, long history of community involvement and a beautiful setting. They have a lovely acreage and their buildings are fantastic. They have a high commitment to community service. So, I called him up and I said, "Would you sponsor a Death Cafe? I.e. give us free publicity, give us free space?" They said, "Yeah, we'll do that, and we'll also provide coffee and cookies and donuts for you. Because it's right in line with the way that we want to be involved with the community." Death Cafe Oakland gets free space and a little bit of free publicity. They get 20 people a month walking in there who maybe otherwise wouldn't know about Chapel of the Chimes. They've just been great to us. Churches are likely spots, community centers are likely spots. Synagogues are likely spots, and funeral homes I think. There's an obvious disincentive for certain people, well, I don't want to go to a funeral home ever for any reason, but it's worked for us very well. Dr. Bob: Right? Well, my sense ... So, a great alignment, it seems like a great partnership as long as everybody's approaching it with the right intention, and it's comfortable. You don't want to partner with somebody who's going to be pushy and pushing their services. It sounds like that's clearly not happening. But the people who are coming to Death Cafes are probably the same people who don't mind walking into a funeral home. Bill Palmer: That's probable. Dr. Bob: You've got a bit of a self-selected group. Well, that's helpful. I appreciate that. So, you've done 75 of the Death Cafes. When was your first one? Do remember- Bill Palmer: March, of 2013. We actually had our 76th last night. Dr. Bob: Fantastic. So, you've spent 76, and then they're probably what, an hour and a half to two hours each? Bill Palmer: Two hours, yeah. Dr. Bob: Okay. You've had a lot of time to hear people sharing. I'm sure that you are well aware of some of the gaps and the challenges and the struggles around living and dying. Can you share some of the top insights that you've gained from the experience, and offer some of those to the listeners? Bill Palmer: I've thought about this a lot. Something that jumps out at me is that how we die in America is largely a function of race and wealth. Death Cafe in Oakland or the part of Oakland that we're in is a very different thing than a Death Cafe might be in a very different part of Oakland. That jumps out at me constantly. Another thing that jumps out at me is, we live in a secular world, many of us do. Certainly, here in California, at least in the East Bay, in the Bay Area. I'm not sure that that's a bad thing but another thing that jumps out at me is that the loss of rituals, of customs, and community, most religions supply ... Things are taking their place but if you look at the Jewish religion, or you look at Islam, or you look at Catholicism, really any of the major world's religions, Hindu, there are very specific rituals and customs around death that are a comfort, and that allow people to navigate or at least help them to navigate through what is painful and difficult. So, I think that a lot of the interest in Death Cafe and in the conversation around death, it's much larger than Death Café, is around some of the loss of those rituals and the lack of replacements for them. Dr. Bob: I started to write down the statement because I'm sure it was going to be something really valuable. Could you finish the statement, the loss of rituals, customs and community around the time of death has- Bill Palmer: Left a vacuum where people are alone. They don't have a way to navigate through that first, terrible few days, weeks, months. I just think it makes it harder. Dr. Bob: It's a vacuum, I can see that. So, people were coming to the Death Cafes in part to help to fill that void, that vacuum, or because they're afraid that that will be there? Bill Palmer: Yeah, I think on two levels. One is simply, what are rituals that I could participate in that I no longer an observant and fill in the blank. Catholic or Jew or Muslim or whatever. There are rituals that people have created in this country or reinvented in this country about dying at home, and how to care for the body of someone who has just died, against the medicalization and hospitalization, and institutionalization of death. So, I think it's both those things. Some of it is just information. What am I supposed to do? Where can I go to find some community around it? Dr. Bob: The practical issues that can really lead to a lot of stress and anxiety if they're not addressed or planned for. Bill Palmer: Yeah, exactly. Dr. Bob: Any other big insights that are jumping out for you? Bill Palmer: Unfinished business. I can't tell you. I haven't done an exact count, but probably in the 75 Death Cafes, we've had, oh gosh, 500, 600 people come through there. What I constantly hear is five years, 10 years, 20 years after someone died, that the unfinished business that I had with that person haunts me. I never forgave them, or they never forgave me. I had a sister, brothers, spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, and I never resolved what it was that drove us apart. To me, unfinished business in our relationships is the gasoline that gets thrown on the fire of grief. It just makes it all that much worse because you can't fix it once they're gone, they're gone. So, that's something that I hear over and over again. Dr. Bob: Do you offer resources ... it seems to me like ... I think one of the things that felt a little bit dissatisfying for me about the Death Cafes, was that there were people who are clearly looking for support and needing additional help and resources, and there wasn't ... Because it's not promotional, you're not giving out pamphlets or directing people specifically to resources. It feels like there would be an opportunity to bring in some experts and to have people bring in their specific questions to get that kind of guidance. What's the thinking on that? Bill Palmer: Well, I think the thinking is, and it may be flawed is that, above all, John Underwood the founder of Death Cafe did not want to commercialize. I've had any number of invitations from perfectly respectable, fine people who have a book, they have a program they have this, that or the other thing, and they want to come in and in effect, make a sales pitch. Under normal circumstances, I'd say that'd be fine. But I think it leaves us open to having to vet them, having to know what they say. My solution has been to, I've created a Facebook page for Death Cafe Oakland. I post resources there. If somebody says, "Well, gee, how do I start this conversation with my spouse?" I can mention the conversation project. I can also tell people to look on that Facebook page, which is open to the public. You don't have to have attended Death Cafe Oakland to see it. You can find wills, you can find an Advance Care Directive. You can find lots and lots of research. So, I agree with you that the one thing I do specify is that, and I say this at the beginning of every Death Café, is this is not grief counseling. So, if you're grieving, what I say is, please talk about if you want to, we will support you, but it's not grief counseling in the sense that I personally cannot offer you continuing support. Dr. Bob: Yes, it's not a support group. It's a forum, right? With a lot of people coming for different reasons? Bill Palmer: Right. I can refer them ... They can do a Google search as easily as I can on bereavement groups. There's many of them. But I agree with you, my solution is a bit of a compromise, and hopefully, it's workable, but probably every single person who ever came to Death Cafe Oakland who wanted a specific resource for a specific need sometimes didn't get it. Dr. Bob: You're staying true to a mission and that's honorable and it makes sense because you could open it up for all kinds of challenges if you don't keep the boundaries clear, and you're providing ... Again, you're doing this all as a volunteer, right? You have a career and you have to divide your time between things that allow you to pursue that and to ... I really applaud you, commend you for your passion and commitment to this. It's really remarkable. Bill Palmer: The irony is I get more than I give. I appreciate you for saying that, thank you. Dr. Bob: Just to quickly follow up on that, what have you gotten? How has it changed you to have this experience and to be part of this movement? Bill Palmer: Well on a very practical level, to avoid any hint of hypocrisy, I have filled out every form known to humanity with regard to my death, and I'm closer in terms of age, I've got a lot more behind me than I do ahead of me. I think that what I've gotten, the most valuable thing I've gotten about that is, if not an acceptance of it, but a clear idea of, if I have my way, how I want it to go to know exactly what I think is right for me in terms of end of life care. If I'm not able to make decisions or to be mentally competent, a great deal of faith in the agreements that I have with my family, specifically my daughter and my son, who I 100% trust will carry out my wishes should I not be able to act on my own. So, that's a huge gift, that really is. Just the incredible richness and variety of the people who show up, I'm always interested in groups of people. I'm never bored in a group because I'm always watching to see and hear and feel what's going on, and they never disappoint me. It's always fascinating. Dr. Bob: Yeah, I couldn't agree more, especially when they're talking about issues that are so vital and important to them. Do you still have any fear or concerns about what lies ahead for you? Bill Palmer: Sure. I think the idea of gradually losing capabilities is what bothers me and bothers most people that I talk to. Not that I'll be dead, but that I won't be able to move, or I won't be able to speak, or I won't be able to hear, or see, and then that gradual loss of capability, of mobility. Of course, I'm afraid of that. I've also been a hospice volunteer and seen people who seem to live with a quality of life, whose lost a lot. So, I take a little comfort in that. But yeah, that scares me. Dr. Bob: That is such an interesting awareness, right? That some people when they lose certain capabilities, certain degrees of independence, when they're dealing with challenges, some people are ready to die because they've lost these things and it's intolerable for them and they're ready to check out as soon as possible. Then there are others who just handle it with such grace and acceptance and even joy. I don't know what the secret formula is, I'm looking for it. Because I want to be able to A, have it for myself, and B, be able to prescribe it for my patients. But it's such a unique individual, I guess, a way of being in the world. I try to figure it out, but I haven't been able to, and I'm still working on that. Bill Palmer: Let me know when you do. Dr. Bob: Yeah, I will. You'll be one of the first ones. As far as ... I think most of us share a little bit of the fear of the unknown of what's coming. I guess one of the things that I'm really passionate about now is helping to give people a greater sense of understanding, a greater sense of control over the circumstances that they may find themselves in. Part of that is by doing all the right preparation, filling out all the right paperwork, having the conversations with those who will be responsible for making those decisions if you can't. But also, I think ... Do you feel like you have a medical team, do you feel like you have a physician who if and when things become really challenging or intolerable for you, will engage at the level that you need to support you through that difficult challenging last journey? Bill Palmer: Yeah, I do. I am a Kaiser Permanente member. And one of the criteria for my primary care physician that I insisted on was somebody who would not only understand my wishes about that but who would act upon them. The interviews that I did, I found a physician who I'm reasonably certain will honor my wishes. My advanced care directive is scanned into my medical record there... it's a crapshoot a little bit- Dr. Bob: A little bit, it always is. Bill Palmer: You fall down on the street and nobody knows who you are, and they take you to whatever hospital, the ER people are bound by law and by custom to do everything that they can to resuscitate you. Is there a chance it could all go sideways? Yeah, but I feel like ... I've taken every precaution I could to try to make it go the way that I want, and my physician she seems like she's just fine with it. So that's important. Dr. Bob: Well, let's hope whenever it happens, many many years in the future, she'll probably be retired, and you'll have to have a new person who comes on ... I guess that's a good reason to try to find younger doctors so that you connect with. Well, this has been great. I feel like we've given people a great overview of what the Death Cafes are designed to do, and hopefully given some insight into where some of the challenges and struggles people face are, and how to try to mitigate those. I appreciate your time. If you have any burning thoughts that you want to share before we sign off, I am all ears. If you feel like you're complete with what we've discussed, that's totally cool too. Bill Palmer: No burning thoughts, but I want to thank you for the time, and for your thoughtful questions and statements. It was great to connect with you and someday, some way I hope our paths will cross. Thank you again. Dr. Bob: Thank you, Bill. Bill Palmer, founder and curator of Death Cafe Oakland, and I'm sure our paths will cross hopefully fairly soon.

What’s a Death Café? It’s part of a growing movement designed to help us squeamish Americans stop being so fearful of talking about death. Does your family discuss issues around death and dying? Have you and your loved ones expressed your wishes openly and honestly? Do you understand all of your options? In this episode of Eldercare Illuminated, host Lenore Tracey speaks with Heather Massey, cofounder of the Cape Cod Death Café, and Julie Lipkin, one of the Cape Cod Death Café’s regular facilitators. Tune in as Heather and Julie relate their experiences and insights on how to bring death back into life through shared conversations with other people in your community. By bringing this often taboo subject out of the shadows, you and your loved ones can make sure that individual wishes are understood and followed. About Our Guests:Heather Massey is the cofounder of the Cape Cod Death Café, a representative of the FuneralConsumers Alliance of Eastern Massachusetts, a death educator, and a Home Funeral Guide with In Loving Hands: Family Directed and Home Based Funerals. Julie Lipkin is a journalist and editor with the Cape Cod Times. She also works as a freelance writer and editor and is one of the regular facilitators at the Cape Cod Death Café.Go to www.deathcafe.com to find a DeathCafé in your area, and start the conversation.

Uma Girish describes herself as a ‘Grief Guide’. Lovingly, she holds space for individuals who are grieving from any number of losses, from divorce to death. This is something she has done beside the dying in hospices, as well. And why? Because her own grief around the death of her parents led her here. In 2008, Uma came to the U.S. from India, and within two and a half years both of her parents had died. The shock of the loss put her on an entirely different life trajectory, changing the very core of her values and her sense of purpose in life. “Pain is really the portal to purpose,” Uma Girish says in this wonderful interview.  Besides having an extremely soothing voice, and a supremely gentle manner, Uma is also highly articulate on this subject. Her view is that around death, “…people’s masks fall off.” And so working through the layer of emotions that are unleashed becomes not only critical healing work, but a profound opportunity as well.  Listen and learn:  - Why story telling is essential to a whole grieving experience - Is there a difference between grieving the end of a relationship and a death? - The incredible value of ritual around grief - How to keep on working and managing everyday life when you feel crushed by grief - How to deal with the brain fog that comes with grief - The cost of not grieving fully … and how to go about a full expression of grief Despite – or perhaps because – of the topic, this is an amazingly uplifting conversation. Enjoy!  RESOURCES Uma’s Website (LINK TO https://umagirish.com/) Uma’s list of 10 Gentle Ways to Beat Brain Fog in Grief [LINK TO https://umagirish.com/] Death Cafés [Link to http://deathcafe.com/] Uma’s Book – Losing Amma, Finding Home; A Memoir About Love, Loss and Life’s Detours [Link to https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Amma-Finding-Home-Detours-ebook/dp/B00S4VDF5Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506711071&sr=8-1&keywords=uma+girish ]  BIO Uma Girish is a Grief Guide who supports spiritually-oriented women who are grieving any kind of loss. Her memoir "Losing Amma, Finding Home: A Memoir About Love, Loss and Life's Detours" was published by Hay House. Uma hosts a podcast The Grammar of Grief and is co-founder of the International Grief Council. Visit www.umagirish.comfor more.  

Caroline Lloyd is an author and bereavement counsellor who has been running a series of popular Death Cafés around Dublin. On this programme, she explains the concept of a Death Café, why the medicalisation of grief can be counterproductive and how the process of bereavement is shaped by your personality. @TheGriefGeek facebook.com/DeathCafeDublin

There's only one thing in life that's certain: death. Many people believe that talking about death helps us make more of life. Thousands of Death Cafés have popped up in countries across the globe, challenging people to open up about the deceased and their own thoughts and fears about dying. Cafes are often over subscribed with organisers having to turn away individuals from sell out events. Julian Keane visits some of these Death Cafés to explore if a key part of life should be preparing for death. He explores how people across the world deal with death whilst they're living, and if there's really a need for the conversation. Julian also meets sociologist Bernard Crettaz. He began the concept of Café Mortel (Death Café) at an exhibition called La mort à vivre (Death for life) in his Geneva museum. Bernard shares more about his work, the theories behind his Death Café concept and how he feels knowing the world is embracing his concept.

Let’s talk about the very thing we like to talk about the least. From why we need to teach our kids about it, to what makes a nice death and what happens in your final days. Through conversations with a palliative care nurse who has seen many a last breath and has some eerie ghost stories to share, and a woman who runs ‘death cafés’, Meshel Laurie explores the guts and glory of death. We can’t avoid it (despite our best efforts) so let’s talk about it.Show notesWith thanks to Jenni from The Wellcare Program and Kerri Noonan from The Groundswell Project.Leave comments on Meshel's facebook page.And her twitter is here.Please leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we put out a pot of tea, a plate of cucumber sandwiches, and we take a seat with death. What is a “good death,” how do we achieve it and how might our dreams help? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews This Wed, 8/26/15 at noon, PDT, Gail Rubin, author and host of the award-winning book and TV series, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die. Ms. Rubin is a Certified Thanatologist – a death educator – who uses humor and funny films to help teach about serious end-of-life issues. She’s also Certified Funeral Celebrant who creates meaningful memorial services that are all about the person who died and a pioneer of the Death Café movement in the United States. You can hear her radio show, A Good Goodbye, on FuneralRadio.com. Her website is www.AGoodGoodbye.com.

In this important interview Kate Brown,  Ordained Interfaith Chaplain will explore death education and life transitions.  The death of her brother Kevin in 2008 had a profound impact on Kate Brown’s life. Observing her own grief and sense of loss for her only sibling inspired much self-reflection and has provided a clearer path for her desire to serve.  As an Ordained Interfaith Chaplain and hospice volunteer, Kate is grateful for the life stories she is privileged to hear. As a group facilitator for The Center for Grieving Children, Kate has helped to hold space for widows, widowers and families to share the ups and downs of their grief process.   Kate is a certified Advance Care Planning Facilitator, qualified to help patients and families discuss and document end-of-life decisions. She is inspired to educate and empower individuals and communities about the importance of Advance Care Planning. Kate believes that those very tender conversations about end of life can connect us in the most profound ways and deepen our living relationships. Kate also facilitates a Death Café in Falmouth at the Center for Balanced Living, a wonderful communal event to share stories, make new friends and discuss all matters of death and dying. Kate is a trained death care midwife and certified home funeral guide. Her mentor and inspiration is Jerrigrace Lyons, compassionate pioneer and founder of Final Passages, a model project that provides personal and legal guidance to those seeking alternatives to current funeral practices. Kate lives in Kennebunk with her husband Michael.  http://www.rootedlifeconsulting.com/   Conact her at revkatebrown@gmail.com    

Audrey Pellicano is a nurse, mentor, educator, speaker, author, mom, wife and widow.   Audrey helps clients tap into the power of their minds to heal from loss. Audrey hosts Death Café at The Open Center of New York City and is the author of the handbook  Six Secrets to Surviving Widowhood. https://audio.opentohope.com/Audrey-Pellicano.mp3

Guests: Mark Sanders & Lori Marshall talk about Evidential Mediumship, Death Café,  When the Impossible Happens...  & much more. We will be giving away two (2) free readings to lucky callers & maybe doing a reading or two LIVE on the air - Tune In. visit them on the web at :http://continuityoflife.com/ http://deathcafe.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/WhenTheImpossibleHappens/  

Come and join us at the Death Café! It sounds foreboding, but there are about 300 Death Cafés with more than 3,000 participants in Europe, North America, and Australasia. Kim Ryder is mom of a tiny daughter and is a doula (midwife) who helps families move through the death process of their loved one. She founded a Death Café in Ettalong Beach (Australia) and Skypes in for the conversation. Mark LaRocca-Pitts is a board-certified chaplain and cofounder of the Death Café in Atlanta, Georgia. The Death Café is a safe and friendly setting to discuss death, dying, and end-of-life concerns while enjoying tea and cake! More info at deathcafe.com.