Podcast appearances and mentions of Katy Butler

Today Katie is joined by Buddhist journalist and New York Times bestseller, Katy Butler. Her books examine how our culture has over-medicalized death and lost touch with its sacredness. In this episode, Katy and Katie candidly discuss the topics others often avoid including food addictions, death and finding your voice in the bedroom! If you're ready to deepen your spiritual practice we invite you to join the 2025 class of our Divine Feminine Ayurveda School. Doors close soon, so click here to learn more and enroll today! CW: Abuse against women and childhood abuse are mentioned in this episode which may be triggering for some listeners. In this episode with Katy Butler, you'll hear: ~ An invitation to our Feminine-Form Ayurveda School! ~ How Katy overcame her food addiction ~ How to start shedding shame ~ Katy Butlers's experiences studying with Thich Nhat Hanh ~ The importance of telling your story ~ How Katy Butler found her journalistic voice ~ The five Buddhist remembrances ~ Lessons learned from watching a loved one die ~ What is a good death? ~ The Ars Moriendi (The Art of Dying) ~ Bringing homegrown ritual into your life and death ~ Finding your voice in the bedroom ~ How Katy keeps her relationship steamy in her 70s ~ Get our free mini-course about Women's Wisdom and Ayurveda! Other resources mentioned in this episode: ~ Learn more about our Ayurveda School ~ Connect with Katy Butler on her website and Facebook ~ Katy's first book, Knocking on Heaven's Door ~ Katy's latest book, The Art of Dying Well ~ Read Katy Butler's article in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Not Empty, Not Full ~ The Hite Report: A National Study of Female Sexuality ~ Our Spirit Sessions Membership ~ Follow The Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

Welcome to 'At Home, On Air' and our new mini-series, Changemaker Interviews – where we spotlight individuals who make a difference in our lives by telling untold stories, thinking differently, and caring deeply for others. In this special edition, we bring you highlights from conversations with three exceptional women: Katy Butler, whose work empowers us to consider alternatives to medicalized end-of-life care; Mistinguette Smith, who reveals the profound connections between Black communities and their land; and Jennie Chin Hansen, whose advocacy has transformed elder care at home. Their personal stories and insights offer valuable perspectives on aging, community, and the power of storytelling – wisdom that continues to inspire and guide us through these transformative times. Join us as we launch this series celebrating those who challenge systems, introduce new ways of thinking, and share previously untold stories. At Home With Growing Older is proud to be your host of At Home, On Air – a radio hour offering connection, community and knowledge to our participants remotely. We invite you to listen and learn from this special edition of At Home, On Air. Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/vskYDDqeS3Y Learn more, support our work, and register for the next LIVE episode of At Home, On Air: www.athomewithgrowingolder.org.

As Sarah looks forward to the future of a Peaceful Exit, we take a look back at some memorable moments of the past year with some of her most impactful guests. Link to Katy Butler's book:http://www.katybutler.com/author/the-art-of-dying-well/Link to Louisa Zondo's book:https://www.amazon.com/Dearest-MaRiky-Mothers-Journey-through-ebook/dp/B0C81LH954Link to Mary-Frances O'Connorhttps://maryfrancesoconnor.org/Link to Leslie Gray Streeterhttps://lesliegraystreeter.com/Link to Michael Wiegershttps://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/michael-wiegers/This podcast is produced by Larj Media.

How can you use coaching with grief? is one of the two questions we get asked more than any other. (The other one is about coaching and neurodiversity)   At today's open table, Claire Pedrick MCC, Peronel Barnes PCC, and Lis Whybrow think together about coaching and grief, sharing their personal experiences and interests. They emphasise the importance of understanding that people might be out of balance rather than broken,  acknowledging and managing different types of emotions, and how important it is for coaches - and for everyone - to be more able to talk about grief.   Some resources for coaching with grief: Listen and With the End in Mind by Kathryn Mannix Being Mortal by Atul Gawande – explores what really matters towards end of life The Art of Dying Well bu Katy Butler – looks at how to make the most of your time Final Gifts by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley – has practical advice on how we can support the dying person live fully to the end Talking with Bereaved People by Dodie Graves – which tackles how to move beyond the condolences part and really have those meaningful conversations with the bereaved The Grieving Brain by Mary Frances O'Connor - which helps understand the science and neurology of grief and what actually is going on within to fully appreciate why grief is a thing The Beauty of What Remains by Steve Leder Grief Works by  Julia Samuel Good Grief by Catherine Mayer and Anne Mayer Bird Dear Life by Rachel Clarke Surviving the Tsunami of Grief by Katrina Taee + Wendelien Mc Nicoll -  a  picture book - for those who want to support the bereaved Transitions by William Bridges   Contact: Peronel Barnes Lis Whybrow website and Linked In   And contact Claire through info@3dcoaching.com   If you like this episode, subscribe or follow The Coaching Inn on your podcast platform to hear new episodes as they drop.     Coming Up: Next Week: The Benefits of Improvisation in Coaching with Julie Flower Soon: Open Table - The Power of Noticing in Coaching   Key Words coaching, grief, conversations, listening, emotions, therapy, death, dying, Peronel Barnes, Lis Whybrow, Claire Pedrick 

Katy Butler is a journalist and author of two books, who spent years listening to hundreds of people's stories of good and difficult deaths. She's talked to countless experts in palliative care, geriatrics, hospice and oncology. Her conversations and research, paired with her own family's story of being unable to turn off her father's pacemaker at the end of his life, come together in her deeply practical and existential book, The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life. In this episode, Katy shares what she learned from each of her parents' deaths, what she wants at the end of her life, what the research says most people want in their final chapters, and some specific and tangible advice for how to get there.

Award-winning journalist, public speaker, and bestselling author Katy Butler has written two groundbreaking books about the end of life and is a thought leader in the national movement for medical reform. Her first book, Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, a national bestseller, was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2013 by the New York Times.  The book was based on her groundbreaking 2010 New York Times Magazine article about her family's difficult end-of-life experiences. (“What Broke My Father's Heart”)  SoundPractice host Mike Sacopulos interviewed Katy Butler about her new book, The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life. A popular speaker on doctor-patient communication and the choices families face near the end of life, Katy has given keynotes and Grand Rounds at Harvard Medical School, Kaiser Permanente, UCSF, and elsewhere. Her interests include Slow Medicine, aging parents, bioethics, parental caregiving, spirituality, dementia, family caregiving, Alzheimer's Disease, end of life decisions, compassionate care, comfort care, palliative care, hospice, meditation, Zen practice, Buddhism, and how people transform themselves and their lives, especially at the boundary of the psychological and the spiritual. To order Katy Butler's books:  Books (katybutler.com) Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership at www.physicianleaders.org  

Award-winning journalist, public speaker, and bestselling author Katy Butler has written two groundbreaking books about the end of life and is a thought leader in the national movement for medical reform. Her first book, Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, a national bestseller, was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2013 by the New York Times.  The book was based on her groundbreaking 2010 New York Times Magazine article about her family's difficult end-of-life experiences. (“What Broke My Father's Heart”)  SoundPractice host Mike Sacopulos interviewed Katy Butler about her new book, The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life. A popular speaker on doctor-patient communication and the choices families face near the end of life, Katy has given keynotes and Grand Rounds at Harvard Medical School, Kaiser Permanente, UCSF, and elsewhere. Her interests include Slow Medicine, aging parents, bioethics, parental caregiving, spirituality, dementia, family caregiving, Alzheimer's Disease, end of life decisions, compassionate care, comfort care, palliative care, hospice, meditation, Zen practice, Buddhism, and how people transform themselves and their lives, especially at the boundary of the psychological and the spiritual. To order Katy Butler's books:  Books (katybutler.com) Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership at www.physicianleaders.org  

Remembering the life and legacy of Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Zen master, poet, and influential peace activist.

Darbi and Kaitlin sit down with their good friend, Katy, to chat all about what God has been doing in and through her family lately. Katy is a wife to Cody, a mom to River and an elementary school teacher. She shares about how God woke her and her husband up from a dormant Christian life to an exciting, purpose-filled every day. 

Barbara Dilley,  born on the southern tip of great lake Michigan in 1938, began her dancing path with Audree Estey, founder of the Princeton Ballet Society in Princeton New Jersey.  Helen Priest Rogers, who danced with Martha Graham, was her mentor at Mt. Holyoke College (1960) and encouraged her to go to the American Dance Festival at New London Connecticut, where she met Merce Cunningham.  She was invited to join his company in 1963 and toured extensively until 1968.  She danced with Yvonne Rainer (1966-70) and was part of  the Grand Union, an iconic dance theater improvisation ensemble (1970-1976). In 1974 she was invited to teach at the first summer of Naropa University (then Institute) in Boulder, Colorado.  At the end of the summer the founder, Tibetan meditation master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, invited her to design a dance program  (1975-84).   She served as president of Naropa (1985-93) then returned to the arts faculty.   She has two children, Benjamin Lloyd and Owen Bondurant.Barbara is the author of This Very Moment, teaching thinking dancingResources: The Conversation Project###Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life. You can find Meridith:Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal Meridith Grundei CoachingYou can find Joseph:Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREONThank you.  

Katy's Butler's book "The Art of Dying Well" offers one sentence that may answer the question: Why think about all this aging and mortality stuff?

Learn the importance of planning for end-of-life scenarios. https://bit.ly/3rn69sw 

Peter Kaldes welcomes award-winning journalist, author and public speaker Katy Butler to this episode of Generations Bylines. Butler is the bestselling author of The Art of Dying Well and Knocking on Heaven’s Door. She and Kaldes discuss her experience as a caregiver, her own aging and her writing about those experiences. Butler also tackles the impact of ageism on the media, healthcare and society.

In this episode of Critical Matters, we will discuss ICU Liberation and the A-F Bundles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our guest is Dr. Wesley Ely (@WesElyMD), professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is the co-director of the Center for Critical Illness, Brain dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS Center), which has enrolled thousands of patients into clinical trials, answering vital questions about ICU acquired brain disease and other components of ICU survivorship. Additional Resources: Prevalence and risk factors for delirium in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (COVID-D): a multicentre cohort study: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2213-2600%2820%2930552-X Strategies to Optimize ICU Liberation (A to F) Bundle Performance in Critically Ill Adults With Coronavirus Disease 2019: https://journals.lww.com/ccejournal/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2020&issue=06000&article=00016&type=Fulltext ABCDEF Bundle and Supportive ICU Practices for Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection: An International Point Prevalence Study: https://journals.lww.com/ccejournal/fulltext/2021/03000/abcdef_bundle_and_supportive_icu_practices_for.12.aspx Link to the CIBS Center website, which contains a wealth of resources for intensivists on the topic of delirium: https://www.icudelirium.org Caring for Critically Ill Patients with the ABCDEF Bundle: Results of the ICU Liberation Collaborative in Over 15,000 Adults: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Caring+for+Critically+Ill+Patients+with+the+ABCDEF+Bundle%3A+Results+of+the+ICU+Liberation+Collaborative+in+Over+15%2C000+Adults Books Mentioned in this Episode: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis: https://www.amazon.com/Arrowsmith-Sinclair-Lewis/dp/B08VYFJVC7/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?crid=D2EL30QJYDN9&dchild=1&keywords=lewis+sinclair&qid=1619044221&sprefix=lewis+sin%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-3-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyMlBCNlBVUkI0RjI1JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTQwMTcyMTE3UVZGRVlDSjhDRyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUExMDI5MDI2M0VBREtVSEFQNE5OViZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU East of Eden by John Steinbeck: https://www.amazon.com/East-Eden-John-Steinbeck-ebook/dp/B08YLXQ2BC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=east+of+eden&qid=1619044327&sr=8-1 Extreme Measures by Jessica Nutik Zitter: https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Measures-Finding-Better-Path-ebook/dp/B01KGZVQOM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=extreme+measures&qid=1619044537&s=books&sr=1-1 Knocking on Heaven's Door by Katy Butler: https://www.amazon.com/Knocking-Heavens-Door-Better-Death-ebook/dp/B00A285OF6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=knocking+on+heavens+door&qid=1619044674&s=books&sr=1-1

Katy Butler shares insights to maintaining a high quality of life - from resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breath.

Dragon on the Couch: The Dragon watched In & Of Itself (Hulu) and highly recommends going in blind to watch it. She also wanted everyone to know she reads (listens) to books and mentioned three morbid corner ones on death and dying: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, The Art of Dying Well by Katy Butler, and Advice for Future Corpses by Sallie Tisdale. Berto on the Bed: Berto watched the iconic When Harry Met Sally (HBO) and assured us all it is still the movie all rom-coms wish they were. Berto also watched Night Stalker (Netflix) and agreed the docuseries missed the mark.   This week's deep dive is the 1989 buddy cop action movie Tango & Cash (HBO).

Today we are replaying the podcast interview with the legendary author, public speaker, and journalist Katy Butler. She has written two groundbreaking books about the end of life. Her first book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, is a national bestseller. She has followed that up with her new book, The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life.

Katy Butler is an award-winning journalist, public speaker, and bestselling author. She's a thought leader about end-of-life care in the national movement for medical reform. Her first book was Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death and was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2013 by the New York Times. It may seem a bit macabre to be talking about death, and yet … paradoxically, the more we learn about the softer technologies of the human heart, a phrase from Ms. Butler's piece, the more we enhance our happiness and wellbeing. The second half of this episode features the writings of Robin Wall Kimmerer, scientist, professor, enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and author of the rightly celebrated book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer says: “Joanna Macy writes that until we can grieve for our planet we cannot love it—grieving is a sign of spiritual health. But it is not enough to weep for our lost landscapes; we have to put our hands in the earth to make ourselves whole again. Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair.” Dr. Melanie Harth's website here Katy Butler's website here Robin Wall Kimmerer's website here

When he was 79, Katy Butler's seemingly vigorous father suffered a devastating stroke. A year later he was outfitted with a pacemaker in a moment of hope. Hope: everyone deserves hope, no matter what hope may be. For Katy's family, hope meant getting dad back to where he used to be —a hope that could not be fulfilled. What you will find out in this episode with award-winning journalist Katy Butler is that a pacemaker can keep a heart going while the elderly patient slides into dementia, incontinence, and misery. As Katy wrote in her bestselling memoir, Knocking on Heaven's Door, After the mid 1950's the attitudes of many doctors and patients shifted from faith in God and acceptance of death to faith in medicine and resistance of death. Please join us as we explore a taboo subject: love, caregiving, and quality of life versus length of life.

New York Times Best Selling Author Katy Butler joins me to talk about palliative care, hospice, and difficult end-of-life decisions.I also answer listener questions about COVID treatments from last week, as well as recent news regarding college athletes with inflammation around their hearts. All that plus the weekly health news.If you have any questions you'd like me to answer, send them to:HealthySkepticMD@gmail.com Subscribe on youtube and your favorite podcast app!

In this enlightening and truly comforting discussion, four remarkable experts show how to take a clear-eyed, compassionate approach to mortality. These authors shed light on how medical providers and patients alike can reshape the mentality of fear around the process of dying and create an experience that can be transformative and extremely meaningful. This conversation features journalist Shoshana Berger, palliative care physician BJ Miller, and bestselling writer Katy Butler. Moderated by Dr. Sunita Puri.

Our culture shies away from talking about death. But Katy Butler, author of The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life, argues we have an obligation to think about what constitutes a well-supported death. In this episode, Yael embarks on a thought-provoking, important, and timely conversation with Katy. In their discussion, Katy shares ways we can honor the death process relationally, practically, medically, emotionally, and spiritually, both for ourselves and those we love.  Listen and Learn: How we can honor death in the time of Covid-19What it means to die wellThe value of longevity versus quality of lifeWhat is slow medicine?Ways to infuse sanctity, even in a hospital roomWhat is an advance directive?The importance of cleaning up our emotional legacyUsing ritual in virtual ways (The Bathing and Honoring Ritual)How we can cultivate hope when prolonging life becomes tenuous About Katy Butler:  Katy Butler Katy Butler is an award-winning journalist, public speaker, and bestselling author. Katy Butler has written two groundbreaking books about the end of life and is a thought leader in the national movement for medical reform. Her newest book is The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life. Her first book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, a national bestseller, was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2013 by the New York Times. Katy’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker; Mother Jones; Scientific American, Atlantic, Tricycle, Psychotherapy Networker; Best American Essays, and Best American Science Writing. She has taught writing at Esalen Institute in Big Sur and at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. A Buddhist, Katy was lay-ordained by the Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. Resources: The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life by Katy ButlerKnocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death by Katy Butler“What Broke My Father’s Heart: How a Pacemaker Wrecked Our Family’s Life,” June 18, 2020 New York Times article by Katy ButlerKaty Butler’s websiteFive Wishes, ways to talk about advanced care directives 138. Exploring Existence and Purpose: Existentialism with Dr. Robyn Walser117. Bearing Unbearable Loss: A conversation About Grief with Dr. Joanne Cacciatore52. Palliative Care and Healing with Dr. Michael Kearney

The Hospice Chaplaincy Show hosts Saul Ebema and Joe Newton were joined remotely in the studio by the legendary author, public speaker and journalist Katy Butler. She has written two groundbreaking books about the end of life. Her first book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, is a national bestseller. She has followed that up with her new book, The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life.

“People who are willing to contemplate their aging, vulnerability and mortality often live better lives in old age and illness and experience better death than those who don't.”  Right out of the gate, this podcast with Katy Butler, best-selling author of The Art of Dying, explores how acknowledging your mortality can be a catalyst for making choices that can help you live a more fulfilling life. Whether you're in your 50's and feeling great, or older and feeling your years, Katy's advice to “Trust your heart' is permission to all of us to speak our minds on behalf of our bodies. Recorded during the Coronavirus lockdown, the internet connection leaves something to be desired, but not the content.

In this Apocalypse edition of Systematically, Robyn and Jon have two very special guests: their moms! Brenda Boeré is a physician and Patti Heaps is a nurse and they've both worked in palliative care for years. After giving them both a chance to share embarrassing stories about their children, we asked them a number of questions about what kind of medical decisions families may face if a loved one is hospitalized with COVID-19. Robyn also provides some perspectives from the Christian tradition on the ethics of medical care in the face of death and dying. At the end, we discuss ways in which listeners can initiate hard conversations with their family members about their end-of-life wishes. The book Patti recommended is *The Art of Dying Well: a Practical Guide to a Good End of Life* by Katy Butler and the resource for discussing end of life wishes that she referred to (but misremembered the name of) was The Conversation Project and it can be found at https://theconversationproject.org/ We have a Patreon! Check out the page at www.patreon.com/systematically Our theme music is “14 Ghosts II” by Nine Inch Nails, available at archive.org/details/nineinchnails_ghosts_I_IV “14 Ghosts II” is used under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license. We would like to thank Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails for the use of this track. Follow and chat with us on Twitter @SystematicPod Email us at SystematicallyPodcast@gmail.com Subscribe and Review us on Apple Podcasts: Systematically Podcast Lastly, if you enjoy our conversations, please share them with your friends!

Dying is an unavoidable part of life, yet we all seem to find ways to dodge questions about death and how we'd like to die. Katy Butler, author of the new book The Art of Dying Well, wants to inspire us to meet this fear. Butler offers a practical guide for all aspects of life before dying, including: living with a chronic medical condition, choosing the right doctor, and even when not to call 911. Butler's guide to living and dying is both reassuring and thoroughly researched. It offers both guides and testimonials to help us all cope and succeed in our last act. Katy Butler is one of the leading advocates for medical reform. Her first book, Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, was a heartfelt and personal memoir of her own parents' experience with dying. Butler believes that whether you have two weeks or two decades, it is never the wrong time to discuss how to forge a better path to the end of life. Join us as Katy Butler visits INFORUM and answers all of your questions about dying. NOTES In association with End Well Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPEAKERS Katy Butler Journalist; Author, The Art of Dying Well Celine Marquez M.D., Radiation Oncologist; Palliative Care Advocate; Adviser, the End Well Foundation—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on February 24th, 2020.

In this episode of The Spark File, Susan and Laura discuss the therapeutic qualities of puzzling, including the state of creative meditation, and The Art of Dying Well - how talking about and even preparing for death may be the most life-affirming thing we can do.

Kristen and Jolenta reply to listener comments about their experiences living by The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life by Katy Butler. Plus, they talk with death doula Alua Arthur and announce next week’s book! We love hearing from you! CALL us at 302-49B-OOKS. Email us at kristenandjolenta@gmail.com, or tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, or @bythebookpod. And if you haven't already, please join our By The Book Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/116407428966900/?source_id=475465442806687 For tickets to By the Book LIVE! on September 6th at the Bell House in Brooklyn:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/by-the-book-live-tickets-61456233248 To start listening to the Stitcher Premium season By the Book: Authors Tell All, head to stitcherpremium.com and use promo code BOOK for a free month trial. To get By the Book merch, head over to PodSwag.com: https://www.podswag.com/collections/by-the-book And a big thanks to this week's sponsors: Calm, the number one app for sleep. Get 25% off a Calm Premium subscription at Calm.com/BTB Third Love, the most comfortable bra you'll own.Go to thirdlove.com/BYTHEBOOK for 15% off your first purchase.  History the She-Quel, on Stitcher Premium. For a free month of Premium, go to stitcherpremium.com and use promo code ‘BOOK.’ Honest Tea, great-tasting, healthy, organic beverages. Pet Releaf, all-natural CBD products for pets.  Smartwater, hydration with body and mind, in mind. 

Kristen and Jolenta live by The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life by journalist and end-of-life speaker Katy Butler. Will Kristen become comfortable with loss? Will Jolenta face her fears around death? We love hearing from you! CALL us at 302-49B-OOKS. Email us at kristenandjolenta@gmail.com, or tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, or @bythebookpod. And if you haven't already, please join our By The Book Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/116407428966900/?source_id=475465442806687 To start listening to the Stitcher Premium season By the Book: Authors Tell All, head to stitcherpremium.com and use promo code BOOK for a free month trial. For tickets to By the Book LIVE! on September 6th at the Bell House in Brooklyn:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/by-the-book-live-tickets-61456233248 To get By the Book merch, head over to PodSwag.com: https://www.podswag.com/collections/by-the-book And a big thanks to this week's sponsors: Snap Kitchen, fuel your body with real food. No cooking required. Head to snapkitchen.com, and use promo code BTB to save $20 a week on your first 4 weeks. Wander Beauty, makeup for women on the go. To get 20% off, head to wanderbeauty.com/BYTHEBOOK Better Help, online counseling that is accessible, affordable and convenient. Go to betterhelp.com/btb to get 10% off your first month. Quip, the electric toothbrush that makes brushing your teeth simple and affordable. Go to getquip.com/bythebook to get your first refill pack for free with a Quip electric toothbrush. Honest Tea, great-tasting, healthy, organic beverages.

Season 2, Episode 4: Katy Butler – The Art of Dying Well Our society doesn’t talk enough about death enough and as a result, few are prepared for a thing we should all know to expect for ourselves and everyone we care about. Katy Butler is a refreshingly honest voice with practical information on navigating […]

Katy Butler is a journalist and speaker on doctor-patient communication and the choices families face near the end of life. She is the author of Knocking on Heaven's Door (Scribner 2014) and The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life (Scribner 2019)Tags: Katy Butler, community, quality of life, advance medicine, Western medicine, passivity in our health care, end of life, mortality, palliative care, knowing the trajectory of your illness, chemotherapy, caregivers, palliative care doctors, length of life, honest hope, practice of presence, denial, Kaiser RESPECT checklist, Death & Dying, Health & Healing, Spirituality

We have the ability to live longer but ultimately death is a reality and advanced medicine is not well set up to prepare us for a peaceful death. Here is specific advice, with resources for the patient and caregivers, about dying with dignity. Butler advises us to not wait for a health crisis to consider our wishes about dying and to have conversations with friends and loved ones in advance.She is the author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door (Scribner 2014) and The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life (Scribner 2019)Tags: Katy Butler, dementia, conveyor belt medicine, Western medicine, pacemaker, resilience, advance directive, medical directive, active living, active dying, Dementia Directive, pharmaceuticals, chemotherapy, palliative chemotherapy, hospice, lotsahelpinghands.org, sharethecare.org, DNR, do not resuscitate, dying in the ER, death certificates, Death & Dying, Health & Healing, spirituality

We have the ability to live longer but ultimately death is a reality and advanced medicine is not well set up to prepare us for a peaceful death. Here is specific advice, with resources for the patient and caregivers, about dying with dignity. Butler advises us to not wait for a health crisis to consider our wishes about dying and to have conversations with friends and loved ones in advance.She is the author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door (Scribner 2014) and The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life (Scribner 2019)Tags: Katy Butler, dementia, conveyor belt medicine, Western medicine, pacemaker, resilience, advance directive, medical directive, active living, active dying, Dementia Directive, pharmaceuticals, chemotherapy, palliative chemotherapy, hospice, lotsahelpinghands.org, sharethecare.org, DNR, do not resuscitate, dying in the ER, death certificates, Death & Dying, Health & Healing, spirituality

Guest: Kim Ukura, bookish blogger & podcaster Book: Knocking on Heaven’s Door by Katy Butler Boozes: Gin & Tonic Main topics: End of life care, physician assisted suicide, reading, reviewing “bad books”, podcasting, blogging, being a “dork”, and more. Find more Kim & John: Follow on Twitter: @kimthedork & @booksandbooze_ And check out our websites: https://bookriot.com/author/kimukura/ https://newsletters.riotnewmedia.com/category/true-story/ https://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/for-real/id1353587430?mt=2 https://booksandboozepodcast.com/ https://www.johnleven.com/ Books mentioned/recommended in this Episode Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death by Katy Butler Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atwul Gawande Show Notes: 0:00:00 - Introduction and making the perfect Gin & Tonic 0:05:42 - Knocking on Heaven’s Door by Katy Butler and why it’s important Article mentioned: What Broke My Father’s Heart: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20pacemaker-t.html 0:11:16 - The medical industry and its incentives 0:17:22 - The squishiness of measuring “quality of life” 0:20:43 - Other possible obstacles to improving end of life care including: medical malpractice, religious traditions, and family guilt. 0:26:20 - A generational shift in end-of-life care preferences? 0:32:17 - “Medical innovation costs money” 0:35:04 - Physician-assisted suicide vs euthanasia and three very different cases: 104 year old David Goodall from Australia to Switzerland https://www.vox.com/2018/5/21/17360978/right-to-die-assisted-dying-suicide-david-goodall 29 year old Brittany Maynard - “I do not want to die. But I am dying. And I want to die on my own terms.” http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/07/opinion/maynard-assisted-suicide-cancer-dignity/ 29 year old Aurelia Brouwers from the Netherlands https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/17/assisted-dying-euthanasia-netherlands 0:48:39 - Do Not Resuscitate orders and other personal takeaways from the book 0:54:41 - Kim’s bookish background and how it led to her blog and podcast 0:58:38 - How has Kim’s approach to content generation evolved over the past decade? 1:03:08 - How do you define and handle reviewing “Bad Books?” 1:09:39 - How do you find time to read so much? What about diminishing returns to reading? 1:13:47 - Being a “dork” and embracing a “nerdy” identity 1:16:58 - Kim’s lowbrow taste in TV and music 1:19:05 - Kim & John’s experiences serving on Library Boards and John’s new library “Quality Hours” metric

In this episode, award-winning journalist and author Katy Butler discusses her newest book, The Art of Dying Well, as well as her memoir, Knocking on Heaven's Door, two books about meeting aging and death with grace, intelligence, and resilience. If you have ever struggled with how best to support a loved one as they confront old age, sickness, and death, or wondered what you can do, now, to make sure that your old age is as independent and healthy as possible and that your death be a natural one surrounded by love, listen to Katy Butler. 

Tricycle contributing editor Amy Gross speaks with author Katy Butler about modern medicine's often misguided approach to end-of-life care. Butler's bestselling book, Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, chronicles the author's own experience of her father's slow decline following a devastating stroke. "There comes a point," Butler says, "when death becomes a blessing and living becomes a burden." In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Butler tells us what we need to know—and conversations we need to have—to make responsible medical decisions for ourselves and loved ones as we approach the end of life.

We talk to @Brittlestar while he's cruising at sea with Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott, the Property Brothers. Plus, Katy Butler on how to use language to stand up to online bullies and one of Facebook's top executives explains why we're hooked on Zuckerberg's creation.

Katy Butler was dedicated to supporting her parents at the end of their lives and acting as their part time caregiver and full time medical advocate. But the experience taught her just how hard it is to craft a good death in the highly medicalized environments in which most of us die. Discovering how hard it is to keep control over our choices at the end of our lives, she wrote a beautiful book honoring her parents and making a case for a better way of dying. In sharing their stories, we are given a window into what stands in the way of our wishes being honored in this most precious time in our lives. She now speaks and works for changes in end of life care, convinced that we can, and should, do better.

Katy Butler was dedicated to supporting her parents at the end of their lives and acting as their part time caregiver and full time medical advocate. But the experience taught her just how hard it is to craft a good death in the highly medicalized environments in which most of us die. Discovering how hard it is to keep control over our choices at the end of our lives, she wrote a beautiful book honoring her parents and making a case for a better way of dying. In sharing their stories, we are given a window into what stands in the way of our wishes being honored in this most precious time in our lives. She now speaks and works for changes in end of life care, convinced that we can, and should, do better.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Host Dr. Maurice Pickard welcomes award-winning journalist Katy Butler. In her book, Knocking on Heaven's Door, she speaks for the twenty-four million Americans who are helping their parents through their final years. Ms. Butler's memoir and investigation reports on the modern complications of technology, medicine, and business toward the process of dying. Knocking on Heaven's Door helps encourage readers to have the difficult conversations with loved ones that are needed in order to discover paths toward a better way of death. Download and listen today!

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Host Dr. Maurice Pickard welcomes award-winning journalist Katy Butler. In her book, Knocking on Heaven's Door, she speaks for the twenty-four million Americans who are helping their parents through their final years. Ms. Butler's memoir and investigation reports on the modern complications of technology, medicine, and business toward the process of dying. Knocking on Heaven's Door helps encourage readers to have the difficult conversations with loved ones that are needed in order to discover paths toward a better way of death. Download and listen today!

Eagle Radio's Katy Butler spoke to Candi Staton ahead of her set on the Main Stage at Guilfest.

Eagle Radio's Katy Butler talks to Olly Murs just minutes after his headline set at Guilfest.

Eagle Radio's Katy Butler interviewed The South after their Main Stage performance at Guilfest 2012.