Podcast appearances and mentions of shoshana berger

Palliative physician B.J. Miller asks: Is there a better way to think about dying? And can death be beautiful? SOURCES:B.J. Miller, palliative-care physician and President at Mettle Health. RESOURCES:A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death, by Shoshana Berger and B.J. Miller and (2019).“After A Freak Accident, A Doctor Finds Insight Into ‘Living Life And Facing Death,'” by Fresh Air (W.Y.P.R., 2019).“Dying In A Hospital Means More Procedures, Tests And Costs,” by Alison Kodjak (W.Y.P.R., 2016).“The Final Year: Visualizing End Of Life,” by Arcadia (2016).“What Really Matters at the End of Life,” by B.J. Miller (TED, 2015).“The Flexner Report ― 100 Years Later,” by Thomas P. Duffy (Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 2011).“My Near Death Panel Experience,” by Earl Blumenauer (The New York Times, 2009).The Center for Dying and Living. EXTRAS:“Max Tegmark on Why Superhuman Artificial Intelligence Won't be Our Slave (Part 2),” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).“Max Tegmark on Why Treating Humanity Like a Child Will Save Us All,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).“Amanda & Lily Levitt Share What It's Like to be Steve's Daughters,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).“Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).“Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute (Part 2),” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).“Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).“How Does Facing Death Change Your Life?” by No Stupid Questions (2021).“How to Be Better at Death,” by Freakonomics Radio (2021).

Send us a Text Message.Welcome everyone to this very special episode of the Cops and Writers Podcast. As most of you listening to my show are cops, first responders, or someone who writes stories about first responders, I thought this episode would be extremely useful to you all. We all have dealt with, or are still dealing with, a high volume of death. Sometimes we don't deal with it at all. But I guarantee, it will come back to haunt us. So today on the show I have a very special guest, Dr. BJ Miller.Dr. Miller was the executive director of San Francisco's Zen Hospice Project from 2011 to 2016. He's the co-author, with Shoshana Berger, of the book "A Beginner's Guide To The End: Practical Advice For Living Life And Facing Death." Dr. Miller is also known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life". Miller has been on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Medicine since 2007. Dr. Miller is no stranger to death, coming very close to himself by being electrocuted with 11,000 volts that resulted in several months in a burn unit, and eventually losing both legs and his left arm. Dr. Miller is also the co-founder of Mettle Health, an organization that provides personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional, and existential issues that come with serious illness and disability.Dr. Miller is one of the most inspirational and knowledgeable persons I have ever spoken to regarding death, and life.In today's episode, we discuss:·      Clinton Eastwood quote from the movie, The Outlaw Josey Wales. “Death is easy for us; it's living that's tough.”·      My first time hearing Dr. Miller on the Tim Ferriss show back in 2016.·      Experiences with ghosts or the presence of a person after their death.·      The beauty of the mundane of death.·      Dr. Miller's unexplainable synchronicity with his patients.·      The difference between palliative care, end-of-life care, and hospice.·      When is it time to stop treatment and what do you do when a loved one pushes back against that?·      Visions or conversations with dead relatives? Sebastian Younger's new book, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife on the James Altucher podcast.·      Assisted suicide or assisted dying.·      The role of child life specialists when helping children with death.·      Regrets at the end of life.                 The Netflix documentary featuring Dr. Miller, End Game.Visit BJ at Mettle Health.Watch BJ's TedTalk.Check out the new Cops and Writers YouTube channel!Check out Field Training (Brew City Blues Book 1)!!Enjoy the Cops and Writers book series.Please visit the Cops and Writers website. The Breakfast Jury by Ken Humphrey. Pick it up today at http://kenhumphrey.comSupport the Show.

Death is a topic our culture doesn't seem to be very competent or confident talking about. Which is incongruent with the fact that, to paraphrase our guest, death is the most universal experience we have as humans. Some people may go most of their lives not confronting the reality of death until a loved one dies or they themselves receive a terminal diagnosis, and by that time we likely haven't reconciled with the inevitability of death or developed any tools to deal with it. We want to change that and make the topic less culturally taboo, or at least less uncomfortable. Our hope is that by talking about it, we can get closer to making death the beautiful experience it can be. In this episode we have an amazing conversation with Alex Glynn, local end-of-life doula, energy healer, and psychic. Alex is associated with two local companies or service providers: End-Of-Life Doulas of Idaho (https://www.eoldoulasid.org) and Embracing Wild (https://www.embracingwild.com). As a death doula she, and other doulas, help individuals and their loved ones as the individual nears the end of life. She helps with practical end-of-life planning, emotional support, guidance and education on the death process, and managing grief. Her life's passion is helping people at a time that's often their most vulnerable. Our conversation with Alex was one of our favorites. It was practical, emotional, philosophical, and comforting. We touched on so many topics such as helpful books about death and dying, cultural and colonial influences on society's ability to talk about and process death, what the death process is like for both the individual and their caregivers, deep emotions including fear and grief, post mortem body care, traditions and rituals, and the importance of grief as a process. We walked away from this one feeling comfort and hope, and we hope you do as well. If you'd like to learn more about death doulas, end-of-life planning, or other services that Alex specializes in, you can find her at End-of-Life Doulas Idaho (https://www.eoldoulasid.org) and Embracing Wild (https://www.embracingwild.com). Here are a few other resources we've found helpful: Sam Harris, The Making Sense Podcast, Episode #297: Preparing for the End (https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/297-preparing-for-the-end) A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death, by BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Beginners-Guide-to-the-End/BJ-Miller/9781501157219) TED Talk: “What Really Matters At the End of Life”, by BJ Miller (https://www.ted.com/talks/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life)

Why is this one of my favorite books? How can a book like this have a positive impact on your view of your life *and* your death? What are some pragmatic topics we could benefit from thinking about? What are some of the thoughtful gems from authors BJ Miller, MD and Shoshana Berger? Listen in as I talk about this book and see if you want to add it to your nightstand pile... A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death.

It's time to confront one of life's most certain yet most avoided topics: the end of life. While death eventually greets us all, most of us skirt around the topic and what it means for us and our loved ones. In this illuminating conversation, we aim to demystify this phase of life and empower you to approach it with a sense of preparedness and dignity. Our guest, Shoshana Berger, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shoshanaberger/) serves as the Global Editorial Director at Ideo (https://www.ideo.com/) and brings a unique expertise to the table. She's worked on transformative projects with Zen Hospice (https://zencaregiving.org/) to improve end-of-life experiences and is also the co-author of the pivotal book 'A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death (https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-beginner-s-guide-to-the-end-practical-advice-for-living-life-and-facing-death-shoshana-berger/6690808?ean=9781501157219)' with Dr. BJ Miller (https://www.ted.com/talks/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life?language=en). Together, we'll explore why people are so hesitant to talk about facing death, arm caregivers with essential knowledge for this stage, and discuss how to articulate your own wishes for this profound chapter of life. Show notes and transcript: https://reconsidering.org/episodes/36

“There is nothing wrong with you for dying,” hospice physician B.J. Miller and journalist and caregiver Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner's Guide to the End. “Our ultimate purpose here isn't so much to help you die as it is to free up as much life as possible until you do.” An honest, surprising, and detail-oriented guide to the most universal of all experiences, A Beginner's Guide to the End is “a book that every family should have, the equivalent of Dr. Spock but for this other phase of life” (New York Times bestselling author Dr. Abraham Verghese). About Our Guest: Dr. BJ Miller is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator. He currently sees patients and families via telehealth through Mettle Health, a company he co-founded with the aim to provide personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional and existential issues that come with serious illness and disability. BJ has given over 100 talks nationally, and internationally, on the topics of death, dying, palliative care and the intersection of healthcare with design. His 2015 TED Talk: “Not Whether But How” (aka “What Matters Most at the End of Life”), has been viewed over 11 million times and his work has also been the subject of multiple interviews and podcasts, including Oprah Winfrey, PBS, The New York Times, The California Sunday Magazine, GOOP, Krista Tippett, Tim Ferriss and the TED Radio Hour. His book, A Beginner's Guide to the End, was co-authored with Shoshana Berger and published in 2019. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aimatmelanoma/support

Today's guest on episode 47 is Shay Skinner. Shay came to me with a question for a Q&A episode that I felt was far too intriguing to address in short form. What I've found in four years of running this platform is that it's often easy to find yourself preaching to the choir, in a sense. Perhaps folks are new to some of these methods, but below the surface, most who are successful in their pursuit of financial independence come with some solid ground work already in place. At the foundation is often a supportive family.Shay wrote to me about her history of near financial ruin and eventual bankruptcy. Upon follow-up, it occurred to me that her story was so different from the typical money nerd that I had to have her on. Most importantly, I think her history is far more relatable to many in the general public. Shay did not have a solid support system from her family. In fact, at certain periods members of her family sought to actively undermine her wellbeing. From this stemmed a serious downward spiral in mental health, ultimately culminating in a suicide attempt.But we are not just here to discuss hard-luck stories.What drew me to Shay's narrative is her accountability for an absolutely miserable situation. While she was certainly not to blame for her circumstances, she took a point-forward look at her life. She filed for bankruptcy, and began a slow process of climbing out of debt and using the same old methods of saving and investing to put herself on solid financial footing.This is a story of redemption, and I'm happy to bring it to you today. I want to thank Shay for her willingness to discuss deeply personal and hard topics. Topics Discussed with Shay SkinnerShay's introduction to rock climbing as a positive life forceHow Shay was disowned by her family at age 19, leading to a mental health crisisWhy Shay came to bankruptcy as a clean startThe shame of bankruptcy and the requirements for filingDiscovering a path towards financial independence from a coworkerComparison culture and hidden ways it impacts our spendingShay's psychological struggles with stock market volatilityThe importance of communityMoney relationships with a partnerHow Shay has gone from crushing debt to saving 50% of her income!Why Shay wants financial independence but doesn't want to stop workingWhy women resist early retirement more than menThe importance of discussing moneyThe pros and cons of a college educationSo much more! Support this project: Buy Me a CoffeeGet the newsletter: SUBSCRIBE ME!Show Notes and Links at Clippingchains.com Posts on Health Savings AccountsPart 2: The CC Family Investing StrategyYour 2021 Guide To Actually Saving Real MoneyEP 22: Your Questions Answered: Volume 4QA7: Financial Freedom Fast-Tracks and Climbing Plateau Busters Other Related PostsPersonal Finance: Not Very Sexy, Huh?This is the Wild Ride We Signed Up ForWhy Trying to Quit My Job (Sort of) Made It BetterFinancial Advisor: Who Needs One?EP 39: Peter Beal: Can You Afford to Be Sponsored?A list of all posts and podcast episodes can be found here. Shay's Charitable GivingNAMI Boulder CountyThe Shane Thurston Foundation BooksThe Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life (JL Collins)Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle (Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski)The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory (Roxane van Iperen)Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine (Robert H. Lustig)Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way (Kieran Setiya)A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death (Dr. BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger)

Shoshana Berger, is an author, founder, as well as executive editor at Ideo. Her book on facing Mortality, A beginner's Guide to the End, which you co-authored with Dr. BJ Miller, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2019. In support of the book, she also published op-eds and essays in the New York Times, TIME, Fast Company, and other publications. She was a senior editor at WIRED, and co-founded the DIY design magazine, ReadyMade, which was a finalist for a National Magazine award. In 2006 she turned this into a book, Ready Made: How to Make (Almost) Everything. Through her early work in journalism, starting her own business and a lap in the corporate world, she began to develop what has become a Swiss Army Knife of experience including guiding innovation sprints, helping global organizations use the tools of storytelling to generate ideas, shaping the voice of a brand, and even projects that have helped reimagine Judaism, death, and school lunch. And for those of us didn't know, she also wrote a book about William Butler Yeats living in New York in the year 2029. Shoshana, believes in leading with a strong story, bringing everyone within a team along for the ride, and the question, How do you tell a human story that also drives business? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cutting-for-sign/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cutting-for-sign/support

Death is the most guaranteed part of life, yet it's a topic most people avoid thinking and talking about. In this Taboo Tuesday discussion, Shoshana Berger, co-author of the book “A Beginner's Guide to the End,” joins Dr. Emily to talk about how her father's prolonged death changed her perspective on death and dying. After seeing firsthand how difficult and overwhelming the process was, Shoshana set out to explore various aspects of end-of-life care, from navigating the healthcare system and hospice to green burials and the various and strange ways grief works. Listen now to hear why you should be thinking and talking to your own loved ones about death.  Staying emotionally fit takes work and repetition. That's why the Emotionally Fit podcast with psychologist Dr. Emily Anhalt delivers short, actionable Emotional Push-Ups every Tuesday and Thursday to help you build a better practice of mental health, and surprising, funny, and shocking conversations on Taboo Tuesdays - because the things we're most hesitant to talk about are also the most normal. Join us to kickstart your emotional fitness. Let's flex those feels and do some reps together! EPISODE RESOURCES: Follow Shoshana Berger on https://twitter.com/shoshanaberger?s=20&t=KflrSkLHVkOAx0p9PzS5Mg (Twitter) and https://www.instagram.com/shoshanaberger/ (Instagram)  Check out Soshana's book https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1501157167?tag=simonsayscom (A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death) Learn more about https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/smarter-living/green-funeral-burial-environment.html (green burials) and https://choose.betterplaceforests.com/welcome-allcalifornia/?utm_source=g&utm_medium&utm_campaign=5NorCal_6Core_7SEM_8Brand&utm_adgroup=Brand_Norcal&utm_content=584788012241&utm_campaignid=16419177251&utm_adgroupid=142370554508&utm_device&utm_term=better+place+forests&utm_matchtype=e&field__source1=paid&utm_location=9031738&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_tgt=kwd-816588140522&hsa_ad=584788012241&hsa_acc=9545408784&hsa_grp=142370554508&hsa_mt=e&hsa_cam=16419177251&hsa_kw=better+place+forests&hsa_ver=3&hsa_src=g&gclid=Cj0KCQjwkOqZBhDNARIsAACsbfJ0Gfy0QZEYOxVo_fEcjP3gvWwIlzqNes-kWTSv3TXIZvGpvBU_jkUaAv5SEALw_wcB (Better Place Forests) Read a 1996 LA Times article https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-25-me-27894-story.html (Rest in Space : Company Plans to Become First to Launch Cremated Remains Into Orbit) Read The Washington Post's https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-public-park-for-ashes-as-cremations-soar-demand-for-scatter-gardens-grows/2016/11/27/319e9448-ad18-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html (A public park for ashes? As cremations soar, demand for scatter gardens grows.) Thank you for listening! Follow Dr. Emily on https://twitter.com/dremilyanhalt (Twitter), and don't forget to follow, rate, review and share the show wherever you listen to podcasts! #EmotionallyFit  The Emotionally Fit podcast is produced by https://www.joincoa.com/ (Coa), your gym for mental health. Katie Sunku Wood is the show's producer from https://www.studiopodsf.com/ (StudioPod Media) with additional editing and sound design by https://nodalab.com/ (nodalab), and featuring music by https://open.spotify.com/artist/4opkPECBBcY1LIDa3quwpy?si=l53ce-ONSG2l0yvfJaOVBA (Milano). Special thanks to the entire Coa crew! JUMP STRAIGHT INTO: (01:16) - How Shoshana first got interested in the topic of death - “If you think of death as an experience like every other experience we have in life, giving birth; falling in love; getting married; maybe getting divorced; raising our children; all of these huge life cycle events, death is one of them and it is a transformational event. It was kind of stunning to me how unprepared I was for it.” (05:24) - Investigating our biases about end-of-life care - “You do not have to be...

For Dr. Emily, a difficult realization of adulthood was that every decision we make means having to grieve the loss of every decision we can no longer make as a result. In this Emotional Push-Up, https://www.ideo.com/people/shoshana-berger (Shoshana Berger), global editorial director at the design firm IDEO, joins Dr. Emily to talk about how growth and grief are intertwined and how learning to grieve is an important skill for ongoing emotional health. Thank you for listening! Staying emotionally fit takes work and repetition. That's why the Emotionally Fit podcast with psychologist Dr. Emily Anhalt delivers short, actionable Emotional Push-Ups every Tuesday and Thursday to help you build a better practice of mental health. Join us to kickstart your emotional fitness. Let's flex those feels and do some reps together! Follow Dr. Emily on https://twitter.com/dremilyanhalt (Twitter), and don't forget to follow, rate, review and share the show wherever you listen to podcasts! #EmotionallyFit  The Emotionally Fit podcast is produced by https://www.joincoa.com/ (Coa), your gym for mental health. Katie Sunku Wood is the show's producer from https://www.studiopodsf.com/ (StudioPod Media) with additional editing and sound design by https://nodalab.com/ (nodalab), and featuring music by https://open.spotify.com/artist/4opkPECBBcY1LIDa3quwpy?si=l53ce-ONSG2l0yvfJaOVBA (Milano). Special thanks to the entire Coa crew!

Only the first 1 hour and 4 minutes of this episode are available on the paywalled podcast version (the BLACK podcast logo). If you'd like to hear the full 2 hours and 13 minutes of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast, you'll need to SUBSCRIBE here. If you're already subscribed and on the private RSS feed, the podcast logo should appear RED. Sam Harris speaks with BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger about preparing for death. They discuss the difference between palliative care and hospice, the tension between getting the most out of life and not clinging to experience, planning for death while still healthy, the importance of an advance directive, navigating the healthcare system, pain control at the end of life, assisted suicide, psychedelic therapy for end-of-life anxiety, and other topics. Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That's why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life's most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.

Only the first 1 hour and 4 minutes of this episode are available on the paywalled podcast version (the BLACK podcast logo). If you’d like to hear the full 2 hours and 13 minutes of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast, you’ll need to SUBSCRIBE here. If you’re already subscribed and on the private RSS feed, the podcast logo should appear RED. Sam Harris speaks with BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger about preparing for death. They discuss the difference between palliative care and hospice, the tension between getting the most out of life and not clinging to experience, planning for death while still healthy, the importance of an advance directive, navigating the healthcare system, pain control at the end of life, assisted suicide, psychedelic therapy for end-of-life anxiety, and other topics. BJ Miller, MD, is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator. He currently sees patients and families via telehealth through Mettle Health, a company he co-founded with the aim to provide personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional and existential issues that come with serious illness and disability. BJ has worked in all settings of care: hospital, clinic, residential facility, and home. Led by his own experiences as a patient, BJ advocates for the roles of our senses, community and presence in designing a better ending. His TED Talk has been viewed over 15 Million times and he speaks internationally on themes of illness, death and loss. Website: www.mettlehealth.com Twitter: @bjmillermd Shoshana Berger is the Global Executive Editor of IDEO, where she has worked on projects related to organization transformation, the end of life, modern Judaism, and school lunch. Before joining IDEO, she was a Senior Editor at WIRED, where she launched WIRED Design, and prior to that, founder of the DIY magazine, ReadyMade, later turning it into a book, Ready Made: How to Make (Almost) Everything. She is the coauthor, with Dr. BJ Miller, of A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. She has written for The New York Times, TIME, WIRED, and Fast Company. Website: linkedin.com/in/shoshanaberger Twitter: @shoshanaberger Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That’s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life’s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.

REVISITING EPISODE 027:   BJ Miller is an American physician, author, and speaker. He is a practicing hospice and palliative medicine physician, and is best known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life". BJ, who served as an executive director of San Francisco's Zen Hospice Project, has been on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Medicine since 2017, and is the subject of the Netflix Academy Award nominated short documentary, End Game. His book, A Beginner's Guide to the End, which he co-authored with Shoshana Berger, is an unflinching, compassionate, and intensely pragmatic guide to the end of life.   Today, BJ sees patients and caregivers through his online palliative care service, Mettle Health.   EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we talk about: Growing up with a mother who lived with polio, and how that influenced his thinking. A severe accident early it life, which forced him to re-form his identity and informed the rest of his journey. His path in Palliative care - and the insight that the health establishment is designed to treat diseases, not humans. His insights into the meaning and wisdom one can find at the end of life.   It's been a rare pleasure to talk to someone like BJ, who is someone who steps into realms of experience most of us avoid at all costs, and to hear the precious types of wisdom he brings with him from there.   This episode, I think, is also a great introduction to the world of palliative medicine, which may be the first time the medical establishment put the patient's experience, quality of life, and constructed meeting at the heart of care, treating people as opposed to diseases. BJ and I discuss the ways the healthcare system and hospital system are badly designed, and what can be done about it.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS   [4:32] Life During Covid [7:23] Early Childhood Spirituality [12:30] An Accident and an Identity Crisis [18:25] The Significance of a Snowball [22:01] Palliative Care and the Dynamic Between Human Beings [29:51] A Badly Designed Healthcare System [32:20] Necessary vs Unnecessary Suffering [35:13] Lessons in Death [39:51] Wildness and Wonderment [47:54] A Beginner's Guide to the End [53:36] A Sermon on Life and Death   EPISODE LINKS BJ's Links

This is an encore for a previous episode of Critical Matters. One in five US residents receives ICU care at the end of life. In this episode, we discuss different aspects of end of life care in the ICU. Our guest is Dr. BJ Miller, a physician, author, and speaker. He is a practicing hospice and palliative medicine physician and is best known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life." BJ has been on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Medicine since 2007. He is a powerful advocate for the role of our senses, community, and presence in delivering palliative care and for ushering in a new perspective on living with death. Additional Resources: What really matters at the end of life, BJ Miller presented at TED 2015: https://bit.ly/3EcOslB Clinician-Family Communication About Patients' Values and Preferences in Intensive Care Units. Scheunemann LP et al, JAMA Internal Medicine, 2019: https://bit.ly/3jzNqqD A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger: https://amzn.to/3rpl6LM Vital Talk courses, a set of online and in person courses designed to equip clinicians with the tools to have difficult conversations with patients and families: https://www.vitaltalk.org/courses/ Books Mentioned in this Episode: Man's Search for Meaning. Viktor Frankl: https://amzn.to/37l3Mk9 Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death and Healing. Michael Kearney: https://amzn.to/3xsyAKI Bering Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Atul Gawande: https://amzn.to/3Jz3OlG The Denial of Death. Ernest Becker: https://amzn.to/3vfQ22e

Death is not an easy subject to talk about, but it's a fact of life. We will all die someday, and between now and then, we'll have family and friends who will die. So, how can we help those close to us who are facing death and how can we best prepare for our own lives to end? We'll explore those questions on this episode with Dr. BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger, who are the co-authors of the book, A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. It's described as, “The first-ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying—and living fully until you do”.  Dr. BJ Miller is the president and a counselor at his own palliative care company, Mettle Health, which you can learn about by going to https://www.mettlehealth.com. ****** Thanks to our sponsors of this episode! --> Noom Mood: an app that pairs you with a coach who gives you the tools needed to shift to better manage your daily stress and anxiety in just ten minutes a day. Work at your own pace, wherever and whenever you want. Millions have experienced success dieting with Noom Weight, and the same brilliant minds behind it are now tackling mental wellbeing. Sign up for a free trial at http://www.noom.com/ntm. --> Ritual: experience the expertly-developed vitamin designed to fill the gaps in your diet designed only with the nutrients you need, in forms your body can actually use. Go to http://www.ritual.com/ntm to get 10% off your first three months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TODAY'S GUEST BJ Miller is an American physician, author, and speaker. He is a practicing hospice and palliative medicine physician, and is best known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life". BJ, who served as an executive director of San Francisco's Zen Hospice Project, has been on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Medicine since 2017, and is the subject of the Netflix Academy Award nominated short documentary, End Game. His book, A Beginner's Guide to the End, which he co-authored with Shoshana Berger, is an unflinching, compassionate, and intensely pragmatic guide to the end of life. Today, BJ sees patients and caregivers through his online palliative care service, Mettle Health.   EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: Growing up with a mother who lived with polio, and how that influenced his thinking. A severe accident early it life, which forced him to re-form his identity and informed the rest of his journey. His path in Palliative care - and the insight that the health establishment is designed to treat diseases, not humans. His insights into the meaning and wisdom one can find at the end of life. It's been a rare pleasure to talk to someone like BJ, who is someone who steps into realms of experience most of us avoid at all costs, and to hear the precious types of wisdom he brings with him from there. This episode, I think, is also a great introduction to the world of palliative medicine, which may be the first time the medical establishment put the patient's experience, quality of life, and constructed meeting at the heart of care, treating people as opposed to diseases. BJ and I discuss the ways the healthcare system and hospital system are badly designed, and what can be done about it.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [4:32] Life During Covid [7:23] Early Childhood Spirituality [12:30] An Accident and an Identity Crisis [18:25] The Significance of a Snowball [22:01] Palliative Care and the Dynamic Between Human Beings [29:51] A Badly Designed Healthcare System [32:20] Necessary vs Unnecessary Suffering [35:13] Lessons in Death [39:51] Wildness and Wonderment [47:54] A Beginner's Guide to the End [53:36] A Sermon on Life and Death   EPISODE LINKS BJ's Links

Dr. BJ Miller is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator. If you haven't seen his powerful TED Talk titled “Not Whether But How” (aka “What Matters Most at the End of Life”), please watch it prior to listening to this episode.  We go into territory BJ hasn't typically talked about on podcasts. “If we love such moments ferociously, then maybe we can learn to live well — not in spite of death, but because of it. Let death be what takes us, not lack of imagination.” - BJ Miller We discuss: Discovering awe and mystery of life through nature Surrendering to the flow of life Finding wisdom in daily life that's right in front of us Where can we source the courage to remember our unique medicine? What happens after a popular TED talk Finding peace with being a work in progress Inhabiting a made-up social world Why BJ Miller isn't on Instagram or TikTok Is conscious social media possible?  Social media as a way to be more ourselves Psychedelics as life-affirming vehicles  Exploring meaning through existential crisis that can come up within the context of palliative care Making space for both meaning and meaninglessness The importance of palliative care Expanding our perception of what's normal  The power of being love and receiving love  Mentioned:  125: Jasmin Jenkins: Lessons From Ayahuasca Plant Medicine and Alchemizing Grief Into Presence Zen Hospice Project Connect with BJ's work:  mettlehealth.com nytimes.com/2020/12/18/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-death.html BJ Twitter: @BJMillerMD Mettle Twitter: @Mettle_Health BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger's Book – A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death Connect with Ksenia:  Courses and Programs: Conscious Social Media Method Podcast Instagram: @fundedbysource Ksenia's Instagram: @athomewithksenia @ksenia.brief TikTok: @athomewithksenia YouTube Channel Share Funded by Source:  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories and tag @fundedbysource. 2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts. 3. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more. 4. Visit fundedbysource.com. 5. Subscribe, rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts.

This interview is brought to you by the Enabled Disabled Project. Dr. BJ Miller is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator. He currently sees patients and families via telehealth through Mettle Health, a company he co-founded with the aim to provide personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional and existential issues that come with serious illness and disability. BJ has given over 100 talks nationally, and internationally, on the topics of death, dying, palliative care and the intersection of healthcare with design. His 2015 TED Talk: “Not Whether But How” (aka “What Matters Most at the End of Life”), has been viewed over 12 million times and his work has also been the subject of multiple interviews and podcasts, including Oprah Winfrey, PBS, The New York Times, The California Sunday Magazine, GOOP, Krista Tippett, Tim Ferriss and the TED Radio Hour. His book, A Beginner's Guide to the End, was co-authored with Shoshana Berger and published in 2019. Learn more about BJ and his company, visit: https://www.enableddisabled.com/blog/bj-miller The Enabled Disabled Podcast is created for adults and children with disabilities, families and friends who care for them, professionals who treat and help people with disabilities, as well as people and companies who want to learn more. Ways to support us: Subscribe to this podcast Share your story: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share Become a corporate sponsor: https://www.enableddisabled.com/sponsorship Make a personal contribution of any amount: https://www.enableddisabled.com/contribute --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/enableddisabled/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/enableddisabled/support

Our guest this week is Shoshana Berger, the author of A Beginner's Guide to the End with Dr. BJ Miller. She's also a senior director at the global design firm IDEO, where she's worked on projects ranging from the end of life to re-imagining modern Judaism to school lunch. You can find Shoshana on Twitter @shoshanaberger. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/shoshana-berger-senior-director-at-ideo/

Dr. BJ Miller is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator. He currently sees patients and families via telehealth through Mettle Health, a company he co-founded with the aim to provide personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional and existential issues that come with serious illness and disability. BJ's been on faculty at his alma mater, UCSF, since 2007 and has worked in all settings of care: hospital, clinic, residential facility, and home. Led by his own experiences as a patient, BJ advocates for the roles of our senses, community and presence in designing a better ending. His interests are in working across disciplines to affect broad-based culture change, cultivating a civic model for aging and dying and furthering the message that suffering, illness, and dying are fundamental and intrinsic aspects of life. His career has been dedicated to moving healthcare towards a human centered approach, on a policy as well as a personal level. BJ has given over 100 talks nationally, and internationally, on the topics of death, dying, palliative care and the intersection of healthcare with design. His 2015 TED Talk: “Not Whether But How” (aka “What Matters Most at the End of Life”), has been viewed over 11 million times and his work has also been the subject of multiple interviews and podcasts, including Oprah Winfrey, PBS, The New York Times, The California Sunday Magazine, GOOP, Krista Tippett, Tim Ferriss and the TED Radio Hour. His book, A Beginner's Guide to the End, was co-authored with Shoshana Berger and published in 2019.

Today we are excited to welcome physician, author, speaker, and friend, Dr. BJ Miller. As a practicing hospice and palliative care doctor, BJ is best known for his TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life," and recently co-authored A Beginner’s Guide to the End, with the Editorial Director of IDEO, Shoshana Berger. BJ sees patients and caregivers through his online palliative care service, Mettle Health. And is the subject of Netflix's Academy Award-nominated short documentary, End Game. Listen in as BJ shares his story of recovery from a life altering accident at 19 through his perspective of creativity instead of loss, and what opened up even further after he was introduced to the profession of design. We also dig into what death can teach us about living fully, and how design can help us overcome the fear of embarrassment and shame that often holds us back from the very life experiences we desire the most.Show Notes:PolioThe Washington Post’s article about renaming Palliative Care Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990BJ’s Ted TalkShoshana BergerA Beginner’s Guide To The EndMettle Health:View Full TranscriptAs always, thanks so much for listening to Results May Vary! We’d love to have you participate in the conversation we’re having about life design by joining our Results May Vary podcast Facebook group. That’s where we’ll share more tips, tricks and inspiration, and where you can share your own experiments with fellow community-members, who also know and believe that we are all born creators, and that everyday is a whole new chance to create!

On today’s show, I’m joined by Dr BJ Miller. BJ is a practising hospice and palliative medicine physician in San Fransico, an author and speaker, best known for his TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life”. He has been on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Medicine since 2007 and sees patients and caregivers through his online palliative care service, Mettle Health. He is the subject of Netflix's Academy Award-nominated short documentary, End Game and his book for approaching the end of life, A Beginner’s Guide to the End, was co-authored with Shoshana Berger and published in 2019. He’s also a triple amputee who suffered a horrific injury resulting in the loss of both legs and his left arm when he was an undergrad at Princeton. To many, this would have been calamitous. To BJ, it became a transformative moment of deep pain he harnessed to find purpose. Now, before we get into the show, a quick word from today’s sponsor... When it comes to end of life care, most pets are still euthanised in the sterile and sometimes harsh clinical environment of the veterinary practice which, while convenient for practitioners, is not ideal for pets and can result in as many as 20% of clients never returning to the clinic again due to the psychological trauma. Enter Lap of Love, a veterinary service working in partnership with veterinarians across America to offer an incomparably compassionate end of life care experience for pets in their own homes. In one memorable example, CEO Dr Dani McVety was asked to euthanize a family pet in his beloved swimming pool…. The result was a pet passing in his favorite place, a family grieving but grateful, and a sad moment made infinitely better by an act of amazing kindness. So, if want your clients to experience a beautiful end to their pet’s life or learn more about how you can make the euthanasia experience better for your patients then visit www.lapoflove.com. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll end up doing house calls in swimming pools too! …back to the show. This interview ranks as a huge personal highlight, and it could be so for all manner of reasons. BJs inspirational story of overcoming incredible adversity. His dedication to a career; making a massive difference. Or his utterly genuine and radiant personality. But in my case, it’s because of a single line he shared in his interview with Tim Ferriss. One that shaped my view of patient and client care forever…. to learn more, listen on. In the interview, we cover a great many topics, but in particular death, mortality and by unbreakable association, life itself. While some of the topics were confronting, it was both a comfort and pleasure to have BJ as my guide. I hope you enjoy this uplifting conversation with the wonderful BJ Miller as he illuminates some of the darker places we fear to tread. BJ's Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Beginners-Guide-to-the-End/BJ-Miller/9781501157219 BJs Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life BJs Endwell Project: https://endwellproject.org/

Shoshana Berger is senior editorial director at IDEO, where she has worked on projects ranging from the end of life to modern Judaism to school lunch. She led the launch of IDEO’s publishing platform and of Blueprint, its first large-scale conference. Before IDEO, Shoshana was a senior editor at WIRED, and wrote for the New York Times, Fast Company, TIME, WIRED, and Quartz. In her 20s, she cofounded the DIY design magazine, ReadyMade, later turning it into a book, Ready Made: How to Make (Almost) Everything. Dr. BJ Miller is a longtime hospice & palliative medicine physician and educator. He’s been on faculty at his alma mater, UCSF, since 2007 and has worked in all settings of care: hospital, clinic, residential facility, and home.BJ’s career has been dedicated to moving healthcare towards a human centered approach, on a policy as well as a personal level. Led by his own experiences as a patient, BJ advocates for the roles of our senses, community and presence in designing a better ending. His interests are in working across disciplines to affect broad-based culture change, cultivating a civic model for aging and dying and furthering the message that suffering and dying are fundamental and intrinsic aspects of life.“Next to birth, death is one of our most profound experiences,” Miller and Berger write. “Shouldn’t we talk about it, prepare for it, use what it can teach us about how to live?”. When it comes to death, we are all beginners. That is why Shoshana and BJ co-authored the book A Beginner’s Guide to the End, which is is a clear-eyed and big-hearted action plan for approaching the end of life, written to help readers feel more in control of an experience that so often seems anything but controllable. In this episode we discuss A Beginners Guide to the End. Talking to Shoshana and BJ has been one of the most amazing experiences ever since I started this Podcast. We dived deep into what we can learn from this collective pause we currently are living in and putting this newly acquired insights into practice, we discussed the importance of revisiting our own nature, one that includes mortality, why is it important to have conversations about death and how to have them with oneself and with others, we also talked about the ways in which we can foster a sense of community in an atomized society, and more,This conversation has been one that will stay with me for a long time. I am very honored and grateful with BJ and Shoshana for joining me in a deep conversation. Enjoy!---Website: https://www.abgtte.com--- Highlights ---(3:20) How would you introduce yourself to your younger self?(7:43) How should we approach the “pause” we are living during lockdown? What should we reflect upon?(13:44) How can we put into practice what we have learned during this “collective existential practice”?(18:10) What do our cities and the way they are designed tell about ourselves?(21:10) Revisiting our nature.(22:30) How should we deal with our mortality and conversations around death?(30:21) In an-ever increasing atomized society, how can we redesign our communities so we can flourish together as human beings?(37:40) We have agency in our perspective - WOW(40:00) We often talk about our own mortality, but what can we do to support others who are going through a difficult period in their lives?(45:45) Closing remarks.--- Support Us ---Thanks for tuning in for this edition of Through Conversations Podcast!If you find this episode interesting, don't miss out on new conversations and subscribe to the podcast at any podcast feed you use, and leave me a review. Also, consider sharing it with someone you think might enjoy exploring life and all the topics that surround it Through Conversations.--- Keep The Conversation Going ---Instagram:@thruconvpodcastTwitter: @ThruConvPodcastWebsite: throughconversations.com--- Credits ---Our New, Awesome Music by Joe Lyle.  More info can be found at https://joelyledrums.comHosted, Produced by Alex Levy.

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.

BJ Miller, MD knows something about suffering. When he was a sophomore in college, he experienced a tragic accident that shaped the course of his life. From months spent as a patient in a burn unit, he learned that the simplest acts of care of the most healing. With this wisdom, he pursued a career in medicine specializing in Palliative Care. He is an advocate for shifting the paradigm around how we think about what's most important at the end of life.He newest endeavor is Mettle Health. Mettle Health provides personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional and existential issues that come with serious illness and disability. It is the first patient- and caregiver-centric palliative care delivery system accessible to everyone, irrespective of geography, without a doctor's referral. Mettle Health is comprised of palliative care clinicians, but operates outside of the traditional medical system; making it a social service staffed by medical professionals.Patients and caregivers dealing with serious or chronic illness should be able to count on soundinformation and enough emotional support to feel confident in the choices they make, whatevertheir circumstances; Mettle Health will make that possible.BJ Miller, MD has given over 100 talks nationally, and internationally, on the topics of death, dying, palliative care and the intersection of healthcare with design. His 2015 TED Talk: “Not Whether But How” (aka “What Matters Most at the End of Life”), has been viewed over 10 million times and his work has also been the subject of multiple interviews and podcasts, including Oprah Winfrey, PBS, The New York Times, The California Sunday Magazine, GOOP, Krista Tippett, Tim Ferriss and the TED Radio Hour. His book, A Beginner's Guide to the End, was co-authored with Shoshana Berger and published in 2019.

How are you coping with all of the death around us these days? In this Hippo Education update, Primary Care RAP host Dr. Neda Frayha interviews Dr. BJ Miller, a hospice and palliative care specialist at the University of California, San Francisco whose TED talk on what really matters at the end of life has been viewed over 10 million times. Along with Shoshana Berger, Dr. Miller is the co-author of the book, A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death and founder of the Center for Dying and Living. In this conversation, he helps us come to terms with our own mortality and provide better support to our patients at the end of life.    To view the references and show notes from this podcast Click here

How are you coping with all of the death around us these days? In this Hippo Education update, Primary Care RAP host Dr. Neda Frayha interviews Dr. BJ Miller, a hospice and palliative care specialist at the University of California, San Francisco whose TED talk on what really matters at the end of life has been viewed over 10 million times. Along with Shoshana Berger, Dr. Miller is the co-author of the book, A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death and founder of the Center for Dying and Living. In this conversation, he helps us come to terms with our own mortality and provide better support to our patients at the end of life.    To view the references and show notes from this podcast Click here

Please join TNS Host Steve Heilig for a conversation with physician BJ Miller and writer Shoshana Berger about their new collaboration: A Beginners Guide to the End-–Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator and has worked in all settings of care: hospital, clinic, residential facility, and home. His career has been dedicated to moving healthcare towards a human-centered approach and he speaks on this topic both nationally and internationally. He is a Mesa Refuge alum, has been featured in the New York Times, and interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, Tim Ferriss, Krista Tippett, and GQ Magazine. Shoshana Berger Shoshana Berger is the editorial director at IDEO, where she has worked on projects ranging from the end of life to modern Judaism to school lunch. She was a senior editor at WIRED, and has written for the New York Times, Fast Company, TIME, WIRED, Popular Science, Marie Claire, and Quartz. She cofounded the DIY design magazine, ReadyMade, later turning it into a book, Ready Made: How to Make (Almost) Everything.

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is more common than we think!  Listen as our esteemed guest Dr Katherine Sherif (@katherinesherif) reviews common patient complaints that should trigger PCOS in the differential, its pathophysiology, key physical exam findings, an algorithm for lab evaluation for PCOS diagnosis, and common treatments (OCPs, metformin, spironolactone and more!). Show Notes | Subscribe | Spotify | Swag! | Top Picks | Mailing List | thecurbsiders@gmail.com Credits Written and Produced by: Molly Heublein, MD Cover Art and Infographic: Kate Grant MBChB DipGUMed  Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Molly Heublein, MD Editor: Emi Okamoto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com (audio) Guest: Katherine Sherif, MD Sponsors AccessMedicine is the acclaimed online medical resource that features Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine and more trusted content from the best minds in medicine. Visit  AccessMedicine to learn more: http://bit.ly/MHCurbsiders.   Primary Care Physician Opportunity in beautiful Ithaca, NY! Join a well established practice in beautiful upstate New York near the finger lakes and wine country! You'll have flexible hours and the ability to take the time you need with patients! Contact Dr. Ann Costello arcostello@gmail.com to find out more about this incredible opportunity to join the team at Primary Care Internal Medicine of Ithaca https://www.primarycareinternalmedicineofithaca.com/.  Time Stamps 00:00 Sponsors - AccessMedicine.com (McGraw-Hill) http://bit.ly/MHCurbsiders; Primary Care Internal Medicine of Ithaca https://www.primarycareinternalmedicineofithaca.com/ 00:35 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio 03:00 Guest one-liner, book recommendation; Picks of the Week*: The Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death, by Dr BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger; Overdrive App to download audio books and other media from libraries 07:58 AccessMedicine.com (McGraw-Hill) http://bit.ly/MHCurbsiders; Primary Care Internal Medicine of Ithaca https://www.primarycareinternalmedicineofithaca.com/ 09:30 Case of PCOS; Definition; Common presenting complaints 14:40 Hirsutism and terminal hair growth 17:05 Alopecia 20:25 Acne; Hidradenitis suppurativa 23:05 Irregular menses; Lab workup; Non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia 28:38 Hyperandrogenism lab workup (Testosterone, DHEA-S, Anti-Mullerian Hormone, utility of LH and FSH); Quick word on US 37:15 Recap of how to diagnose PCOS 38:15 Insulin resistance, body habitus in PCOS 40:04 Pathophysiology in PCOS (two schools of thought: Hypothalamus vs Insulin) 43:27 Dr. Sherif’s spiel to patients newly diagnosed with PCOS 46:40 Long term risks in PCOS 50:35 Approach to treatment of PCOS (OCPs, metformin, spironolactone, hair removal) 60:35 Treatment of alopecia; Lifestyle factors 63:55 Take home points and Outro *The Curbsiders participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising commissions by linking to Amazon. Simply put, if you click on our Amazon.com links and buy something we earn a (very) small commission, yet you don’t pay any extra. Goal Listeners will explain the basic pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of PCOS. Learning objectives After listening to this episode listeners will…   List the criteria for diagnosis of PCOS. Explain the relationship between PCOS and metabolic risks. Determine first line treatments for PCOS symptoms including oligomenorrhea, hirsutism, acne and alopecia.  Counsel patients on long term risks associated with PCOS and how to mitigate these. Disclosures Dr Sherif reports no relevant financial disclosures. The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures.  Citation Sherif K, Heublein M, Grant K, Okamoto E, Watto MF.  “#198 PCOS: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with Katherine Sherif MD”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list. March 9, 2020.

In this episode, Brad Wolfe is joining me to talk about our most feared topic: Death. This was a super special conversation that came at an extremely timely moment in my life as death was consuming my life. This is a good one, folks. Listen up. In this episode, we discuss: Brad’s work with Reimagine End of Life, how Brad’s experiences with death have influenced his work and the way he relates to the world, how to remember our mortality and also seize the day, why breakups are their own form of death, how to create more beauty and creativity in life by confronting death, how our medical system is unprepared to handle death, how to have conversations about the end of life before it’s too late, and my own wishes for my death. Brad Wolfe is the founder and executive director of Reimagine, a new nonprofit that brings diverse communities together to explore death and celebrate life through creativity and conversation. With over 30,000 attendees to date--and with a belief that by facing death we begin to live more fully--Reimagine End of LIfe citywide festivals have quickly become the largest end-of-life events in the United States. Reimagine was recently named a "World Changing Idea" by Fast Company Magazine.Before becoming a nonprofit, Reimagine was initially inspired by OpenIDEO’s End of Life Challenge, and was led by Brad as part of an OpenIDEO project exploring art and end of life. Brad's personal interest in end-of-life began as he performed bedside concerts for his friend Sara L., who died of a rare pediatric cancer. In Sara's honor, Brad co-founded the Sunbeam Foundation for pediatric cancer research and formed Brad Wolfe & the Moon, a band which has performed concerts for other young people facing terminal cancer and been featured on MTV.  Brad has an MA in Sociology from Stanford and an MBA from UC Berkeley, where he has served as a lecturer on the topics of innovation and design.  www.letsreimagine.orgwww.bradwolfe.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleywolfe/Mentions:You’re Going To Die - open mic in San FranciscoBeginner’s Guide To The End by Shoshana Berger and AJ MillerThe Conversation ProjectThe 5 WishesBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiBrad Wolfe and The Moon on Spotify

Next to birth, death is one of our most profound experiences. Dying is not without its pain but it can be meaningful and we can decide to be more aware and more conscious in how we orient ourselves toward the inevitable end of our lives. Dr. Miller advises us to be clear on our “goals of care” and to “participate.”B.J. Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician who has worked in many settings, inpatient, outpatient, hospice facility and home. He now sees patients and families at U.C.S.F. Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Miller speaks all over the country and beyond on the theme of living well in the face of death. He’s also the founder of the Center for Dying and Living.  BJ Miller is co-author, with Shoshana Berger, of A Beginners Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death (Simon & Schuster 2019) Interview Date:12/3/2019     Tags: BJ Miller, hospice, medical directives, advance directives, advance care planning, silver tsunami, Health care systems, chronic pain, suffering, acute suffering, acute pain, resistance, palliative care, hospice, pain management, death certificates, prognosis, Steve Scheier, prognosis declaration, Death & Dying, Personal Transformation

BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician who has worked in many settings, inpatient, outpatient, hospice facility and home and now sees patients and families at U.C.S.F. Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Miller speaks all over the country and beyond on the theme of living well in the face of death. He's also the founder of the Center for Dying and Living. He is co-author, with Shoshana Berger, of A Beginners Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death (Simon & Schuster 2019)Interview Date:12/3/2019      Tags: MP3, BJ Miller, caregiving, dementia, Alzheimer's, etiologies of dementia, physician assisted death, physician aid in dying, VCED, voluntary cessation of eating and drinking, unplugging from life-sustaining treatments, comfort care, getting out of the way of death, Death & Dying

Next to birth, death is one of our most profound experiences. Dying is not without its pain but it can be meaningful and we can decide to be more aware and more conscious in how we orient ourselves toward the inevitable end of our lives. Dr. Miller advises us to be clear on our “goals of care” and to “participate.”B.J. Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician who has worked in many settings, inpatient, outpatient, hospice facility and home. He now sees patients and families at U.C.S.F. Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Miller speaks all over the country and beyond on the theme of living well in the face of death. He’s also the founder of the Center for Dying and Living. BJ Miller is co-author, with Shoshana Berger, of A Beginners Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death (Simon & Schuster 2019) Interview Date:12/3/2019 Tags: BJ Miller, hospice, medical directives, advance directives, advance care planning, silver tsunami, Health care systems, chronic pain, suffering, acute suffering, acute pain, resistance, palliative care, hospice, pain management, death certificates, prognosis, Steve Scheier, prognosis declaration, Death & Dying, Personal Transformation

Everything we do in life down to the smallest detail is affected by design. But our end of life experience has been largely overlooked, leaving most of us confused, disappointed, and even upset by what we don’t know and what we can’t control. Farewelling founder Karen Bussen sits down with two innovators in the space--Shoshana Berger and Dr. BJ Miller--co-authors of A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death, to talk about how we might think about, and share, our wishes for a more personal approach. Along the way, they look at how to honor our senses and how some of the simplest things are what make life worth living. They each share the one thing they’d change about our attitudes toward death. As a bonus, Karen asks them some personal questions about what they imagine for their own farewellings.For more behind the scenes photos and info, visit our show page at MyFarewelling.com. Check out their book here.Please talk to us! We’d love to see you @myfarewelling on Instagram and Facebook. Share part of your Farewelling Worksheet or ask us a question using #myfarewelling. Come on over and join the movement and the community!

BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger and Lucy Kalanithi provide step-by- step instructions on managing the end of life, and answer questions about death that we’re all afraid to ask.

Shoshana Berger is the editorial director at IDEO and coauthor of the book A Beginners Guide To The End. Shoshana got her start as a writer for a magazine called Bikini (no jokes) for whom she interviewed Jeff Buckley and Allen Ginsberg. That led to writing for the New York Times, SPIN, WIRED, and a stint as the editorial director (more like “cool-hunter”) for Young & Rubicam. With little more than a fuzzy idea and a boil in the blood, she went on to found ReadyMade, a national do-it-yourself design magazine. The venture was funded by 10 credit cards. (Her credit rating is excellent). ReadyMade was a finalist for National Magazine Awards in 2005 and 2006. After co-authoring the book ReadyMade: How to Make Almost Everything (Clarkson Potter), she sold the business to the Meredith Corp., publisher of Better Homes & Gardens. Shoshana then joined WIRED as director of special projects in 2011, and launched a new website, WIRED Design. She landed at IDEO in 2013 as editorial director and hasn't looked back. For more of Shoshana: Twitter: https://twitter.com/shoshanaberger Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shoshanaberger/ To become a patron and help this program continue producing Mood Altering Substance, go to www.patreon.com/hellohuman and pledge any amount. For more of us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellohumans.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellohumans.co/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelloHumans_co And if you’d like to buy us a coffee (or burrito) once a month to help us keep going, you can become a patron by going to https://www.patreon.com/hellohuman and making a pledge of any amount.

SPEAKERS Shoshana Berger Editorial Director, IDEO; Co-Author, A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death Bruce (B.J.) Miller Jr., M.D. Palliative Care Physician, UCSF; Co-Author, A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death In Conversation with Lisa Krieger Science Writer, The Mercury News This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Cubberly Theater in Palo Alto, CA on October 17th, 2019.

How do we cope with the inevitability of death? How can we make better decisions for ourselves and our families? B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger offer step-by-step instructions on managing the end of life, including how to navigate a complex system of hidden costs and intense emotions without shame and guilt often associated with this period of life. Miller is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCSF, where he practices and teaches palliative medicine. Berger is a journalist and editorial director at IDEO. Together they offer a lesson on dying—and how to live fully until you do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first half hour. Patricia will interview Bill Treasure, an author, workplace expert and courage pioneer. Throughout his career he noticed problems within the workforce and has worked hard to solve it. He will discuss the tenth-anniversary edition of this trailblazing book, Courage Goes to Work and provide timely tips to leaders, managers, and workers alike. In the second half hour Patricia interviews Dr. BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger. The two are co-authors who are working together to help those to navigate through a challenging time. They will discuss their book, A Beginner's Guide to the End and give their advice for approaching the end of life.

In the first half hour. Patricia will interview Bill Treasure, an author, workplace expert and courage pioneer. Throughout his career he noticed problems within the workforce and has worked hard to solve it. He will discuss the tenth-anniversary edition of this trailblazing book, Courage Goes to Work and provide timely tips to leaders, managers, and workers alike. In the second half hour Patricia interviews Dr. BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger. The two are co-authors who are working together to help those to navigate through a challenging time. They will discuss their book, A Beginner's Guide to the End and give their advice for approaching the end of life.

In the first half hour. Patricia will interview Bill Treasure, an author, workplace expert and courage pioneer. Throughout his career he noticed problems within the workforce and has worked hard to solve it. He will discuss the tenth-anniversary edition of this trailblazing book, Courage Goes to Work and provide timely tips to leaders, managers, and workers alike. In the second half hour Patricia interviews Dr. BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger. The two are co-authors who are working together to help those to navigate through a challenging time. They will discuss their book, A Beginner's Guide to the End and give their advice for approaching the end of life.

In the first half hour. Patricia will interview Bill Treasure, an author, workplace expert and courage pioneer. Throughout his career he noticed problems within the workforce and has worked hard to solve it. He will discuss the tenth-anniversary edition of this trailblazing book, Courage Goes to Work and provide timely tips to leaders, managers, and workers alike. In the second half hour Patricia interviews Dr. BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger. The two are co-authors who are working together to help those to navigate through a challenging time. They will discuss their book, A Beginner's Guide to the End and give their advice for approaching the end of life.

“Miss the bus.” That's the advice of renowned palliative care doctor BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger, editorial director of the global design firm IDEO. Together, they wrote the breakthrough book, “A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice on Living Life and Facing Death.” In this podcast we discuss their refreshing approach to managing both the practical and emotional baggage of dying. As well as the ways in which everyday obstacles, like missing the bus, can actually be a catalyst for seeing — and living — life in a whole new way.

Emily sits down with palliative care doctor BJ Miller and IDEO's Global Editorial Director, Shoshana Berger, to talk about their new book, A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. First, BJ and Shoshana read excerpts from the book about their individual stories. The readings are followed by a conversation with Emily about the inspirations behind their new book, the challenging nature of the dying process, and the importance of preparing for our final days.  Follow Shoshana and BJ on Twitter @shoshanaberger and @bjmillermd. See also BJ’s palliative care practice, Mettle Health. This episode was guest produced by Diantha Parker with editing support from Assistant Producer Kirk Klocke. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more and support us at thenocturnists.com. Thank you!

This week we talk with BJ Miller, hospice and palliative care physician, public speaker, and now author with Shoshana Berger of the book "A Beginner's Guide to the End." As we note on the podcast, BJ is about as close as we get to a celebrity in Hospice and Palliative Care. His TED Talk "What Really Matters at the End of Life" has been viewed more than 9 million times. As we discuss on the Podcast, this has changed BJ's life, and he spends most of his working time engaged in public speaking, being the public "face" of the hospice and palliative care movement. The book he and Berger wrote is filled to the brim with practical advice. I mean, nuts and bolts practical advice. Things like: - How to clean out not only your emotional house but your physical house (turns out there are services for that!) - Posting about your illness on social media (should you post to Facebook) - What is the difference between a funeral home and mortuary - Can I afford to die? How much will it cost? We focus our discussion with BJ on his reasons for writing the book, sexuality and serious illness, and priming people to check the instincts of a medical system that favors aggressive/intensive/invasive care and crappy deaths. And BJ came up with some nice harmonies to "Tonight, You Belong to Me." Enjoy! AlexSmithMD

How do we cope with the inevitability of death? How can we make better decisions for ourselves and our families? B.J. Miller and journalist Shoshana Berger visit INFORUM to answer the questions about death we're all afraid to ask with their new book: A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. Berger and Miller offer step-by-step instructions on managing the end of life, including how to navigate a complex system of hidden costs and intense emotions without shame and guilt often associated with this period of life. Miller is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCSF, where he practices and teaches palliative medicine. Berger is a journalist and editorial director at IDEO. Together they join INFORUM for a lesson on dying—and how to live fully until you do. **This program contains EXPLICIT language** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One in five US residents receives ICU care at the end of life. In this episode of Critical Matters, we discuss different aspects of end of life care in the ICU. Our guest is Dr. BJ Miller, a palliative care physician at the University of California, San Francisco and former Executive Director of Zen Hospice Project. He is a powerful advocate for the role of our senses, community, and presence in delivering palliative care and for ushering in a new perspective on living with death. Additional Resources: What really matters at the end of life, BJ Miller presented at TED 2015: https://bit.ly/1PlAuNP Clinician-Family Communication About Patients' Values and Preferences in Intensive Care Units. Scheunemann LP et al, JAMA Internal Medicine, 2019: https://bit.ly/2LEH0Y5 A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger: https://amzn.to/30VVWEV Vital Talk courses, a set of online and in person courses designed to equip clinicians with the tools to have difficult conversations with patients and families:https://bit.ly/30SPrm6 Books Mentioned in this Episode: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl: https://amzn.to/2JPJjFQ Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death and Healing by Michael Kearney: https://amzn.to/2YkDPuF Bering Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande: https://amzn.to/2GsTXjH The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker: https://amzn.to/2SyY7LI

After being electrocuted at age 19, BJ Miller had three of his limbs amputated. He went on to a career in palliative care, working with patients with terminal or life-altering illnesses. Recently he turned his experience into his first book, A Beginner's Guide to the End (co-written with Shoshana Berger) and started his own palliative care company, Mettle Health. On this episode, Dr. Miller and Clay talk about what it takes to accept death as a reality (instead of something to be avoided) and how that can liberate you in both small and profound ways. Follow them: Dr. BJ Miller (@bjmillermd); Clay Skipper (@SkipperClay)

After being electrocuted at age 19, BJ Miller had three of his limbs amputated. He went on to a career in palliative care, working with patients with terminal or life-altering illnesses. Recently he turned his experience into his first book, A Beginner's Guide to the End (co-written with Shoshana Berger). On this episode, Dr. Miller and Clay talk about what it takes to accept death as a reality (instead of something to be avoided) and how that can liberate you in both small and profound ways. Follow them: Dr. BJ Miller (@bjmillermd); Clay Skipper (@SkipperClay)

Death is not an easy subject to talk about, but it’s a fact of life.  We will all die someday, and between now and then, we’ll have family and friends who will die.  So, how can we help those close to us who are facing death and how can we best prepare for our own lives to end? We’ll explore those questions on this episode with Dr. B. J. Miller and Shoshana Berger, who are the co-authors of the book, A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death.  It’s described as, “The first-ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying—and living fully until you do”.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey hey! Welcome back my Freedom Pact family. Today on the show, we are joined by Dr Bruce Miller @bjmillermd commonly known as BJ Miller. I first stumbled upon BJ many years back through his Ted talk which has been viewed more than 5 million times on YouTube. BJ is a hospice and palliative care physician at the UCSF Medical centre. Dr Miller previously worked as the executive director for the zen hospice project in which he treats hospitalised patients with terminal or life-altering illnesses. BJ has been featured in many major publications. He’s appeared on Oprah’s super soul Sunday, the New York Times and he’s just releases a book alongside Shoshana Berger called the Beginners guide to the end, which one imagines will go on to be a best seller. So by this point, you may be thinking what does this have to do with our brand? Like we’re a peak performance podcast? Well, I think this is a hugely important topic to cover. BJ has overseen the deaths of thousands of people, so there’s no other better person to tell us what really matters in life. In this podcast, we’re going to talk about life and death. We’re going to discuss what really matters in life, what the biggest regrets are that people have at the end, and also how to live a life so you don’t mind when your time comes. I think this could be one of the most important and captivating pieces of content we’ve produced, and I highly recommend you listen to the full thing. BJ’s website: https://www.abgtte.com BJ’s Twitter: @bjmillermd A beginners guide to the end: https://amzn.to/2l8wMmQ @freedompact @josephnewtonpd @lewisedwardcoach

  In this episode of Life/Death/Law, Dr. BJ Miller shares insights from his new book, A Beginner's Guide to the End. Written with co-author Shoshana Berger, the book is practical, detailed, surprisingly funny and always completely honest. From what to bring with you to the hospital (your favorite quilt, your phone charger, pictures from home), to how to tell your boss that you are really sick, to how to cultivate sex and intimacy in the face of serious illness, this is a guide for both the sick and their caretakers. Dr. Miller is a hospice and palliative care physician, practicing at UC San Francisco, and the former Executive Director of the Zen Hospice Project, so he knows, first hand, what he's talking about. He wrote the book, he told me, because he saw, over and over again, how people were suffering unnecessarily for lack of basic information. But A Beginner's Guide isn't just a set of nuts and bolts instructions, it is also a wise and thoughtful guide to what's most important to people facing critical illness and those who care for them. Here's how Dr. Miller puts it, "In a nutshell, probably the biggest takeaway is that love matters...when a person watches their life come to a close, everything else falls away and it turns out that something as easy as love is so often the only thing that matters." Click here to find out more about A Beginner's Guide to the End.   Please follow me at Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifedeathlaw Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/LizaHanksAuthor/ Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizahanks/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifedeathlaw/

  In this episode of Life/Death/Law, Dr. BJ Miller shares insights from his new book, A Beginner's Guide to the End. Written with co-author Shoshana Berger, the book is practical, detailed, surprisingly funny and always completely honest. From what to bring with you to the hospital (your favorite quilt, your phone charger, pictures from home), to how to tell your boss that you are really sick, to how to cultivate sex and intimacy in the face of serious illness, this is a guide for both the sick and their caretakers. Dr. Miller is a hospice and palliative care physician, practicing at UC San Francisco, and the former Executive Director of the Zen Hospice Project, so he knows, first hand, what he's talking about. He wrote the book, he told me, because he saw, over and over again, how people were suffering unnecessarily for lack of basic information. But A Beginner's Guide isn't just a set of nuts and bolts instructions, it is also a wise and thoughtful guide to what's most important to people facing critical illness and those who care for them. Here's how Dr. Miller puts it, "In a nutshell, probably the biggest takeaway is that love matters...when a person watches their life come to a close, everything else falls away and it turns out that something as easy as love is so often the only thing that matters." Click here to find out more about A Beginner's Guide to the End.   Please follow me at Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifedeathlaw Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/LizaHanksAuthor/ Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizahanks/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifedeathlaw/

IDEO Designers Meija Jacobs and Shoshana Berger join us to talk about women and entrepreneurship. They hosted a lunch at TED Women this year and asked, "How might we create the conditions for confidence along the entrepreneurial journey?" As for VDTBOM? We discuss Stanford CS183c, product market fit, Bryce Roberts' XOXO talk and more. Also, we have listener mail this week! Have a question for us? Send us an email futures@ideo.com or a tweet @ideofutures.