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Learn how the art of Visual Storytelling can enhance end-of-life Education and serve as a tool for advance care planning.My guest Jill Greenbaum is a contemplative chaplain and advocate of …

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Learn how the art of Visual Storytelling can enhance end-of-life education and serve as a tool for advance care planning.My guest Jill Greenbaum is a contemplative chaplain and advocate of conscious living and dying. She completed chaplaincy training at the Upaya Zen Center and integrates her experience in psychology, education, visualization, and Trauma-informed teaching into her work helping people explore their choices for end-of-life planning. She discusses how she utilizes visual storytelling in her work and why it is a powerful tool. Learn more at her website:jillgreenbaum…

Learn how leadership skills and organizational tools can help decrease Stress for family caregivers.My guest Jennifer O’Brien has been a practice management consultant to physicians for 3…

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Learn how leadership skills and organizational tools can help decrease stress for family caregivers.My guest Jennifer O’Brien has been a practice management consultant to physicians for 35 years and is the author of the book The Hospice Doctor’s Widow, which was the subject of our previous interview. After providing care for her husband, a hospice and palliative care physician, at the end of his life she has focused on helping people start conversations about Caregiving and end of life. She shares insights and tips from her latest book Care Boss: Leadership Strategies and Resour…

Learn how a hospice volunteer and doula utilizes his artistic talents to help patients and families.My guest Rich Curtis is an artist, teacher, hospice volunteer and end-of-life doula. He c…

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Learn how a hospice volunteer and doula utilizes his artistic talents to help patients and families.My guest Rich Curtis is an artist, teacher, hospice volunteer and end-of-life doula. He currently volunteers for Archbold Hospice in Thomasville GA where he has utilized his artistic talents to help patients and their families at the end of life. Rich discusses his own path as an artist and eventually becoming a doula. He shares his drawings and tips for those considering being a hospice volunteer in this conversation. View Rich’s drawings at the link below or watch the video on You…

Learn what it means to have a “good death” and how and why we all need to prepare for the end of life to benefit ourselves, our loved ones and our planet.My guest Suzanne B. O’Brien R…

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Learn what it means to have a “good death” and how and why we all need to prepare for the end of life to benefit ourselves, our loved ones and our planet.My guest Suzanne B. O’Brien RN is the founder and CEO of Doulagivers Institute and a “pioneer” in the global death doula movement. She has trained hundreds of thousands of people from all around the world to care those at the end of life. Most recently Suzanne is the author of The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One Through the End of Life. She discusses the book and why it’s so important that we facilitat…

Learn about the benefits of creating intentional rituals for the big and small moments of life and death.My guest Megan Sheldon is a cultural mythologist, humanist celebrant, and end-of-lif…

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Learn about the benefits of creating intentional rituals for the big and small moments of life and death.My guest Megan Sheldon is a cultural mythologist, humanist celebrant, and end-of-life doula in North Vancouver, BC. She is the co-founder of Be Ceremonial, the world’s first guided ritual and ceremony app. Megan will discuss her work creating ceremonies for people around the world, focusing on what she calls the ‘seemingly invisible moments of change’ in life and in death. She offers online workshops, virtual courses, and seasonal retreats and you can learn more at her webs…

Learn about the benefits of team-based care and how the hospice team works together on behalf of patients and families.This week I’m welcoming my recurring guest Barbara Karnes RN, who is…

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Learn about the benefits of team-based care and how the hospice team works together on behalf of patients and families.This week I’m welcoming my recurring guest Barbara Karnes RN, who is an internationally recognized thought-leader and expert on end-of-life care and the dynamics of dying. We are continuing our series of conversations on various aspects of hospice care and you can find links to previous episodes in the notes below. Today we discuss the importance of a team approach to care on hospice and the roles played by each member of the team. Barbara is the author of numerou…

Learn why and how to share your end-of-life Wisdom and stories by writing a non-fiction book.My guest Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-winning, New York Times and …

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Learn why and how to share your end-of-life wisdom and stories by writing a non-fiction book.My guest Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers, dark fantasy, and memoir as J.F. Penn. She is also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. Her most recent publication is the 2nd edition of How to Write Non-Fiction: Turn Your Knowledge Into Words. Today we discuss the challenges of writing non-fiction books about difficult and personal subjects like dea…

Learn from “Hospice Nurse Penny” how she started working in hospice and ended up being a viral influencer about end-of-life issues on social media.My guest this week is Penny Smith RN, …

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Learn from “Hospice Nurse Penny” how she started working in hospice and ended up being a viral influencer about end-of-life issues on social media.My guest this week is Penny Smith RN, known on social media as “Hospice Nurse Penny.” She discusses her journey to becoming a hospice nurse and her rise to fame on TikTok during the COVID-19 lockdown. Her new book Influencing Death, Reframing Dying for Better Living is an honest and vulnerable look at her own life story and what she has learned from working with dying patients. Learn more and connect with Penny at her website:…

Learn how talking about death and Grief on a podcast can help us face tragedy and loss together.My special guest David Ferrugio is the host of DEAD Talks Podcast, where he hosts guests lik…

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Learn how talking about death and grief on a podcast can help us face tragedy and loss together.My special guest David Ferrugio is the host of DEAD Talks Podcast, where he hosts guests like Tony Hawk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Billy Carson, David Dastmalchian, Bryan Callen, Hospice Nurse Julie and many more over a growing audience of nearly 1 million followers, including social media platforms. He discusses his story of loss at the early age of 12 and his passion for helping others face grief by sharing conversations with his guests about loss. As current residents of Los Angeles we als…

Learn about research being done in Canada to improve access to palliative care for marginalized populations.My special guest Dr. Kelli Stajduhar is is a professor in the School of Nursing a…

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Learn about research being done in Canada to improve access to palliative care for marginalized populations.My special guest Dr. Kelli Stajduhar is is a professor in the School of Nursing and Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health at the University of Victoria and the Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care, Aging and Community Health. She has worked in oncology, palliative care, and gerontology for 30+ years as a practicing nurse, educator, and researcher.  She discusses her clinical work and research which have focused on health service needs for those at the end-of-life and t…

Learn about a Top Ten Playlist of songs selected by hospice patients for their own end of life journey.We start out this new year with another episode our special series: Death & Grief …

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Learn about a Top Ten Playlist of songs selected by hospice patients for their own end of life journey.We start out this new year with another episode our special series: Death & Grief in Pop Culture. This week my co-host Ben Kintisch and I will be reviewing the Top Ten Songs from an end-of-life playlist created by hospice patients in the UK. Ben is a cantor, hospice and eldercare chaplain, music teacher, and the creator of Life Review: The Hospice Musical. Learn more about Ben’s work at his website:lifereviewmusical.comYouTube Channel (Check out the full un-edited v…

Find out what you may have missed in 2024 if you haven’t listened to every episode!In this solo episode I recap some of the episodes of this podcast that had the greatest impact on me per…

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Find out what you may have missed in 2024 if you haven’t listened to every episode!In this solo episode I recap some of the episodes of this podcast that had the greatest impact on me personally and professionally! All of the interviews from 2024 were fantastic but if you missed any of these be sure to take a listen! Thanks for your support this year! Looking forward to another amazing year – be sure to subscribe and leave a rating and review if you enjoy this content.HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR BELOVEDS!Watch on YouTubeListen here:Links…