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Karen Wyatt Karen Wyatt MD

Dr. Karen Wyatt is the bestselling author of the book 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying, which contains stories of patients she cared for as a Hospice doctor and the spiritual lessons she learned from them at the end of their lives. Her other books include The Journey from Ego to Soul, Stories from the Dark Night, and The Tao of Death. Dr. Wyatt also hosts End-of-Life University Podcast, which features conversations with Experts who work in all aspects of end-of-life care. She is widely regarded as a thought-leader in the effort to transform the way we care for our dying in the U.S. In addition, she is valued for her application of spiritual principles to illness and healthcare and teaches that in order to live life fully we must each overcome our fear of death and embrace the difficulties that life brings us.

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Ep. 552 Drummer Girl: How A Child’s Near-Death Experience Changed Her Life &Raquo; Podcastlogonew 2332122890 1623989031686
Ep. 552 Drummer Girl: How a Child’s Near-Death Experience Changed Her Life

Learn how a childhood near-death experience sparked a lifelong search for spiritual meaning in life and death. About the guest: My guest Sally Dukes has been a small business owner, psychotherapist, e…

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Learn how a childhood near-death experience sparked a lifelong search for spiritual meaning in life and death. About the guest: My guest Sally Dukes has been a small business owner, psychotherapist, editor, and middle school teacher and she is also the author of a newly published memoir titled drummer girl: A Story of Life After… Continue reading Ep. 552 Drummer Girl: How a Child’s Near-Death Experience Changed Her Life

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Ep. 551 Spiritual Bypassing And Complicated Grief With Dr. Terri Daniel &Raquo; Podcastlogonew 2332122890 1623989031686
Ep. 551 Spiritual Bypassing and Complicated Grief with Dr. Terri Daniel

Learn about a symposium on spiritual bypassing in situations of Grief and bereavement and why it’s important to look at this. About the guest: My return guest this week is Dr. Terri Daniel who is an…

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Learn about a symposium on spiritual bypassing in situations of grief and bereavement and why it’s important to look at this. About the guest: My return guest this week is Dr. Terri Daniel who is an end-of-life educator, inter-spiritual hospice chaplain, and grief counselor. She is the founder of the Conference on Death, Grief and… Continue reading Ep. 551 Spiritual Bypassing and Complicated Grief with Dr. Terri Daniel

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Ep. 547 When We Die Talks: Facing The Fear Of Death With Zach Ancell &Raquo; Podcastlogonew 2332122890 1623989031686
Ep. 547 When We Die Talks: Facing the Fear of Death with Zach Ancell

Learn how asking “What do you think happens when we die?” helped this podcast host deal with death Anxiety. My guest Zach Ancell is the creator of When We Die Talks, a project around on…

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Learn how asking “What do you think happens when we die?” helped this podcast host deal with death anxiety. My guest Zach Ancell is the creator of When We Die Talks, a project around one question asked to anonymous callers: “What do you believe happens when we die?” He airs these fascinating conversations as a podcast that explores death, meaning, fear, grief, and how mortality shapes the way we live. Zach invites people to “leave a voicemail and share a belief, a question, or a moment you can’t shake about death: 971-328-0864.” Learn more at the website: whenwediet…

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Ep. 546 The Love List Of A Lifetime: Uplifting End-Of-Life Planning With Sherry Richert Belul &Raquo; Podcastlogonew 2332122890 1623989031686
Ep. 546 The Love List of a Lifetime: Uplifting End-of-Life Planning with Sherry Richert Belul

Learn about an end-of-life planner that helps people share joy and Love as they prepare for their later days. My guest Sherry Richert Belul is the founder of Simply Celebrate and author of The …

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Learn about an end-of-life planner that helps people share joy and love as they prepare for their later days. My guest Sherry Richert Belul is the founder of Simply Celebrate and author of The Love List of a Lifetime. She helps people discover creative, heartfelt ways to celebrate life, deepen connection, and express love–while also guiding people to plan for the end-of-life. She is a workshop leader and speaker who emphasizes loving out loud and making moments that matter. Her end-of-life planner The Love List of a Lifetime helps people organize what matters most, share their love, a…

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Ep. 545 Organ Donation And Extraordinary Conversations At The End Of Life With Toby Campbell Md &Raquo; Podcastlogonew 2332122890 1623989031686
Ep. 545 Organ Donation and Extraordinary Conversations at the End of Life with Toby Campbell MD

Learn about organ donation at the end of life and how to have conversations about it and other difficult topics. My guest Dr. Toby Campbell is a Professor of Medicine, Thoracic Oncologist, …

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Learn about organ donation at the end of life and how to have conversations about it and other difficult topics. My guest Dr. Toby Campbell is a Professor of Medicine, Thoracic Oncologist, and Palliative Care Physician who is also a writer and podcaster. He is currently writing A Doctor’s Guide to Hard Conversations and created the Extraordinary Conversations Podcast, which explores the pivotal discussions that arise around organ donation and transplantation–and event at the end of one life that helps prolong another life. He discusses these challenging conversations and how the…

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Ep. 544 The Queer Grief Club And Inclusive End-Of-Life Care With Jamie Thrower &Raquo; Podcastlogonew 2332122890 1623989031686
Ep. 544 The Queer Grief Club and Inclusive End-of-Life Care with Jamie Thrower

Learn how to better serve the needs of the LGBTQ+ community in grief and at the end of life. My guest Jamie Thrower is a queer death doula, end-of-life educator and community grief tender s…

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Learn how to better serve the needs of the LGBTQ+ community in grief and at the end of life. My guest Jamie Thrower is a queer death doula, end-of-life educator and community grief tender serving the LGBTQ+ community in life and in death. She is the founder of Queer Grief Club and the co-creator of The Dementia Deck. We discuss how to offer more inclusive services in our end-of-life care and grief support spaces. Learn more at Jamie’s website: jamiethrower.com Watch on YouTube Listen here: This episode includes: Jamie’s story of becoming parentless at age 28 …

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Ep. 543 A Hospice Musical To Teach About Life’s Grief And Joy With Benjamin Kintisch &Raquo; Podcastlogonew 2332122890 1623989031686
Ep. 543 A Hospice Musical to Teach About Life’s Grief and Joy with Benjamin Kintisch

Learn how to experience and support a fantastic musical comedy about hospice care, grief, and finding meaning in life. My return guest Benjamin Kintisch is a trained chaplain, music teacher…

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Learn how to experience and support a fantastic musical comedy about hospice care, grief, and finding meaning in life. My return guest Benjamin Kintisch is a trained chaplain, music teacher, and Cantor in the Jewish synagogue. He is the creator, lyricist and playwright of “Life Review: The Hospice Musical,” a musical comedy that focuses on the lessons a young rabbi learns when he is assigned to be a chaplain for patients in a residential hospice. Ben discusses the upcoming full performance of the musical and album recording on May 9th and the real life origin of the stories and …

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Ep. 543 A Hospice Musical To Teach About Life’s Grief And Joy With Benjamin Kintisch &Raquo; Podcastlogonew 2332122890 1623989031686
Ep. 543 A Hospice Musical to Teach About Life’s Grief and Joy with Benjamin Kintisch

Learn how to experience and support a fantastic musical comedy about hospice care, grief, and finding meaning in life. My return guest Benjamin Kintisch is a trained chaplain, music teacher…

Learn how to experie…

Learn how to experience and support a fantastic musical comedy about hospice care, grief, and finding meaning in life. My return guest Benjamin Kintisch is a trained chaplain, music teacher, and Cantor in the Jewish synagogue. He is the creator, lyricist and playwright of “Life Review: The Hospice Musical,” a musical comedy that focuses on the lessons a young rabbi learns when he is assigned to be a chaplain for patients in a residential hospice. Ben discusses the upcoming full performance of the musical and album recording on May 9th and the real life origin of the stories and …

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Ep. 541 [Bonus] Kindness Is Contagious And We Need It Now More Than Ever (From What Really Matters Podcast) &Raquo; Podcastlogonew 2332122890 1623989031686
Ep. 541 [BONUS] Kindness is Contagious and We Need it Now More Than Ever (from What Really Matters Podcast)

This Bonus post is a cross-over episode from the What Really Matters Podcast. In this episode I’m sharing research by Dr. Jonathan Haidt that demonstrates the ripple effects transmitted …

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This Bonus post is a cross-over episode from the What Really Matters Podcast. In this episode I’m sharing research by Dr. Jonathan Haidt that demonstrates the ripple effects transmitted from each and every act of kindness. When other people see us being kind it changes them. And this moment in time–when people are feeling overwhelmed, polarized, frightened, and uncertain–is exactly when kindness is needed.  "Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing." from the poem Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye This epi…

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