Ep. 503 Taboo Education: Changing the Way We Talk About Death with Samantha Waite
Ep. 503 Taboo Education: Changing the Way We Talk About Death with Samantha Waitekwyattmd1:04:18
Learn about breaking taboos around talking about death through a unique death education program in Australia.
My guest Samantha Waite is the quirky founding director of Taboo Education who works with individuals and groups in local, national (Australia) and international communities to resolve our taboo and confusion in talking about death. She is a long-time performing arts enthusiast as well as a trained counselor and youth worker with training in thanatology, psychotherapy and public Health. She discusses some of the cultural differences around death and Dying between the US and Australia and what Australia is doing right in terms of end-of-life care. Learn more at her website:
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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.
