Day delves into the art of creating intentional rituals to navigate life’s transitions, from personal loss to moments of celebration. He shares insights into finding beauty in impermanence and surrender, while our host, Jade Adgate, reflects on her own experiences with death and change. Together, they discuss the power of rituals as a bridge to connection, grounding, and meaning in a fast-paced, disenchanted world. Tune in for an inspiring conversation that combines poetic philosophy with practical tools for honoring life’s cycles.

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A request for help prompted award-winning investigative journalist to reach out to his friend's friend– a woman who had chosen the exact time and date she planned to end her life. What followed evolved into a daily six-month long conversation that examined cultural language, personal agency and the right to die. In this episode, Dowie discusses how his relationship with poet Judith Tannenbaum profoundly changed his life.

Mark Dowie's memoir, Judith Letting Go: Six Months in the World's Smallest Death Cafe is his seventh book. Other titles include: Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples; The Haida Gwaii Lesson: A Strategic Playbook for Indigenous Sovereignty; American Foundations: An Investigative History; Losing Ground: American Environmentalism at the Close of the Twentieth Century;  Waste Land: Meditations on a Ravaged Landscape; and We Have a Donor: The Bold New World of Organ Transplanting. 

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Some readers will begin contemplating mortality and documenting their life, death, and care wishes while their health is stable, perhaps sparked by a notable transition, loss, or another type of awakening. Others might feel motivated due to illness or the aging process. As your guide through this process, I aim to inspire you to acknowledge—and even reclaim—what it means to be mortal because I have experienced the benefits of these efforts personally, and I have witnessed positive outcomes for others. - Francesca Arnoldy.

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"In a world where we have managed to overcome many challenges using technology and medical advances, there are still some difficult things that just won’t go away. We have no cure for death...[and] no workarounds for daunting conversations. Whether we like it or not, sometimes we have to take a deep breath and get into a conversation that we might have preferred to avoid...so getting informed and prepared seems like a good idea." - Dr. Kathryn Mannix. In this episode, Dr. Mannix brings a compelling narrative to life as to why, and how to, enter uncomfortable conversations.

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In this heartfelt episode, children's picture book author of "The End of Something Wonderful: A Practical Guide to a Backyard Funeral" explores the difficult subject of losing a pet or loved one and the importance of saying goodbye with host Jade Adgate, a death midwife.

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If it has to do with death and dying, Barbara Karnes, RN, has been talking about it for over four decades. In addition to the many years she has spent at the bedside caring for patients and their families, she's also served as an executive director of hospice and various home-health agencies, working through the hospice ranks as patient care manager, clinical director, staff, nurse, and volunteer. She's an NHPCO Innovator Award recipient and been featured in The NY Times, USA Today, Huffington Post, Thrive Global & The Washington Post.

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Writer Erica Buist recounts the evolution of her book, This Party's Dead: Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World's Death Festivals for Bevival's podcast host Jade Adgate, founder of The Farewell Library.

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Mary-Frances O'Connor is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry who researches the physical and emotional responses to grief. According to O'Connor, a neuroscientist, grief is an immediate emotional state that knocks you off your feet like a wave. While grieving is a form of adaptive learning over time - a period when the brain is changing and teaching us how to adapt to the absence.

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As a trend journalist, Alix Strauss has always been on the cusp of culture change. After 20 years, her newly reissued book couldn't be more relevant. It's raw and real- replete with tales of sex, death and loneliness. Think Six Feet Under meets Sex in the City.

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In her highly personal, yet universally relatable book, Morris talks openly about loss, debilitating grief, relational healing and the process of writing it all down. 

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