Conversations on Death

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. Dr. Wyatt also hosts the End-of-Life University Podcast, which features conversations with experts who work in all aspects of end-of-life care.

In this episode, we talked about her journey into becoming a hospice doctor, common regrets of the dying, why she decided to write her book, the seven lessons learned from the dying patients she worked with, her podcast, and her upcoming book. 

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Connect with Karen!

Website: www.eoluniversity.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/eoluniversity/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/spiritualmd
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kwyattmd/
Books: www.7lessonsbook.com

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Dr. Joshua Black is a grief researcher, speaker, author, consultant, online course instructor, and host of the Grief Dreams Podcast. He has focused all of his MA and PhD research (in psychology) on investigating dreams in bereavement (also known as grief dreams) and continuing bonds from many types of loss (including prenatal loss and pet loss). Most of his academic research and publications have specifically been on dreams of the deceased. Dr. Black is considered one of the world’s leading academic experts in grief dreams.

We spoke about his experience with grief dreams, how he got into this research, common characteristics of grief dreams and their purpose, dream re-scripting, grief dreams in popular culture, and so much more!

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Websites: www.griefdreams.ca
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/griefdreams/
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Jessica Wertz is a ceramic artist and the founder of Spirit Vessel. Spirit Vessel provides the tools to create personalized celebration of life ceremonies - whether you're pre-planning your own ceremony, having a living memorial ceremony, or a memorial service in the comfort of your home or via webcasting services. It aims to restore the use of intimate ceremony around death by creating a guideline for meaningful connection through interaction.

Jessica’s intention is to help individuals and families create a sacred space that honors our loved one’s lives while helping those who are left to grieve. We discussed all aspects of the interconnectivity between grief and ritual/ceremony. Hope you guys enjoy this lovely conversation!

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Connect with Jessica!

Websites: www.spiritvessel.com ; www.spiritletters.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/my.spiritvessel/
 
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In today's episode, I spoke to Dr. Christopher Kerr, who is a hospice physician and an end-of-life researcher about end-of-life dreams and visions. These dreams and visions are significant, subjective experiences within the dying process that occur while asleep or awake. They can happen hours, weeks, or even months before a person passes and may increase in frequency as patients approach death. 

To date, he and his research team at Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo have published multiple studies on this topic and documented over 1,500 end-of-life events, many of which are videotaped. Although medically ignored, these near-universal experiences often provide comfort and meaning, as well as insight into the life led and the death anticipated.

Hope you guys enjoy the episode!

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Connect with Dr. Kerr!

Website: https://www.drchristopherkerr.com/
Book: Death is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life's End
TED Talk: I See Dead People: Dreams and Visions of the Dying 
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Dr. Bruce Greyson is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the UVA School of Medicine. He served on the medical school faculty at the Universities of Michigan, Connecticut, and Virginia. He was a co-founder and President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, and Editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies. Most recently, he penned AFTER based on nearly five decades of research about near-death experiences (NDEs).

In this week's episode, we look at NDEs through the lens of Dr. Greyson's research - how culture is related to each experience, skeptics' criticisms (lack of oxygen, drugs, electrical activity in the brain, DMT release at the moment of death, mental illness, etc.), how NDEs affect people's lives after their encounter, and what NDEs can teach us about living.

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Connect with Bruce!

Website: https://www.brucegreyson.com
Book: After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond 

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In this episode, I speak to Christina Andreola, founder of New Narrative Memorials, about virtual funerals - how the industry is booming, her experience as an event planner, horror stories, and about families she has helped. Christina also shares some of her favorite resources and people in the death-care space.

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Connect with Christina!

Website: https://www.newnarrative.ca/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newnarrativememorials/
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Tiffany Hopkins began studying mediumship after moving into her great-great grandmother's cottage in Lily Dale, which is the world's largest community of Spiritualists. Spiritualism is a religious movement that began in the 19th century based on the belief that the spirits of the dead exist and we can communicate with them.
 
In today's episode, Tiffany takes us on a historical journey beginning with how the movement was started and ending with modern-day spiritualist churches and communities. If you're interested in history and/or mediumship, this episode is for you!
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Connect with Tiffany!

Website: https://www.nobox.us/unseen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unknowitall/
Circle: https://nobox.as.me/circle
Spiritualist Book Club: https://www.nobox.us/mediumship-events/spiritualist-book-club-february
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/ms-piff
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In today's episode I speak to Christina Pratt, who is a practicing shaman. She's also the author of the two volume Encyclopedia of Shamanism, runs The Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing, and is the host of the Why Shamanism Now Podcast. 

She is pioneering new shamanic techniques to deal with the illnesses of our times. Her current focus is on the healing of our ancestral lines to release the growing burden on the living of the unresolved energies of the dead and the initiation of our young into spiritual adulthood.

We talked about her journey, shamanism, soul loss, soul retrieval, reincarnation, being stuck as a ghost, and so much more! Enjoy!

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Website: https://lastmaskcenter.org/
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Tina “Kat” Courtney, The AfterLife Coach, is a traditionally trained Ayahuasquera + Huachumera and plant medicine guide. She works as a psychedelics integration coach, helping people make sense of transformative experiences such as doing Ayahuasca. Tune in and learn how Kat helps people prepare for and make sense of altered spaces, spiritual breakdowns, and even death itself (ego death). 

Fascinating conversation looking at death through a completely different lens! Don't miss out! 

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Connect with Kat!

Website: https://www.afterlife.coach/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theafterlifecoach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afterlifecoach

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Megan Carmichael is an independent funeral consultant whose main focus is building awareness around professional deathcare and encouraging others to join this line of work. She is part of the Dive Into Death collective (https://www.diveintodeath.com/) and a co-founder of DeathcareConnect (https://www.deathcareconnect.com).

We spoke about her journey into the deathcare space and her solutions to finding different gaps within the industry. We also talked about her many projects to connect people to resources as well as her ash scattering service. Lastly, we spoke about her kids and loss blog.

Additional resources:

Dive Into Death collective: https://www.diveintodeath.com/
Rocio Navarro: https://www.rocionavarro.org/
Stefanie Elkins: https://www.bepresentcare.com/
Amber Carvaly: https://www.greystokemedia.com/
Jill Schock: https://www.deathdoulala.com/

Writing about kids&loss: https://dailylifeanddeath.substack.com/

DeathcareConnect stories: https://www.deathcareconnect.com/submission-guidelines

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Connect with Megan!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daily.life.death/

Website: https://www.dailylifeanddeath.com/

CalScatter: https://www.calscatter.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/deathcareconnect

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