Listen to a personal and intimate conversation about suicide death and how to cope with the aftermath as a survivor. My guest Sarah Neustadter PhD was studying psychology in graduate school when her boyfriend, a fellow student in the program, chose to end his life. Ten years later she has written a book to guide… Continue reading Ep. 205 Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One with Sarah Neustadter PhD

Learn about a popular new card game that helps people open up about death and have fun while they’re doing it. My guests are hospice social worker Lisa Pahl and writer Lori LoCicero. They will share with us how they met and teamed up to create the fun new card game: The Death Deck. Learn… Continue reading Ep. 204 The Death Deck: Making it Fun to Talk About Death with Lisa Pahl, LCSW and Lori LoCicero

Learn how one woman managed to change resuscitation protocols for emergency responders to decrease the incidence of unwanted CPR. My guest Fran Myers is a healthcare consultant and the founder of the Center for Advance Care Planning. She will share how she investigated protocols for CPR that guide EMS first responders and discovered that they… Continue reading Ep. 203 Do Not Resuscitate: Changing the Culture Around the DNR Order with Frances Myers

Learn some techniques and tools for having a more effective and productive conversation about end-of-life issues. In this solo episode I’ll share some great information I’ve been learning recently about the skills necessary to have difficult conversations with the people we love. I hope this will be helpful to you too. You can download a… Continue reading Ep. 202 Conversation Skills You Need for a Successful End-of-Life Discussion

Learn about the power of touch to bring comfort and dignity to patients at the end of life. My guest Elizabeth Erbrecht is a massage therapist and end-of-life doula who specializes in touch and massage for the dying. We’ll talk about the importance of touch for all of us and especially for patients at the… Continue reading Ep. 201 Nurturing Touch as a Tool for Care of Hospice Patients with Elizabeth Erbrecht

Find out my insights and lessons learned after completing 200 episodes of this podcast. I’m excited to have reached this milestone of 200 episodes of the podcast! Today I’ll look back at some of the interviews I’ve done and share my “take-aways” so far. Here’s hoping for 200 more episodes. Thank you for your support… Continue reading Ep. 200 What I’ve Learned from 200 Episodes of the EOLU Podcast

Learn how a training program for end-of-life doulas is preparing a wide variety of students to care for their loved ones with compassion and heart. My guest Francesca Arnoldy has trained as both a birth and death doula and continues to guide clients through these passages at the beginning and end of life. She is… Continue reading Ep. 199 The Wisdom of the Heart: Compassionate Care Training for EOL Doulas with Francesca Arnoldy

Learn about “post-traumatic growth” and how it is possible to thrive after experiencing loss and grief. My guest Sherry Cormier is a licensed psychologist and certified bereavement trauma specialist. She will share with us her personal encounters with loss and grief and how over the years she has managed to grow through her pain. We… Continue reading Ep. 198 Grief and Post-Traumatic Growth: Finding Wholeness After Loss with Sherry Cormier PhD

Learn how to use grief and loss to build bridges with others. In this solo episode I talk about one of the key Mortal Wisdom lessons I’ve learned; everyone is grieving over something and grief can be a factor that unites us. This message is essential today as we face polarization and divisiveness that threaten… Continue reading Ep. 197 How Grief Unites Us to Stand Together in Love

Learn how death doula training helped this physician find more meaning and fulfillment in her end-of-life medical practice. My guest Dr. Jackie Yeager is a hospice and palliative care physician who has also trained as a death doula in order to provide the best possible care to her patients. She discusses her passion for slow… Continue reading Ep. 196 The Doctor Who Became a Doula to Improve End-of-Life Care with Jackie Yeager MD