September 22, 2025

Ep. 519 Dying to Live: How Death Gives Meaning to Life with Andy Chaleff

1 hour 8 minutes

Learn about a beautiful memoir that teaches readers how to contemplate death in order to find meaning in life.

My guest Andy Chaleff is an award-winning author, speaker, and mentor whose work explores the intersection of grief, love, and transformation. He facilitates deeply personal conversations and workshops that help people navigate life’s most challenging transitions. He is the author of 4 books including his recent memoir titled Dying to Live: Finding Life’s Meaning Through Death. He shares his insights about making peace with death and how it has shaped his life. Learn more at his website:

andychaleff.com

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This episode includes:

What inspired Andy to write the book

How our view of death changes over the arc of life

Why we need to have a lot of pain resolved within ourselves in order to show up for another person

The “little deaths” of life as a training ground for grief

Our need to make peace with death

The dual meanings of “dying to live” and why he chose it as a title for the book

The value of presence at the end of life

Why navigating mistakes makes them even more beautiful

The value of writing Last Letters to people we love

the power of forgiveness

Links mentioned in this episode:

Presentation for The Scientific and Medical Network- Register here

Pre-launch for Wild and Holy on Kickstarter

My latest post on Substack: Reimagining Our Stories with AI

What Really Matters Podcast: Healing Grief to Heal the Heart

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Conversations on Death with ChatGPT – Audiobook here; Print Book here

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