Can a broken heart be mended? Perhaps if we are talking about takotsubo cardiomyopathy - also called broken heart syndrome - which is stress-induced damage to the heart muscle. Ninety percent of the people with this heart syndrome are post-menopausal women whose symptoms occur after severe emotional or physical stress. Learn about it in this episode: https://bit.ly/4g9Ma8x

In this Episode:
03:04 - Obituaries My My Mother Wrote for Me When I was In My 20's
07:21 - Feeding a Broken Heart:  Chicken Tetrazzini
09:15 - Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTS) -You Really Can Die from a Broken Heart
24:22 - Epitaph by Merrit Maloy
25:41 - Outro

Related Content:

• S4E18: How to Exorcise Depression and Anxiety with Exercise
• S3E37: What Can a Mindfulness Practice Offer You?
• The Tao of Ironing
• S1E23: Support Groups
• S2E16: Big Girls Do Cry
• S3E22: Why Do We Fear Death?
• S1E07: No Mud, No Lotus – What is the New Normal?

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Recovery from the death of a spouse is a lifelong healing process. Each year brings a measure of healing as we move toward being able to reclaim life’s joy. Lori Tucker-Sullivan has been widowed for 14 years and shares her journey as she authored her book, I Can’t Remember If I Cried: Rock Widows on Life, Love, and Legacy. https://bit.ly/40hKe9c

In this Episode:

• 01:31 - Recipe: Maltese Soppa Tal-armla - Widow's Soup
• 04:25 - The Day the Music Died; "I can't remember if I cried, when I read about his widowed bride"
• 06:40 - Interview with Lori Tucker-Sullivan
• 49:03 - "Widowhood is More Than..." excerpt from blog Hope Grows in the Wilderness by Alisha Bozarth
• 53:40 - Outro

Did you know: "The Day the Music Died" is a term that refers to the plane crash that killed rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson on February 3, 1959. The term was popularized by Don McLean's 1971 song, "American Pie", which may have also referred to Buddy Holly's widow, 7 months pregnant. 

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If you are incapable of making medical decisions, who would you want to speak for you? How do you let them know what is important to you in your care?  We discuss the importance of preparation at any age, how to do it, and what resources are available to help. Show notes: https://bit.ly/4iSwqci

In this episode we delve deep into Advance Directives. We often have misconceptions that advance directives are only for older people or people that are dying. But did you know the whole reason they exist were from two young people that had terrible accidents, leaving friends and family members to fight for what they knew they would want? These documents are valid for anyone 18 or older who want to take control of their own bodies.

In this Episode:

• 00:00 - Intro: Five Wishes and Advance Directives
• 01:13 - Ways to Communicate Your Wishes
• 03:44 - Intro: S1E09 Rebroadcast
• 04:41 - St Germain Cocktail
• 06:27 - History of Advance Directives; It Actually Arose from Young People
• 18:43 - How Advance Directives Work
• 24:34 - Healthcare Proxy
• 26:59 - It Doesn't Have to be All or Nothing - Tailor Directives for Situation
• 29:33 - Artificial Food and Fluids - Situations to Think About
• 33:18 - Durable Power of Attorney, Living Will, and Will
• 39:06 - Why Does E1D Have a 3rd Half? 
• 40:08 - Interview-A Daughter's Perspective on an Advance Directive Decision
• 46:45 - How to Protect Yourselves from Scams
• 51:03 - Outro

Bonus: Have you ever wondered why we have a "Third Half" in our episodes? Listen  to the explanation (39:06) and learn its roots in a rugby tradition.

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The expectations we put upon ourselves for a "perfect" holiday can wreak havoc on our stress levels, mood, and relationships. One of the things we can do to take care of ourselves is to get enough rest. Learn 5 tips to help you wind down and improve your sleep.  https://bit.ly/3DB4nhj

We also rebroadcast Season 1 Episode 40, where we discuss Fatigue. This is part 1 of a two-part examination of one of the top complaints for those living with a chronic or terminal illness. Fatigue is defined as: an overwhelming sustained sense of exhaustion and decreased capacity for physical & mental work.

In This Episode:

• 00:30 - Why Holidays Can Be Difficult for Mental and Physical Health
• 00:58 - The Importance of Sleep
• 01:31 - 5 Things You can Do to Wind Down and Get Better Sleep
• 03:44 - Intro: S1E40 Rebroadcast about Causes of Fatigue
• 06:11 - Recipe-Swedish Funeral Glögg
• 10:30 - Fatigue Part 1 - Causes of Fatigue
• 11:34 - Common Causes of Fatigue, Even for "Healthy" People
• 13:02 - Fatigue for Surgery, Chronic or Life-Limiting Illness
• 14:07 - Definition of Fatigue
• 30:44 - People Who Faked their Own Death
• 33:16 - Outro

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 Can multivitamin supplements help prevent memory loss and mental decline in older adults? We share research that shows encouraging results, and why you should start taking a supplement now.  

Learn also all about Alzheimer's disease symptoms, causes, treatments and self-care in our S1E48 rebroadcast. More than 6 million people currently live with Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. 

Get show notes, resource links and more: https://bit.ly/4gzZbc0 

In This Episode:

• 00:00 - Intro; Why You Should Start Taking a Multivitamin Now
• 00:30 - How Multivitamin Supplements May Help Prevent Memory Loss and Mental Decline
• 03:01 - What Multivitamin to Choose?
• 04:03 - Intro to S1E48 Episode on Alzheimer's (First Episode in Series on Dementia)
• 05:15 - Recipe: Pineapple Casserole
• 10:41 -  Dementia causes, and Alzheimer's disease symptoms, causes, treatments and self-care 
• 46:17 - Five Films about Dementia You Need to See
• 45:52 - A Scene from the Film "Still Alice"
• 54:17 - Outro

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When is it time to say goodbye to a pet at end of life? We talk about this agonizing decision in this episode, and give you a quality of life assessment tool in our show notes to help with your decision. Listen to this and more as we also rebroadcast S1E27 about the death of a pet.  https://bit.ly/3BhednU

In this Episode:
00:00 -  How to Decide when it's time to Euthanize a Pet
01:40 - Amy on the Choice to Euthanize Gracie May
03:53 - Intro to S1E27, on the Death of a Pet
05:21 - Southern Comfort Food Classics
14:50 - Charlie Meets Al Pacino on the set of "The Hunters"
24:31 - The Death of a Pet
42:55 - Marley and Me
49:26 - Outro

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Does grief get smaller over time, or do we instead we grow larger around it?

Two years after trauma of the death we typically move into a period of healing and self-correction.  The third year after a death is a time of re-calibrating and rebuilding your body, heart, and brain. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ZshOc5

We previously presented information about grieving and what may be expected during the second year of grief. In this podcast we discuss the third year of grieving the death of a loved one. We bring back Claire Luckey, who has been sharing her journey as a millennial widow who lost her husband to brain cancer 3-1/2 years ago.  Claire talks about the growth she has experienced alongside the fading but recurring pain with remembrances of her husband.

Note that what happens in each year after a death is very individual experience; what we discuss is what may be typically experienced while acknowledging it may not be your experience. 

Be sure to visit our website's "Topics" menu for many more episodes about grief and healing from trauma: https://every1dies.org/category/topics/grief/

In this Episode:
01:54 - How Was Your Thanksgiving?
05:24 - Recipe - Oklahoma Onion Burger
05:56 - Andrew Garfield and Elmo Explain Grief on Sesame Street
08:16 - What to Expect the Third Year of Grief
13:55 - Claire Luckey - Experiencing Growth in the Third Year
55:25 - Outro

#findingmyselfagain #healing #growth #grief #millennialgrief #widow #everyonedies #deathpositive #palliativecare #everydayisagift 

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Falling is more than a bruise to our dignity; it can lead to disability, bone breaks, brain bleeds, loss of independence, and premature deaths. Learn the risks and how to avoid them. https://bit.ly/4eGaYnO

In this Episode:
01:51 - "The Apprentice"
04:15 - Recipe of the Week: Brownie Cookies
06:55 - The Importance of a Will
15:50 - How to Prevent Falls
40:33 - "Fear" - A Poem by Kahlil Gabran
42:30 - Outro
 
Falls are a leading cause of bone breaks and brain injuries for people over age 65 living in the United States, which is more than 14 million elders, or about 1 in 4 who fall each year. According to the CDC, about 37 percent of older people who have fallen have an injury that required medical treatment or activity restrictions. 95 % of hip fractures result from a fall. For older adult falls are common, costly, and preventable. 

We cover several hidden dangers to look for as you age, and also life habits that can bolster your defense against falls.

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Can making good choices extend our healthy life and shorten the dying process at the end?
https://bit.ly/4hReUVp

In this Episode:

• 01:46 - Ready for the Holidays?
• 06:47 - Lore Segal, Émigré Life Novelist, Dies at 96 
• 12:25 - Recipe of the Week: Texas Twinkies
• 14:00 - Making the Most of Life in Old Age
• 24:19 - Outro

Is it a requirement to get sick as we get old? Can we reduce the risk and delay the onset of age-related diseases? While aging is inevitable, can we have healthy aging process with a compressed dying so that we have a sudden death in our old age. One day, we’re going to die. What should that mean for how we live today?

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How does the USA have a declining life expectancy while other developed countries are rising? Researchers feel it is from deaths of despair. Learn what the factors are and how we can help reverse the trend for ourselves and our communities. Show Notes and Resources: https://bit.ly/3Cm4SLI

Americans Die Prematurely More than Twice as Often as Countries with Similar Wealth - Why?
In 2015, life expectancy in the United States, the wealthiest country in the world, fell for the first time in decades.  When compared with similarly wealthy countries, Americans die prematurely more than twice as often. “Deaths as despair” is an explanation given the trend of despair-related mortalities, and evaluated how despair contributes to the rising drug-, alcohol-, and suicide-related deaths among different racial groups.

We talk about the research surrounding this phenomena and what we as a society can do to help reverse the trend for ourselves and others.

In This Episode:

• 02:40 - Celebrating Supercentenarians: Sister André dies at 118
• 04:43 - Recipe of the Week: French Chocolate Truffles
• 06:26 - Why is the USA's Life Expectancy Falling and What Can We Do About It?
• 24:23 - Old Age is a Gift, an Essay by Margaret Berry (at 100 Years!)
• 27:52 - Outro

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