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Richard Brendan’s special guest is linguist, educator, and poet Lisa Smartt, MA, who will share insights from her book, WORDS at the THRESHOLD: What We Say As We’re Nearing Death. In this groundbreaking and insightful book, Smartt shows how the language of the dying can point the way to a transcendent world beyond our own.

For more information, visit www.finalwordsproject.org

Richard Brendan celebrates 17 years hosting his radio show, The Richard Brendan Show: Bringing Love to Life (airing Sunday on 88.7 fm, WICR in Central Indiana). The first interview, with John Robbins, aired on April 2nd, 2002. Over the 17 years since then Richard has done close to 780 interviews!

As someone walking a spiritual path, Richard has always said that his sanctuaries have been nature, and his radio studio. So how does he celebrate 17 years? By re-releasing a Richard Brendan Show interview here on his Dying to Live podcast.

Going through the archives Richard found an interview from 2014 with the great Marc Bekoff, in which they discuss Marc’s book, Rewilding Our Hearts. What Marc shared then, concerning the environment and climate change, is perhaps even more timely in 2019.  Inspirational and informative!

Visit Marc online at www.marcbekoff.com

In this Dying to Live episode, Richard Brendan discusses why the awareness of death is the secret of life. For those desiring inner transformation, love calls you to make death your constant companion. The awareness of death helps you heal old wounds, refine your purpose, and lead a fearless, authentic life. Becoming more aware of death is perhaps the most powerful way to rewire your brain for greater inner peace and joy.

Richard Brendan’s guest is bestselling author and internationally known grief expert David Kessler. David shares insights from his book, Visions, Trips and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die. David’s work has been featured on CNN, NBC, FOX, PBS, and he is a contributing writer for Oprah.com and Anderson Cooper 360.

Visit David Kessler online at www.grief.com

On this week’s episode Richard Brendan’s guest Andrew Harvey will be sharing from his new book, Turn Me To Gold: 108 Poems of Kabir. Andrew is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, and teacher. He has devoted much of his life to studying the world’s traditions, including intensive study of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sufi mysticism.

Visit Andrew Harvey online at www.andrewharvey.net

This week’s Dying to Live podcast episode features Richard Brendan’s interview with Christina Rasmussen, internationally recognized grief educator and author of Where Did You Go?: A Life-Changing Journey to Connect with Those We’ve Lost.

“When a loved one dies, we can open a door between this world and the next. It only closes when we don’t look for it, and when we don’t believe it’s there. When we walk through this door, we go on a journey to an invisible place.” – Christina Rasmussen

Be sure to visit Christina’s website at www.christinarasmussen.com.

This week on the Dying to Live podcast, Richard Brendan’s special guest is Mirabai Bush, coauthor with Ram Dass of the book, Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying.

Mirabai is the founder and director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, and developed the “Search Inside Yourself” program at Google. She is also coauthor, with Ram Dass, of another book, Compassion in Action.

Be sure to visit Mirabai’s website, mirabaibush.com/.

Richard’s special guest on this podcast episode is Miranda Macpherson. She is a spiritual teacher and founder of OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation in London, where she has trained and ordained over 600 ministers. She is the author of Boundless Love: Transforming Your Life with Grace and Inspiration, and will be discussing her latest book, The Way of Grace: The Transforming Power of Ego Relaxation. Her recording Meditations on Boundless Love is available as an audio book and on CD.

Miranda is one of Richard’s favorite non-duality teachers, and her new book is highly recommend!

Learn more on Miranda’s website, mirandamacpherson.com.