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When you hear the word “doula,” you probably think of someone who assists another person through the child-birthing experience. But you may not know that doulas also assist people through other massive transitions, including at the end of life. The term “death doula” may not be one you’ve heard before, but it’s a growing profession. Death doulas are not providers of medical care—they’re different from doctors or nurses. They assist in important non-medical ways, from listening, to helping people connect with their priorities and values, to offering emotional support both for a dying person and also, perhaps, for their family. In this episode, we discuss what exactly a death a doula is, what they do, and how we might benefit from thinking in deeper ways about our own mortality, even if we’re far from the end of our lives. Host David B. Feldman speaks with Francesca Lynn Arnoldy, community doula, death literacy advocate, and author of three books, including The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey.

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According to a recent survey, 30% of couples report arguing at least once a week, 28% report arguing once month or multiple times a month, and 32% report arguing once or multiple times per year. Add those numbers up, and you get almost everybody! People disagree, even those who love each other a lot. Yet, according to research, it’s not necessarily the existence of conflicts themselves that lead to relationships ending, but rather how those conflicts are managed. But, that’s the trick: How exactly do we manage conflicts in our relationships in a healthy way? Host David B. Feldman speaks with Lisa Gray, couples therapist and author of the book, Healthy Conflict, Happy Couple: How to Let Go of Blame and Grow Stronger Together.

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Most likely you’ve heard of ChatGPT. But, you may not know that AI is also being applied in significant ways to healthcare: from smartphone apps, to systems that might eventually be able to offer us healthcare advice without waiting to talk to a doctor, to research applications like drug development. In this episode, we talk with someone whose career has been at the crossroads of medicine and technology for decades. We ask him what healthcare might look like in the future and discuss the promise of AI as well as some of the caution that’s worth observing. Host David B. Feldman speaks with Dr. Mark Braunstein, Emeritus Professor of Practice at Georgia Tech and Visiting Scientist at the Australian E-Health Research Centre.

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A program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts in the fields of both traditional and non-traditional health, with Dr. Lenoir and Rona Renner, RN.

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A program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts in the fields of both traditional and non-traditional health, with Dr. Lenoir and Rona Renner, RN.

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Everyone knows what physicians do. We go to them when we’re sick, they examine us and prescribe a treatment. In this case, we’re the patient. But what happens when the patient isn’t a single individual, but a community, a society, a nation, or perhaps even the world? What happens when the healing that most needs to occur is at the level of the system? That’s where the practice of public health comes in. In this episode, we discuss what public health is, why it’s important, and we zoom in on a few public health issues that are particularly pressing at the moment, including our ailing healthcare system, the dangers of racial disparities in health and healthcare, and the looming effects of social media on youth mental health. Host David B. Feldman speaks with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, physician, epidemiologist, host of the “America Dissected” podcast, and author of three books, including Healing Politics: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Our Political Epidemic.

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