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Laura West is a Registered Nurse, energy healer, psychic medium, author, and podcast host dedicated to both the sciences and spirituality. 

She hosts her own podcast called A Guided Life and authored her book titled Guided. 

She is dedicated to spreading the word of love and teaching others how to communicate with their spirit guides through intuition.

Growing up Laura did not experience a lot of death, her Grandmother died when she was a teenager and Laura shares what she thinks her parents did correctly surrounding the illness and death.

Her experiences with grief are not as different than the rest of us even though she is a psychic medium but after her Grandmother died and she visited in her dreams, Laura had the confirmation needed to accept her gifts as a medium.

The time that Laura felt the most grief was after her dog died, and in our culture there can be a lot of shame connected to greiving pets, but she shares with us her experience. 

Jill also shares why she sometimes feels she doesn’t grieve “properly”.

In the episode, we mention when I was a guest on Laura’s podcast as well as an episode she did about processing anxiety after being spiritually awakened.  There is a link in the timestamps to both of those episodes if you would like to listen to them. 

Thank you so much for joining us. 

Find out more about Laura at https://linktr.ee/guidedwest

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In this episode, my guest is Patrick Linfante.

Patrick Linfante has experienced more valleys and mountaintops than most people – transforming from a broken man to an Ironman. 

He uses his experience to give listeners a vision for creating their own path to their dreams, their own vision, and to recapturing the dream of their life.

Patrick should have died in a car accident 12 years ago.  

After that experience, he devoted his life to sharing his story to help people not feel so alone.  

He has found that being vulnerable helps others to be vulnerable, which bridges the gap between us.  

Patrick shares some details about the accident and the long road to recovery, which was more mental than physical.  

He has taken this experience and realizing that he has a second chance, he can use it to help people and he has dedicated his life to being in service to others. 

“I want to know what I can do with this life. I want to know what a second chance can be. I wanna know how much I can use and try to counteract and offset that feeling of, I don't deserve this by, okay, I have gotten this chance, so what can I do with it?”

This is a really wonderful episode about healing and transformation.  

You can go to the timestamps or the transcript to skip or find certain sections of the podcast.

You can reach Patrick through his website www.patricklinfante.com

Or on social media. 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/patricklinfante

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/patricklinfante

Instagram: www.instagram.com/thepatrickperspective

Thank you so much for joining us. 

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Welcome back to Seeing Death Clearly. I'm your host, Jill McClennen, a death doula and end-of-life coach.

In this episode, I talk with Danikah Rose 

Danikah is a poet, a singer-songwriter, a mother, and a lover. She does business consulting and strategy and uses her intuition to help guide her clients. Danikah is also a psychic medium of 13 years and has a strong connection with people who have passed on.

Her business name is Danikah Rose Creative, and you can find her on all the platforms.

Danikah Rose Naweli | Facebook 

Danikah Intuitive Business Strategy & Authentic Marketing (@danikahrosecreative) 

Our conversation gets into some really touchy subjects, you can check the time stamps to see if there are any parts you may want to skip, and there is a transcript of the full episode as well.

We talk about suicide and abortion, and this is partially a trigger warning but also a reminder that these are really deep topics that we share some of our thoughts and opinions but what is shared is by no means a complete explanation of what either of us believes about these topics. 

Over time you will hear more about my beliefs, I have already had a few conversations with people about suicide, but one thing about me is that I am always learning and changing, so my beliefs around these topics have changed and will continue to change over time.  

We also talk a bit about miscarriage and stillbirth, so if any of these subjects are sensitive to you, there are timestamps for you to be able to skip the sections you do not want to hear.

I would love for you to send me a message and let me know what you think about this episode, your beliefs about the topics we discuss, and if we gave you some new ways to view things.  

Thank you so much for joining us. 

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Welcome back to Seeing Death Clearly. I'm your host, Jill McClennen, a death doula and end-of-life coach.

In this episode, I talk with my friend Beth McMillian.

Beth McMillan is the forever winner of “2 Truths and A Lie”. She loves her boring job at the coolest place on earth and belongs to one cat. She has 2 kids, a mortgage, and is a Real AdultⓇ  about 42% of the time. 

Seeing Death Clearly is a show that challenges you to think about your beliefs about death, dying, grief, and living life.

Today’s episode covers a lot of ground over all of those topics including do animals have an awareness of death as humans do.

Beth shares with us what it was like growing up Jewish in the South.

Trigger warning that there is a bit of cursing in this episode, as well as a story of going through a reenactment of the Holocaust when Beth was in a teenage youth group. 

You can go to the timestamps to skip that part if you would like.  

Beth talks about two of her favorite books, here are the links to the books.

https://www.amazon.com/Stiff-Curious-Lives-Human-Cadavers/dp/0393324826

https://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Gets-Your-Eyes-Crematory/dp/0393351904

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In today's episode, I'm talking with Erin Hodgson. 

I love talking with Erin, I was a guest on the podcast she cohosts and our conversation always flows so naturally. You can find a link to that episode here. 

Erin and I talk about having tough conversations with children as well as how to work with our grief in a way that we can access it without it overwhelming us.

Erin is a psychic medium and intuitive healer who specializes in working with grief.

Erin has a long personal history with grief, both her own and that of those around her.

Through her healing journey, she has learned that grief is something we must learn to live with, move with, and find peace with.

Erin is a passionate advocate for openly acknowledging our grief, collectively and as individuals.

Since discovering her psychic medium gifts in her late 30's, Erin has found that her capacity to hold space for the women she works with is deeply enhanced through having a foot in each world, the human and the spiritual.

She uses several modalities and tools to provide a safe, compassionate, and loving space for women to grieve and heal.

Erin is a Co-Founder at Awakening the Wise Woman, they help women to believe they are enough so they can tap into their potential, be more present, and engage with life more fully.

Awakening the Wise Woman works with women who are fed up with staying stuck and small and are ready to say YES to change through leadership coaching and 1:1 grief support. 

If you would like to learn more about how you can work with me on your end-of-life or grief journey, you can head to my website where you will find a link to book a complimentary 30-minute call.

You can also visit Awakening the Wise Woman’s website to learn more about how you can work with Erin.  

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“We empower women to be bolder, braver, and bigger in all aspects of their lives.”

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In episode 9 of Seeing Death Clearly, my guest is Mary McMonagle.  

Mary is your healing hype girl guiding you to live a purposeful life through her spiritual lifestyle brand True Vibe. 

She is a reiki master teaching students to heal, transform and understand their life's purpose from a vibrational level. Also, she is a certified quantum life and energy coach.

Her brand True Vibe is about following your heart and staying true to yourself.

She believes healing doesn't happen overnight. Mary guides her clients to embody trust and confidence - trusting themselves and feeling confident living their purpose.

Mary specifically works with women who want to heal parts of themselves so they can attract their soulmate.

When you are really seeking love and you are getting ready to put yourself out there, it all comes down to healing beliefs that you have created over the years around your confidence, your self-love, and around trusting yourself.

“Our beliefs that are so ingrained in us from childhood, they were put there by our parents, by the society around us, whether it's our schools, our religions, and where we grow up. They stay with us and it really affects the way that we move through life. With my work with people around the end of life, we need to shift what we believe in order to meet the experiences that we're gonna have.”

This episode is a little different, we recorded it in two parts. 

When I first spoke with Mary, her father was on hospice and we recorded an additional quick episode after her father died, so be sure to listen to the entire interview.  

The break in recordings happens around the 38-minute mark, you can find the break in the chapters as well if you would like to jump there easily.

This is a really beautiful episode where we talk about healing as well as death and grief. 

As with all of my conversations on the podcast, I hope it challenges you to think about your experiences and beliefs about death, dying, and grief.  

Please subscribe to Seeing Death Clearly to hear more stories about people’s experiences around death, dying, grief, and living life. 

You can find Mary at the links below, and be sure to check out the freebie she talks about in the episode. 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/marymc4 

Mary's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/mary-mcmonagle9

Upgrade Your Energy Freebie: https://mary-mcmonagle.mykajabi.com/offers/DLVUd92k/checkout

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In episode 8 of Seeing Death Clearly, my guest today is Kelly Hayler.

Kelly is a trained End of Life Doula based in New York City with a deep understanding and respect that everyone brings their own fears, beliefs, and experiences to the topic of death and dying. 

Her background is in project management which means she knows how to get organized and address your needs as quickly as possible. She is here to assist with your questions and navigate the path forward by talking about what you want, and what your options are and helping to prepare you for this phase of your life. 

Kelly and I talk about her work as a death doula in New York City and her work with the LGBTQIA+ community.

Kelly was never afraid of death but in our culture today, we have made death so clinical and gotten away from community support. 
 

We talked about how she had a similar experience to me during her training to become a death doula. 
 

I found through first-hand experience that the more I came to terms with my thoughts and feelings about death and dying, the more present I became in my everyday life.

Kelly and I hope to share that with you too in this episode, how you can live a better life by having a healthier relationship with death and dying. 
 

She shares about the death of a good friend and the experience they both had while Kelly supported her through her illness and the end-of-life process.

Our conversation also centers around grief, all types of grief, not just for the death of a loved one.

“Grief is about loss but doesn't mean it has to be about death only. It's about loss, we don't give ourselves a society enough kindness and gentleness around what it means to end a relationship or have to say this is not a healthy exchange, and I need to separate myself from that. You're coming from a place of feeling wounded or knowing that something wasn't healthy for you. There's still loss around that. You have to grieve that even if it was your choice or not.” 

You can find Kelly at https://deathdoulanewyork.com/
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In episode 7 of Seeing Death Clearly, my guest today is Fiona Pimentel.

Fiona grew up in the UK but lives in the Cayman Islands and has for the last 21 years.  

Fiona and I talk about her experiences with death and dying, focusing on the death of her sister and her mother within a few weeks of each other.  

It is an interesting story, she shares how things lined up in a way that almost felt like they were meant to be that way and how it allowed her to be with her mother for the last few weeks of her life.

“I sat by my mom’s bedside for a week and just kind of stroked her arms and put moisturizer on her skin. They teach you to put a drop of water on the person's tongue because they can't drink. I would say things like, I love you and stuff like that.”

We talk a lot about grief, how the body will process grief in unusual ways sometimes, and how most of us do not take the time to consciously process our grief. 

“My Dad was kind of in a process of dying for two years. I didn't really grieve him that much until one day I was dancing and all of a sudden all this grief came out. It was the dance, it was the movement that brought it out.”

Fiona works with women who feel that they have a sense of purpose to help them to grow their confidence and to get clarity around what they need to do, to be more courageous in stepping out and doing the thing they feel called to do. 

The work goes so well with the lessons we have learned from people that are near death, and the regrets that they have around not chasing after their dreams because of fear.  

As with all of my conversations on the podcast, I hope it challenges you to think about your experiences and beliefs about death, dying, and grief.  

You can find Fiona on Facebook.

https://www.seaorchardretreat.com/orchard-coaching-retreats/ 

She also has a Facebook group you may be interested in joining. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/calledtocourage

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In today’s episode, I talk with my friend Brion about his experiences growing up as a Black man in America.  

The experiences he shares do not represent how all Black men grow up in the United States, but it is his experience growing up in Trenton NJ.

It started with the death of his grandfather when he was 8 years old, and not understanding what he was feeling and how to process the grief.

Brion is a follower of Islam and he shares with us the beliefs that he has about death and dying according to his faith.

I share some of what I have observed about death and grief in the black community from my experiences with my friends, coworkers, and students.  

This is by no means an expert opinion on the matter, only two friends having a conversation about our experiences.

As with all of my episodes, the conversation will challenge your thoughts and beliefs about death, dying, grief, and living life.  Please listen with an open mind.

A quick warning that we do talk about gun violence and suicide in this episode, there are no graphic details and you can look to the time stamps if you would like to skip those parts of our conversation.   

Brion shares about gun violence in his community including the death of two of his friends.

Together we share our experience around the death of my coworker and his teacher Chef Jonathan. Both of us felt his loss deeply but in different ways. 

I have also added a full transcript of this conversation if you want to read it after listening.  

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In today’s episode, I am talking with Bex Feltmann. 

Bex of Helper B LLC Holistic Healing Support is a former western medicine nurse of over 15 years with experience as an ER nurse and OR First Assistant who has adopted a more holistic approach as a provider. 

She is a practicing holistic health and well-being astrologer and a Certified Provider of Compassionate Bereavement Care® offering empowering client-centered care through all of life’s transitions. 

Her work is rooted in self-awareness and self-acceptance which supports her clients in living a more authentic approach to life.

In this episode, we also talk about her great experience with the death of her Grandmother.

Bex believes that death and grief are sacred experiences and she shares with us why she believes so.

Trigger warning: Bex and I talk about our slightly unconventional ideas about suicide, there are no graphic details but I didn’t want it to be a surprise.  

I encourage you to listen to this episode with an open mind.

If this subject is a trigger for you please skip the episode or use the time stamps to skip the parts you don’t want to hear.  

If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 in the US, you will be connected to trained counselors that will listen, understand how your problems are affecting you, provide support, and connect you to resources if necessary.

Bex's website is www.HelperB.com

You can also find her at https://www.instagram.com/helperBhealing/ and 

https://www.facebook.com/helperbhealing

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