You are preparing for your epitaph right now. What do you want your last words to be? What words do you want to be remembered by? On today's episode, Mitch Albom, along with producer Lisa Goich - and words and wisdom from Mitch's beloved professor, Morrie Schwartz - discuss the importance of living your "last words" every day. It's the words and deeds we practice today, that we will be remembered tomorrow.

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On today's episode of the Tuesday People Podcast, Mitch Albom talks to world-renowned grief expert, David Kessler about grief and his latest book, inspired by the sudden loss of his 21-year-old son, "Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief." In this groundbreaking new work, David Kessler—an expert on grief, and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross of the iconic "On Grief and Grieving"—journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning. Kessler gives readers a roadmap to remembering those who have died with more love than pain; and shows us how to move forward in a way that honors our loved ones. 

For more information on David Kessler, and his work, visit his website at www.grief.com.

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The late Congressman John Lewis spent six decades of his life fighting for civil rights. He never wavered in his beliefs and fought for those rights until the end. As we celebrate his life on this week's Tuesday People Podcast, host Mitch Albom - with inspiration from the voice of his beloved professor, Morrie Schwartz - discusses ways you can make a difference standing up for the things you strongly believe in. One small voice, along with action, is all it takes to make a difference in the world.

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Mitch Albom talks about the many versions of heaven that give us comfort, and how he and Morrie spoke about what comes next, and how it influences us.

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On today's episode of Tuesday People, Mitch Albom - through the wisdom and voice of his beloved professor Morrie Schwartz - discusses silence and the value of silence, and how it leads to an inevitable adjacent activity: listening. It's tough not to listen when you're not talking, because your ears take over. Conversely, it's very easy not to listen when you are talking, because when you are talking, your mind is determined to say what you have to say. Today you'll learn how being a better listener, can lead to a more enriching life. 

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Think about the last time you hugged somebody who wasn't in your home. When was the last time you shook someone's hand? When did you last lean in to give a friend a kiss on the cheek to say goodbye? The current pandemic has changed our lives exponentially, and human touch is, perhaps, one of the hardest things we have had to give up because of this quarantine. On today's episode of the Tuesday People podcast, host Mitch Albom and producer Lisa Goich - with words and wisdom from Mitch's beloved professor Morrie Schwartz - discuss how the lack of human touch is affecting the way we live, love and emotionally survive at a time when touch is needed more than ever.

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On today's episode of the Tuesday People podcast, we will continue last week's discussion on how to be the person you want to be when it seems that everybody is telling you who you ought to be. Twenty-five years ago, when Tuesday People host Mitch Albom was interviewing his beloved professor, Morrie Schwartz, Morrie laid out a 5-step lesson plan to becoming a more fulfilled human being on your own terms. We're going to continue this discussion, digging deeper into the concepts of fulfilling your own potential while helping others fulfill theirs, developing your full humanity, your fullest compassion, skills of a technical and aesthetic nature, and finally, developing a mind that sees things as a whole.

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We're all feeling so many raw emotions right now. From COVID-19, to societal and racial unrest, to economic hardship - it sometimes feels as if the world has hit a wall and we're all trying to figure out how to come out of this a whole human being. On today's episode of the Tuesday People podcast, we will discuss how to be the person you want to be when it seems that everybody is telling you who you ought to be. Twenty-five years ago, when Tuesday People host Mitch Albom was interviewing his beloved professor, Morrie Schwartz, Morrie laid out a 5-step lesson plan to becoming a more fulfilled human being on your own terms. We're going to spend this episode, and next, finding out where you stand, and how you can find who you are inside your own mind and your own heart.

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How can human beings of all races, religions, and political affiliations navigate all of the conversations going on in the world today? How can we as a human race, be true to ourselves while showing compassion and sensitivity toward others? On today's episode of the Tuesday People Podcast, Mitch Albom and producer Lisa Goich—with special words of wisdom from Mitch's beloved professor, Morrie Schwartz—discuss the importance of listening, and how simply stepping back, taking a breath, and hearing other humans around us, can help us discover the similarities we share, rather than fighting over our differences. 

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With the recent deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, we are once again, as a human race, challenged to face the issue of discrimnation and what it means to treat all humans with dignity and equality. Morrie Schwartz had a lot to say about this subject, and we'll share with you many conversations Mitch Albom had with his beloved professor about race, the power of protests, what motivates racism, and how we can open our hearts with love and compassion. And as always, the conversation continues on our Facebook group page. We would love to have you join us there!

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