What About Death!?

On today's episode of What About Death!?, Tsultrim continues her conversation with Australian author, screenwriter, and journalist Benjamin Law. They continue talking about Ben's most recent stageplay, an adaptation of Cory Taylor's memoir Dying. Ben also talks about the importance of culture in understanding death and dying and how his own Chinese heritage influenced his understand of life, death, and grief.

Follow Ben on social media to learn more about his work: @mrbenjaminlaw 

What About Death!? is hosted by Venerable Tsultrim and brought to you by Karuna Hospice Services. 

About Karuna 

Karuna exists to ease the suffering that surrounds death. The physical, emotional, spiritual and beyond, for individuals, families, carers and communities. 

Karuna’s specialist palliative care is a free in-home consultation service designed to support individuals and families through life’s most challenging chapter. Offering expert care, comfort, and connection at home. 

Over the past 30 years, thousands of people have joined the Karuna family. They continue to support us and give back in their own ways.  

Support from people like you helps us to continue caring for families, and creating important resources including this podcast. Learn more about how you can support Karuna: 

https://karuna.org.au/ways-to-give/ 

Listener note 

The views expressed on these podcasts may not reflect the wider views of Karuna Hospice Services. The content of these podcasts is for general information only, and you should not rely upon that information without seeking further advice from appropriate sources. If listening to these podcasts raises any concerns or issues for you, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636. 

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You can also follow us on social media for updates about upcoming guests and episodes: @whataboutdeathpodcast  

Credits 

Music: Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino 

In the first episode of What About Death!? Season 3, Tsultrim speaks with Australian author, screenwriter, and journalist Benjamin Law. They discuss how Ben adapted his good friend Cory Taylor’s critically acclaimed book, Dying: A Memoir, into a stage play. Ben takes us through the process of bringing the book to the stage, how audiences reacted, and why he thinks it is important to discuss death and grief openly in the community. 

Follow Ben on social media to learn more about his work: @mrbenjaminlaw 

What About Death!? is hosted by Venerable Tsultrim and brought to you by Karuna Hospice Services. 

About Karuna 

Karuna exists to ease the suffering that surrounds death. The physical, emotional, spiritual and beyond, for individuals, families, carers and communities. 

Karuna’s specialist palliative care is a free in-home consultation service designed to support individuals and families through life’s most challenging chapter. Offering expert care, comfort, and connection at home. 

Over the past 30 years, thousands of people have joined the Karuna family. They continue to support us and give back in their own ways.  

Support from people like you helps us to continue caring for families, and creating important resources including this podcast. Learn more about how you can support Karuna: 

https://karuna.org.au/ways-to-give/ 

Listener note 

The views expressed on these podcasts may not reflect the wider views of Karuna Hospice Services. The content of these podcasts is for general information only, and you should not rely upon that information without seeking further advice from appropriate sources. If listening to these podcasts raises any concerns or issues for you, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636. 

Subscribe and listen  

Make sure to subscribe to What About Death!? through your favourite podcasting platforms to be notified whenever a new episode drops. 

You can also follow us on social media for updates about upcoming guests and episodes: @whataboutdeathpodcast  

Credits 

Music: Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino 

We're delighted to welcome you back for Season 3 of Karuna's What About Death!? podcast. 

Hosted by Venerable Tsultrim, this season continues to gently challenge fear and stigma surrounding death, dying, grief and loss. Grounded in the understanding that life and death are not opposites but part of one continuing journey, Season 3 invites listeners to explore the circle of life through thoughtful conversation, storytelling, research and creativity.

Guests include Australian authors Benjamin Law and Trent Dalton, musical performance duo Leah Cotterell and Narelle McCoy, video game developer Gabby DaRienzo, and researchers and consultants Erica Rosenthal and Kate Folb, whose work includes contributions to the critically acclaimed television series The Pitt. Plus several other exciting and thought-provoking individuals.

What About Death!? is brought to you by Karuna Hospice Services and hosted by Venerable Tsultrim.

Music: Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino.

Learn more about Karuna: http://karuna.org.au/

Follow What About Death!? on social media: @whataboutdeathpodcast

Listener note

The views expressed on this podcast may not reflect the wider views of Karuna Hospice Services. The content of this podcast is for general information only, and you should not rely upon that information without seeking further advice from appropriate sources. If listening to this podcast raises any concerns or issues for you, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.

In this episode, Tsultrim speaks with Linda Ward, a Pagan Elder and member of Pagan Hearth Incorporated in Queensland, Australia. Linda explains what Celtic Paganism is and how its belief in the cycle of birth, growth, death and rebirth can bring comfort at the time of death.  Linda tells how their view of death is part of a continuous cycle of life and is not something that ends in oblivion and therefore should not be feared. Linda talks about how this cycle of life, death and rebirth is part of the web of life that connects all things in the present and the past. 

This episode of What About Death!? is hosted by Tsultrim and edited by Werner Mathiuet. Special thanks to Shannon Callander and the whole Karuna team.

Brought to you by karuna.org.au
Follow What About Death!? on social media: @whataboutdeathpodcast

Our music is Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino.

If listening to these podcasts raises any concerns or issues for you please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.

In today’s episode, Tsultrim speaks with Simon Lowe, the creator of a fabulous card game called “Carked It!”.  Simon developed this, at times, very funny card game as a way of connecting people and opening the door to friends, family and even strangers, to talking about life, death and beyond in a light-hearted, fun, and positive way. As we all know, death is certain, but the manner and time of our death is uncertain. But this lovely card game will surprise and undoubtedly ease you gently and with lots of humour, into the important conversations that we all need to have about the inevitability of our death, the importance of life and to ensure we prepare well for both…..before it’s too late.

Learn more about Carked It! here: https://carkedit.com
Learn more about Simon's work with the Good Death Impact Network, The Ageing Revolution and PikMe.

This episode of What About Death!? is hosted by Tsultrim and edited by Shannon Callander. Special thanks to Werner Mathiuet and the whole Karuna team.

Brought to you by karuna.org.au
Follow What About Death!? on social media: @whataboutdeathpodcast

Our music is Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino.

If listening to these podcasts raises any concerns or issues for you please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.

Today's episode is a continuation of Tsultrim's conversation with Dr. Pema on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, how we can apply some of its techniques to our daily lives as a way of living our best life and how it can help us to prepare for when death comes. 

Pema tells us more about impermanence, rebirth and the type of meditation encouraged by Padmasambhava, the author of this profound and ancient book.  Dr Pema explains how this information and these techniques are neither difficult to understand nor to apply and can be utilized by anyone, anytime.  

Read Pema Düddul's book Luminous Awareness - A Guidebook to Natural Awakening in Life and Death.

Jalu Buddhist Meditation Centre - https//:www.pristine-awareness.org

This episode of What About Death!? is hosted by Tsultrim and edited by Werner Mathiuet. Special thanks to Shannon Callander and the whole Karuna team.

Brought to you by karuna.org.au
Follow What About Death!? on social media: @whataboutdeathpodcast

Our music is Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino.

If listening to these podcasts raises any concerns or issues for you please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.

On today’s episode Tsultrim is pleased to welcome Dr. Pema Düddul back to the podcast to talk about his recently released book “Luminous Awareness – A Guidebook to Natural Awakening in Life and Death”. This book is a guide to understanding the profound work called The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol) which was taught by Padmasambhava many hundreds of years ago in Tibet. It guides us through the dying process into the interval between death and the next rebirth. Pema explains how these beautiful teachings and practices can be applied today in the 21st Century by anyone, anytime, as a way to prepare for death, to have a good rebirth and even perhaps to experience liberation from suffering.

 
This episode of What About Death!? is hosted by Tsultrim and edited by Werner Mathiuet. Special thanks to Shannon Callander and the whole Karuna team.

Brought to you by karuna.org.au
Follow What About Death!? on social media: @whataboutdeathpodcast

Our music is Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino.

If listening to these podcasts raises any concerns or issues for you please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.

On today's episode of What About Death!?, Tsultrim speaks with Dr Libby Sallnow, a palliative care consultant and researcher from London in the UK. Dr Sallnow has been a leader in developing social and public health approaches to death, dying and loss for over two decades and she was recently the first author of the Lancet Commission "The Value of Death: Bringing Death Back into Life." This fascinating commission explores how we understand death in the 21st Century and considers the implications of the various systems that determine how we die. Dr. Sallnow offers insights into how we can develop a "realistic utopia" in relation to dying, death and grief that is hopeful, intentional and actually values dying and death. 

Read the Lancet commission on The Value of Death: https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/value-of-death

Learn more about Dr Sallnow and her work: https://www.endoflifecare.be/libby-sallnow

This episode of What About Death!? is hosted by Tsultrim and edited by Werner Mathiuet. Special thanks to Shannon Callander and the whole Karuna team.

Brought to you by karuna.org.au
Follow What About Death!? on social media: @whataboutdeathpodcast

Our music is Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino.

If listening to these podcasts raises any concerns or issues for you please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.

In today’s episode of What About Death!?, Tsultrim speaks with Dr Pema Düddul, a Director at Pristine Awareness: Foundation for Buddhist Practice and an internationally recognised Buddhist teacher in the Tibetan tradition. Pema is also recently retired from his position as the Associate Professor of Writing, Editing and Publishing at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba.

Pema has a wide range of published work, including research papers, novels and scripts for stage and screen. One particular area of interest for him has been memoir writing, particularly in the context of understanding the dynamics of memory and how together memory and memoir can help us at the time of death and with our grief.

This episode of What About Death!? is hosted by Tsultrim and edited by Werner Mathiuet. Special thanks to Shannon Callander and the whole Karuna team.

Brought to you by karuna.org.au
Follow What About Death!? on social media: @whataboutdeathpodcast

Our music is Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino.

If listening to these podcasts raises any concerns or issues for you please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.

In today’s episode, Tsultrim speaks with Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor, author of the fascinating book “The Grieving Brain – The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss”. Dr O’Connor is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona where she directs The Grief, Loss and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab, investigating the effects of grief on the brain and the body. 

Dr O’Connor explains what she has learnt over more than two decades researching grief and its effects. She also talks about how we can use that research to understand our loss and move through our grief in a way that keeps us connected to love, and offers hope and peace of mind.

Learn more about Dr O'Connor and her work: https://maryfrancesoconnor.org/

Follow Dr O'Connor on Instagram: @doctormfoconnor

This episode of What About Death!? is hosted by Tsultrim and edited by Werner Mathiuet. Special thanks to Shannon Callander and the whole Karuna team.

Brought to you by karuna.org.au
Follow What About Death!? on social media: @whataboutdeathpodcast

Our music is Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino.

If listening to these podcasts raises any concerns or issues for you please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.