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Learn about an AI tool that helps with writing eulogies, obituaries, and memorial cards using only the stories you choose to input. About the guest: My guest Sasha Stricker is an entrepreneur, creative thinker and problem-solver who is also the founder of TreulogyAI, a tool built around the simple truth that only the people who… Continue reading Ep. 571 Treulogy: A Tool for Writing Our Stories While Grieving with Sasha Stricker

Learn how death has been personified throughout history in culture, society, and the arts and what that says about our fear of death and desire to control it. About the guest: My guest today is Dr. D. Antonio “Dean” Cantù who is Dean of the College of Health, Education, and Human Sciences at the University… Continue reading Ep. 570 Death’s Guide to Life in Art and Popular Culture with Dr. Dean Cantù PhD

Learn from one of the founders of the conscious dying movement how to live with awareness so that fear doesn’t interfere with spiritual growth. About the guest: My guest RamDev Dale Borglum is the executive director of the Living/Dying Project and a pioneer in the conscious dying movement. As a devoted practitioner of both Eastern… Continue reading Ep. 569 Living and Dying Without Fear with RamDev Dale Borglum

Learn how a professional mediator can help families manage conflict and disruption at the end of life and why it’s important. About the guest: My special guest Molly Darsow is a mediator who specialized in helping families navigate conflict related to aging parent, elder care, guardianship, end-of-life decisions, estate disputes, and other complex family transitions.… Continue reading Ep. 568 Mediation as a Tool for Conflict at the End of Life with Molly Darsow

Learn how a beautiful magazine about grief was inspired by the devastating loss of two loved ones to suicide. About the guest: My guest Laura Jaye Cramer is the founder of Waiting Room Publishing, an independent media company putting smart, human-centered print magazines into healthcare, senior living, and end-of-life waiting rooms across the United States.… Continue reading Ep. 567 Grief in the Aftermath of Suicide with Laura Jaye Cramer

Learn how grief shows up in the body and how simple yoga techniques can help us recognize and embody grief in a healthy way. About the guest: My guest Sheena Nancy Sarles is a yoga teacher, author, and longtime communicator whose work focuses on times of loss and transition. She has decades of experience teaching… Continue reading Ep. 566 Yoga for Living with Loss with Sheena Nancy Sarles

Many of us still remember exactly where we were on 9/11/2001 when the news broke about the first attack at the World Trade Center. Learn how Carol Lin, the first news anchor to share this news with the nation, coped with this moment in her career and eventually with grief and loss in her personal… Continue reading Ep. 565 BONUS – When News Breaks: Remembering 9/11 with Carol Lin

Surveys show that millions of people are turning to AI to talk about their grief. Learn how one man began a conversation with AI about his devastating grief and what happened after that. About the guest: My guest Tom Lehmann is a video creator for TikTok and Instagram, and also an author who has recently… Continue reading Ep. 564 Giving Words to Grief: Unexpected Support Through AI with Tom Lehmann

Learn how a creative art project can help foster conversations about loss and grief and how a playwright and an end-of-life doula collaborated to develop it. About the guests: My guests this week are Bess Welden a playwright who wrote the play Death Wings and Laura Cleminson an end-of-life doula and the founder of Pre-Dead… Continue reading Ep. 563 Death Wings Project: Art and Storytelling for Loss and Grief with Bess Welden and Laura Cleminson

Learn how a former ICU nurse is transforming the end of life for the people she serves by creating a home for the dying, honoring grief with sacred tea ceremonies, and hosting Death Cafés. About the guest: My guest Christin Ament DNP is a hospice and palliative care provider with over 15 years at the… Continue reading Ep. 562 Reimagining What it Means to Die Well with Christin Ament

Learn from this memoir how a researcher maintained continuing bonds with her father after his death as part of her grieving process and managed to heal their relationship. About the guest: For this BONUS episode I’m talking with Corey McAuliffe, the author of 23 Dates with My Dead Dad, the reading selection for August 2026… Continue reading Ep. 561 BONUS Book Discussion: 23 Dates with My Dead Dad with Corey McAuliffe PhD

Learn about the benefits of natural burial for loved ones and for the environment and how to get more information to plan your own natural burial. About the guest: My guest Dr. Basil Eldadah is the founder and executive director of Reflection Park Natural Burial Ground in Silver Spring, Maryland. Basil’s professional training is in… Continue reading Ep. 560 Natural Burial as a Vehicle for Connection and Healing with Basil Eldadah MD

Learn about the grief experienced by homicide survivors and how some have found comfort through after-death communication with their loved ones. About the guest: My guest Dr. Jan Canty is a psychologist, author, former podcaster, and a homicide survivor. She has written three books related to homicide and grief including her latest book: Rekindled: Healing… Continue reading Ep. 559 Healing Grief After Homicide Through After-Death Communication with Jan Canty PhD

Learn about the need for more education around death, dying, and grief to help us create more compassionate communities that are better prepared for the end of life. About the guest: My return guest Suzanne O’Brien is the founder and CEO of Doulagivers Institute and a pioneer in the global Death Doula movement. She is… Continue reading Ep. 558 Filling the Gaps in End-of-Life Education, Support, and Community with Suzanne B. O’Brien RN

Learn about the impact of grief on the physical body and how the stress of grief and loss can lead to healing. About the guest: My special guest Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor is a professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, where she directs the Grief, Loss and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab, investigating the effects… Continue reading Ep. 557 The Grieving Body: Loss as a Healing Opportunity with Mary-Frances O’Connor PhD