Is It Ever Too Late

Is it ever too late to make amends with somebody? To say the thing that is on your heart? What if our bucket lists weren’t filled with trips to far away places, but in making sure we’ve made our peace with the people in our lives who have had an impact?

How to Be Present

I’m excited this week to introduce another new visitor, my friend and producer Ben LeRoy. It’s a 26 minute conversation about how to be present for family and friends who are in a Hospice experience. This episode is also available on Youtube.

Woulda Coulda Shoulda

This 12 minute episode explores the place hindsight can have in our lives when we are processing loss. Those things we wish we’d done or not done and what we do with that awareness.

Another Child of God

In this episode I am recalling an exquisite moment of beauty and grace in the middle of the worst possible nightmare.

The Right to Die with Guest Doula Shelby Hawkins

This is an exciting episode for me because it will also be published on You Tube. Shelby joined me to talk specifically about Medical Aid in Dying, referred to here as MAID. What it can do for a person’s peace of mind and what the process of bringing a family on board can look like. […]

Grief with a Capital G

Today we dive a little more deeply into that big black cauldron of stuff called grief. I’ve had people request that I speak more about my work as a grief counselor. It isn’t something that can be covered all at once so we’ll put our toes in the water and see how it feels.

A Grandfather, a Dog, and a Horse Named Jim

In this 15 minute episode, I talk more in-depth about the benefit of having animals near us when we are grieving. At least, that’s what I set out to do. There are definitely some rabbit holes in here, but I hope you enjoy them.

AkalJeet

This 40 minute episode welcomes special guest, Akaljeet Khalsa, who  joins me to talk about her work as a Life Coach and Death Doula, how she came to the work, what it looks like and what she does. We explore the three main components of her work being:Planning, Active Death Care and After Death Care.  […]

Interruptions

This piece came as a result of feedback from listeners that not all deaths are like my mom’s. I already knew that, but  hadn’t written about it. Today, I do. Not all death is graceful. Dying can sometimes bring the very worst of who we are out into the open. Caring for someone when they […]

Ronald

This relatively short episode is an experience I had very early in my work as a hospital chaplain. It is about the honor of sitting with this gentleman. And how a brief sighting the night before helped set the groundwork. I was not then and I am not now ever very surprised by the way […]