Comforting Closure - Conversations with a Death Doula
By Traci Arieli
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Join host Traci Arieli for "Comforting Closure," a podcast where the often silent topics of aging, death, and grieving are explored with compassion and clarity. Each episode features guests who share practical advice, emotional insights, and spiritual perspectives to illuminate these natural yet seldom discussed aspects of life. Dive into tender conversations designed to demystify and destigmatize these experiences, offering solace and understanding to those navigating life's final chapters. Grab a warm drink and find a moment of peace amidst profound transitions with "Comforting Closure."
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How Shamanism Helps with Grief: A Different Way to Experience Loss
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Funeral Planning Before a Crisis: What Families Need to Know
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Homeless Palliative Care: Who Gets Left Behind?
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Psychomanteum for Grief: What Really Happens
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May 28, 2026 |
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When Is It Time for Hospice? What to Know and How to Talk About It
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May 21, 2026 |
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Long-Term Care Planning: Who Will Take Care of You?
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May 14, 2026 |
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When Hospice Isn’t Enough: Why Families Call an End-of-Life Doula
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May 07, 2026 |
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Dementia Caregiving: The Shift from Caregiver to Care Partner
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Therapy Dogs in Funeral Homes: Comfort for Grieving Families
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Writing a Will Starts at the Kitchen Table
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Inside the Dementia Journey: What Caregivers Wish Someone Had Told Them
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Birthdays From Beyond: The Words They’ll Open Later
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Navigating Social Security When a Spouse Becomes Ill or Dies
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Demystifying Social Security: What Everyone Should Know
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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When Words Fail, Art Speaks: Art and Grief
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Senior Living Conversations: How to Talk with Aging Parents
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Protecting Yourself from Scams: Why Stress and Grief Make You an Easy Target
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Who Gets to Die with Dignity? Rethinking Palliative Care
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Writing Through Grief After Suicide: Finding a Voice Again
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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How Kicking the Bucket Helps Us Talk About Dying
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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How to Talk to Your Doctor About Your Advance Directive
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Choosing When to Die: A Conversation on Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Beyond Borders: Seeking Medical Aid in Dying Abroad with Bryan Rigg
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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How to Avoid Probate and Protect Your Family
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Parenting Through Grief: What No One Prepares You For, Part 2
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Parenting Through Grief: What No One Prepares You For, Part 1
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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When the Law Blocks a Peaceful Death: The Fight to Expand Medical Aid in Dying Access
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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The Obituary of the Future Starts While We’re Still Here
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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How the Norse Faced Death: Viking Funeral Rituals
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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From Fear of Death to Funeral Design: Ruby Cohen Love & Cafe Mortel
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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George Mark Children's House: Where Care Feels Like Home
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Music at the End of Life Creates Sacred Space for Dying
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Courageous Parents Network: A Lifeline for Families Facing the Unknown
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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From Death Sentence to Legacy: HIV and End-of-Life Care – Part 2
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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From Death Sentence to Legacy: HIV and End-of-Life Care – Part 1
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Death Doula Q&A: What We Do, How We Help, and When to Call Us
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Doctor. Mom. Caregiver: A Pediatric Hospice Journey, Part Two
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Doctor. Mom. Caregiver: A Pediatric Hospice Journey, Part One
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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You Just Lost a Child. Now Comes the Bill. Luke’s Purpose Can Help.
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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From Loss to Listening: Healing Grief Within Families
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Memory, Love, and Loss: A Daughter’s Dementia Caregiving Story
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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The Truth About Medical Bills - And How to Push Back
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Building Your Personal Village: A New Approach to Aging Solo
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Touching the End: Comfort and Care Through Palliative Massage
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Talking to the Dead: Victorian Spiritualism and Grief
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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A Promise Kept: Alzheimer’s, Love, and a Final Choice
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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After the Denial: What to Do When Insurance Says No
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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A Good Death Begins with a Good Life – With Chris Palmer
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Senior Living Done Right: What Families Should Know
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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What to Document Before You Die: The Loving Act of Planning
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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All Around Is Me: Talking to Kids About Grief
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Lost, Misidentified, Discarded: Fixing Mishandling in Death Care
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May 29, 2025 |
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From Grief to Guidance: Family Support for Medical Assistance in Dying
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May 22, 2025 |
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Ancient Egyptian Afterlife: A Soul’s Journey Beyond the Stars
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May 15, 2025 |
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Breaking the Silence: End-of-Life Care in the Chinese American Community
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May 08, 2025 |
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Stitching Stories: Quilting as Life Review with Louise Silk
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May 01, 2025 |
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Stephy’s Place: Where Grief Finds Comfort and Connection
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Death with Dignity in Switzerland: A Husband’s Final Choice
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Mormon Views on Death: Grief, Eternal Life, and Changing Perspectives
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Love From Lydia: A Mother’s Journey Through Child Loss and Healing
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Medicare 101: Understanding Your Options & Making Informed Choices
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Keeping Your Loved One’s Story Alive: The Healing Power of Sharing Their Story
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Dear Loved One: The Gift of Forever Letters, Part 2
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Dear Loved One: The Gift of Forever Letters, Part 1
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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The Gift of Life: Understanding Stem Cell Donation
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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From Awareness to Action: Fighting Elder Abuse Together
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Exploring the Final Frontier: Memorial Spaceflights with Celestis
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Grieving and Weaving: Healing Through Fiber Arts at The Green-Wood Cemetery
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Kindness and Clarity: Preparing for the Future with Elliott Appel
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Guiding Children Through Grief: The Power of Play Therapy
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Preparing with Purpose: Writing My Advance Directive, Part 2
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Preparing with Purpose: Writing My Advance Directive, Part 1
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Tuning into Compassion: The Gift of Music in Aging and Memory Care
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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The Gift of Preplanning: Funeral Planning with Ryan Kolstad
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Breath Taking: Jessica Fein on Presence, Advocacy, and Navigating MERRF Syndrome
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Coping After Suicide: A Conversation with Joanne Harpel
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Hospice Care 101: Hospice Foundation of America on What Families Need to Know
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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The Power of Clay: Ritual, Healing, and Connection in Grief with Dr. Lula Buzz
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Beyond Burial: Deathcare and Community at Greenwood Cemetery
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Navigating Senior Living: Finding the Best Fit for Your Loved One
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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In Life and Death: How We Shape and Are Shaped by Our Dead
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Eternal Reefs: Honoring Life, Restoring Oceans
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Compassion Without Cost: The VHOCC Approach to Accessible Hospice Care
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Listening to Our Children: Empowerment in Pediatric Palliative Care
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Safeguarding Your Wishes: Legal Protection for Advance Directives
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Collaborating for Comfort: Doulas and Hospice
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Voices of Autonomy: Jim Van Buskirk on the Power of End-of-Life Stories
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Disrupting Tradition: How Titan Casket is Changing the Funeral Industry
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Stanford Hospital's Decedent Affairs: Family Support Meets Medical Excellence
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Voices from Beyond: Preserving Memories Through Vinyl
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Behind the Badge: Grief and Healing for First Responders
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Modernizing End-of-Life Planning: A Discussion with Thanacare
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Reviving Tradition: Exploring Home Funerals with the National Home Funeral Alliance
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Witnessing and Wisdom: Victoria Beelik on Losing Parents
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Voices of Dementia: Demand Support to Keep Living Your Life Fully
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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(Repeat) Art as a Path for Healing
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Dignity in Departure: Understanding Self-Deliverance with Final Exit Network
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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A Call for Kindness: The Humane Approach to End-of-Life Care in Prisons
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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A Call for Kindness: The Humane Approach to End-of-Life Care in Prisons
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Inside the Funeral Industry: The Modern Mortician's Perspective
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Aging with Intention: Karen Faith Gordon on Living Well at Every Age
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Beyond the Rainbow Bridge: Understanding Pet Grief with Paws to Remember
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May 30, 2024 |
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The Ultimate Itinerary: Death Doulas on Navigating the Path to Compassionate End-of-Life Care Education
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May 23, 2024 |
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Embracing the Day: The Transformative Power of Adult Day Services with Live Oak
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May 16, 2024 |
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The Sacred Thread: Weaving Rituals into the Fabric of Life
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May 09, 2024 |
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Healing at Life's End: How Psychedelics Are Transforming End-of-Life Care
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May 02, 2024 |
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Protecting Your Quality of Life: A Conversation about Long-Term Care Insurance with Brian Gordon
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Waves of Change: Eco-Friendly Farewells with Aqua Cremation
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Honoring the Departed: Exploring One Washcloth with Susan Oppie
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Redefining Retirement: Empowerment for the Solo Ager
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Creating Honoring Spaces: The Art and Practice of Death Care
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Beyond Fear: Understanding and Comfort in the Final Journey
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Beyond the Brochure: Discovering Excellence in Assisted Living Communities
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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From Compassion to Calling: The Road to Becoming a Death Doula
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Radiant Reflections: Illuminating the Path Through Advance Directives
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Healing Connections: Affirmations of Heart and Hope
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Memories to Meadows: Nurturing the Future with Terramation
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Voices for Healing: Exploring the Power of Patient Advocacy
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Eternal Echoes: The Art of Legacy Storytelling
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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The Ultimate Itinerary: Death Doulas on Life's Last Trip, 01/18/24
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Rooted in Remembrance: Better Place Forests’ Vision of End-of-Life
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Navigating Medical Aid in Dying: Insight & Advocacy with Karen Morin, RN
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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The Healing Power of Rituals: Honoring Loved Ones During the End-of-Life Journey (First Aired August 8, 2023)
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Embracing the Journey: Insights from a Hospice Nurse
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Empowered Endings: End-of-Life Options with Compassion & Choices, Part 2
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Empowered Endings: End-of-Life Options with Compassion & Choices, Part 1
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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From Grief to Growth: Reclaiming Quality of Life After Limb Loss with James Jones
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Planning for Peace: Navigating the Path of Estate Planning with Debra Cassara
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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The Art of Compassionate Touch: Exploring Hospice Massage with Susan Coffey
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Unveiling Samhain Ancestral Veneration and the Anderson Feri Tradition
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Jewish Traditions of Remembrance with Rabbi Heather Paul
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Exploring Grief Beyond Belief: Navigating Secular Grief in a Spiritual World
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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From Loss to Growth: Exploring Grief and Trauma
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Art as a Path to Healing Grief
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Empowering Independence: Strategies for Aging in Place
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Grief Integration: A Holistic Journey with Alyssa Akerman
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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From Heart to Screen: The Power of Video Storytelling
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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The Healing Power of Rituals: Honoring Loved Ones During the End-of-Life Journey
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Securing Your Future: Financial Planning for Major Life Events
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Oct 10, 2023 |