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Mark Dowie-Judith Letting Go

Personal agency and the right to choose.

Francesca Arnoldy-The Death Doula's Guide

Francesca Arnoldy-The Death Doula's Guide

Cultivating the doula heart.

Dr. Kathryn Mannix-Listen

Tackling uncomfortable conversations.

Stephanie Lucianovic-End of Something Wonderful

Stephanie Lucianovic-End of Something Wonderful

Demystifying death for children.

Barbara Karnes, RN-Guidelines Series

It’s ok, follow your heart.

Erica Buist-This Party's Dead

A very British solution for death anxiety.

wisdom, podcast, podcasts, author interview, ei podcast, exit interviewCaren MartineauMay 13, 2024culture change, Taboo, death literacy, death, loss, book, funerals, brain science, festivals, death festivals, culture, Death education

Mary-Frances O'Connor-The Grieving Brain

Mary-Frances O'Connor-The Grieving Brain

Neuroscientist explains the grieving brain.

Alix Strauss-The Joy of Funerals

Probing our collective loneliness.

wisdom, podcast, podcasts, author interview, ei podcast, exit interviewCaren MartineauFebruary 14, 2024Alix Strauss, Journalist, culture change, Taboo, New York Times, death literacy, death, loneliness, loss, book, funerals, sex, six feet under, sex in the city

Francis Weller-Wild Edge of Sorrow

Grief is feral and must be witnessed

Nancy Slonim Aronie-Memoir as Medicine

Write your messy (gorgeous) life

William Peters-At Heaven's Door

The shared journey

Sigrid Nunez-What Are You Going Through

Surrender into the experience

Joanne Jacobson-Every Last Breath

Human resilience relies on language.

exit interview, wisdomCaren MartineauJune 1, 2021cancer, Personal Memoirs Life Stages - Later Years Death, Grief, Bereavement, Documentary, Narrative non-fiction, University of Utah press, American Literature, University of Iowa, Yeshiva College, Middlebury College, University of Illinois Urbana, academic, author interview

Barbara Becker-Heartwood

Nature’s resilient heart

Diane Rehm-When My Time Comes

Champion of the truth

exit interview, wisdomCaren MartineauFebruary 28, 2021cancer, Personal Memoirs Life Stages - Later Years Death, Grief, Bereavement, NPR, Radio Host, Right to Die, Documentary, Compassion and Choices, compassionate communities

Lydia Dugdale, MD-Lost Art of Dying

Reviving death’s lost art

Alexandra Vassilaros-Making Meaning

Language awakens the capacity to heal.

John Leland-Happiness is a Choice

Lessons from the oldest old.

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauMay 27, 2020New York Times, The New York Times, Metro Section, Journalist, Retirement, Religion, old age, aging, Ask a reporter, American columnists, author interview

Suzanne O'Brien-Creating Positive Passings

Suzanne O'Brien-Creating Positive Passings

Meet the RN who catalyzed the end of life doula movement

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauApril 11, 2020doulas, end of life care, hospice, compassionate communities, interview, dying at home, author interview

Dr. Ira Byock-Four Things That Matter Most

Dr. Ira Byock-Four Things That Matter Most

A clarion call for well-being.

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauFebruary 18, 2020dying, hospice, Palliative Medicine, medical director, physician, dying well, four things that matter most, the best care possible, author interview