Listen to an important discussion about how spiritually-focused people can speak up about social justice issues and work toward community healing. In this episode I’m sharing with you part of the recent workshop on Sacred Activism I hosted with Terri Daniel and Brian Smith. Terri is an inter-spiritual hospice chaplain and end-of-life educator certified in… Continue reading Ep. 507 Sacred Activism for Soul Care Providers with Terri Daniel and Brian Smith...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Learn about the specialty of pediatric palliative care and how one doctor has benefitted from his relationship with his seriously ill patients. My guest Dr. Bob Macauley is one of only a few hundred pediatricians in the U.S. specializing in palliative care for children with life-threatening illness. Uniquely Dr. Macauley attended both divinity school and… Continue reading Ep. 506 Pediatric Palliative Care and the Remarkable Children it Serves with Bob Macauley MD...
Jun 23, 2025•54 min
Explore how death doulas fill the gaps in end-of-life medical care with Kacie Gikonyo, RN and founder of The Death Doula Collective. A conversation about presence, advocacy, and healing at the end of life.
Jun 16, 2025•53 min
Ian McCartor, hospice nurse and founder of The Ash Rose, shares how he transforms cremated ashes into rose-shaped memorials—and how creativity and ritual can support the grief journey.
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Learn about breaking taboos around talking about death through a unique death education program in Australia. My guest Samantha Waite is the quirky founding director of Taboo Education who works with individuals and groups in local, national (Australia) and international communities to resolve our taboo and confusion in talking about death. She is a long-time… Continue reading Ep. 503 Taboo Education: Changing the Way We Talk About Death with Samantha Waite...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Learn how finding just one little thing to be thankful for every day can help us with grief. My guest Kelly Buckley is the author of the book and founder of the movement called Just One Little Thing that has a loyal following worldwide. She is a registered nurse who now nurtures other souls who… Continue reading Ep. 502 Just One Little Thing: Gratitude and Grief with Kelly Buckley...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Learn why it’s important to be aware of the needs of people with disabilities (and their families) when providing end-of-life and bereavement care. My guest Carrie Batt is an end-of-life doula and the founder of SEOL Care which offers disability-competent end-of-life care, support and planning for people with a disability and their families. She advocates… Continue reading Ep. 501 Disability-Informed End-of-Life Care with Carrie Batt...
May 19, 2025•57 min
Join me for a few stories and a brief celebration of the 500th episode of EOLU Podcast! This week I’m celebrating the milestone of 500 Episodes and I hope you’ll share my joy! I’ll be answering a few questions (submitted by ChatGPT!) and telling a story or two. It has been an incredible experience being… Continue reading Ep. 500 Celebrating a Milestone with Karen Wyatt MD
May 12, 2025•26 min
Learn about the value of viewing death through a spiritual lens rather than just as an ending of the physical body. My guest Felicity Warner is the founder of Soul Midwives™ a global movement to teach holistic and spiritual end-of-life care. She has been working with death and dying for 35 years and her work… Continue reading Ep. 499 Death as a Shift in Consciousness with Felicity Warner...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Learn how a project making memory bears for people who are grieving is opening the door to conversation about the end of life. My guest Michelle Sebern is an RN who trained as an end-of-life doula to channel her skills and passion into more community-focused work. When she found her rural community wasn’t quite ready… Continue reading Ep. 498 Memory Bears and Grief in Community with Michelle Sebern RN...
Apr 29, 2025•58 min
Learn how doulas and chaplains collaborate to provide end-of-life care in a skilled nursing facility. My guests for this episode are Jane Whitlock and Liza Neal who both work with the Full Circle Care Program in a skilled nursing facility to support residents and their loved ones during end-of-life journeys. Jane is an end-of-life doula… Continue reading Ep. 497 Integrating Doulas and Chaplains in End-of-Life Care with Jane Whitlock and Liza Neal...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Learn how the art of Visual Storytelling can enhance end-of-life education and serve as a tool for advance care planning. My guest Jill Greenbaum is a contemplative chaplain and advocate of conscious living and dying. She completed chaplaincy training at the Upaya Zen Center and integrates her experience in psychology, education, visualization, and trauma-informed teaching… Continue reading Ep. 496 Visual Storytelling for End-of-Life Planning with Jill Greenbaum...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr
Learn how leadership skills and organizational tools can help decrease stress for family caregivers. My guest Jennifer O’Brien has been a practice management consultant to physicians for 35 years and is the author of the book The Hospice Doctor’s Widow, which was the subject of our previous interview. After providing care for her husband, a… Continue reading Ep. 495 Care Boss: Strategies for Family Caregivers with Jennifer A. O’Brien...
Apr 07, 2025•49 min
Learn how a hospice volunteer and doula utilizes his artistic talents to help patients and families. My guest Rich Curtis is an artist, teacher, hospice volunteer and end-of-life doula. He currently volunteers for Archbold Hospice in Thomasville GA where he has utilized his artistic talents to help patients and their families at the end of… Continue reading Ep. 494 Integrating Art and the End of Life with Rich Curtis...
Mar 31, 2025•55 min
Learn what it means to have a “good death” and how and why we all need to prepare for the end of life to benefit ourselves, our loved ones and our planet. My guest Suzanne B. O’Brien RN is the founder and CEO of Doulagivers Institute and a “pioneer” in the global death doula movement.… Continue reading Ep. 493 The Good Death: An End-of-Life Guide with Suzanne B. O’Brien RN
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Learn about the benefits of creating intentional rituals for the big and small moments of life and death. My guest Megan Sheldon is a cultural mythologist, humanist celebrant, and end-of-life doula in North Vancouver, BC. She is the co-founder of Be Ceremonial, the world’s first guided ritual and ceremony app. Megan will discuss her work… Continue reading Ep. 492 Rituals and Ceremonies for Life, Death and Grief with Megan Sheldon...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Learn about the benefits of team-based care and how the hospice team works together on behalf of patients and families. This week I’m welcoming my recurring guest Barbara Karnes RN, who is an internationally recognized thought-leader and expert on end-of-life care and the dynamics of dying. We are continuing our series of conversations on various… Continue reading Ep. 491 The Hospice Team and Whole-Person Care with Barbara Karnes RN...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Learn why and how to share your end-of-life wisdom and stories by writing a non-fiction book. My guest Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers, dark fantasy, and memoir as J.F. Penn. She is also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international… Continue reading Ep. 490 How to Write Non-Fiction About Death, Dying and Grief with Joanna Penn...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Learn from “Hospice Nurse Penny” how she started working in hospice and ended up being a viral influencer about end-of-life issues on social media. My guest this week is Penny Smith RN, known on social media as “Hospice Nurse Penny.” She discusses her journey to becoming a hospice nurse and her rise to fame on… Continue reading Ep. 489 Influencing Death: Teaching Hospice Care on TikTok with Penny Smith RN...
Feb 03, 2025•58 min
Learn how talking about death and grief on a podcast can help us face tragedy and loss together. My special guest David Ferrugio is the host of DEAD Talks Podcast, where he hosts guests like Tony Hawk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Billy Carson, David Dastmalchian, Bryan Callen, Hospice Nurse Julie and many more over a growing… Continue reading Ep. 488 DEAD Talks Podcast: Life, Grief and the L.A. Fires with David Ferrugio...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Learn about research being done in Canada to improve access to palliative care for marginalized populations. My special guest Dr. Kelli Stajduhar is is a professor in the School of Nursing and Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health at the University of Victoria and the Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care, Aging and Community Health.… Continue reading Ep. 487 Addressing Inequity in Palliative Care with Dr. Kelli Stajduhar...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Learn about a Top Ten Playlist of songs selected by hospice patients for their own end of life journey. We start out this new year with another episode our special series: Death & Grief in Pop Culture. This week my co-host Ben Kintisch and I will be reviewing the Top Ten Songs from an end-of-life… Continue reading Ep. 486 Death & Grief in Pop Culture: Songs to Die For with Benjamin Kintisch...
Jan 06, 2025•59 min
Find out what you may have missed in 2024 if you haven’t listened to every episode! In this solo episode I recap some of the episodes of this podcast that had the greatest impact on me personally and professionally! All of the interviews from 2024 were fantastic but if you missed any of these be… Continue reading Ep. 485 Highlights of 2024: The Best of the Best with Karen Wyatt MD...
Dec 31, 2024•30 min
Learn from this special recording of a workshop with Drs. Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow from their book Hope for the Best Plan for the Rest. For this special episode I will share a few thoughts for everyone who has (like me) experienced a life-changing diagnosis during 2024. This holiday season will be different than… Continue reading Ep. 484 Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnosis During the Holidays (Special Episode)...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Enjoy this very first conversation with my friend Barbara Karnes as we get to know one another and discuss our hopes for the future of hospice care. This episode is a replay of my very first interview with Barbara Karnes RN that appeared on the EOLU speaker series but not on the podcast. Barbara is… Continue reading Ep. 483 ENCORE: The Evolution of Hospice Care – Our First Interview with Barbara Karnes RN...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Learn how a college student investigating death and dying is starting student-run Death Cafés on her campus. My guest Jenna Yeam is a senior at Duke University who is investigating what it means to die well anyhow we can help people die better. As part of her thesis she interviewed 67 death doulas to learn… Continue reading Ep. 482 Talking About Death on College Campuses with Jenna Yeam...
Dec 02, 2024•58 min
Learn about effective, personalized grief support that arrives via text message and how this innovation is a game changer for caregivers, healthcare workers, and the bereaved. My guest Emma Payne is the founder and CEO of Help Texts, which provides private grief, caregiver, or mental health support via personalized text messages. On this episode, Emma’s… Continue reading Ep. 481 Help Texts: Text-Based Grief Support with Emma Payne...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Learn about palliative medicine from a physician who is also a popular content creator on social media. My guest Dr. Matthew Tyler is a board certified physician in internal medicine as well as hospice and palliative medicine. He is the creator of How to Train Your Doctor, a coaching platform designed to help patients and… Continue reading Ep. 480 How to Train Your Doctor with Matthew Tyler MD...
Nov 18, 2024•48 min
Learn about a helpful book for grieving teens by grief counselor and thanatologist Dr. Korie Leigh … and why you should have it on your bookshelf. My guest Dr. Korie Leigh is a grief counselor and an Associate Professor and Program Director of the Thanatology Program at Marian University. She has spent 20 years working… Continue reading Ep. 479 A Teen’s Guide to Grief and Grieving with Korie Leigh PhD...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Learn how grief is a major theme of Alexander Hamilton’s life as portrayed in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical Hamilton. Today I’m joined once again by my co-host Benjamin Kintisch for another episode of the Death & Grief in Pop Culture Series. Ben is a cantor, hospice and eldercare chaplain, music teacher, and the creator of Life Review: The… Continue reading Ep. 478 Death & Grief in Pop Culture: Hamilton with Benjamin Kintisch...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 9 min
