Dean Lambert leads The Love Always Project, created to promote discussion about end-of-life issues, provide expert information and encourage people to preplan and pay for their funeral as the ultimate act of love for those they will leave behind. Dean is a military brat who moved 18 times in 17 years. Today we discuss the loss of Dean's son, Adam. Adam was a USMC Corporal who served in Afghanistan and died by suicide a year after coming home at age 24. Dean's home base was Flushing, Queens, wher...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Today my good friend Meryl is interviewing me. She is an established comedian, not to mention one of my funniest friends. We discuss the differences between our breakups, dating in LA, and we then deep-dive on almost every date I've been on in the past year. So to tie this into grief, we are grieving our past romantic selves. Close enough! Part 1 gives the context, and Part 2 gives the tea. YODO! - Meryl Klemow is a comedian, writer and podcaster based in Burbank, CA. She performs stand-up comed...
Feb 14, 2024•27 min
Daniélle Hill is a Social Media Manager for small businesses and creatives. She help business owners simplify their video marketing so that they can get lead clients and customers and have an amazing time online. She is also a podcaster that has #reallife heart to hearts laughter and guest interviews all centered around the importance of connection and normalizing real life and the human experience. For fun, she loves to podcast, dance, explore her beautiful city of Chicago. Today we discuss the...
Jan 23, 2024•52 min
It's a new year. It's a new you. Or is the same you? Girl, let's get your money together. I have 3 credit cards that I'm obsessed with - and I will share them here! Plus a little bit of dating tea... Bilt Mastercard Referral Link: https://bilt.page/r/FIYP-4RJT Amex Referral Link: https://americanexpress.com/en-us/referral/CHELScmRvc?XLINK=MYCP - Would you like to nominate a guest? Have feedback or questions? Say hi: @_ChelsWhoElse_ | @DaughtersOfSickParents Get involved: DyingOfLaughterPodcast@g...
Jan 17, 2024•14 min
Today we explore Mackenzie's poetry, informed by their own losses. Their brother was killed in a car accident at 19 and their mom died 5 years later from breast cancer. Mackenzie is an associate marriage and family therapist, certified iRest Yoga Nidra meditation teacher and trauma informed yoga teacher. They specialize in working with grief and loss, having served the bereavement department of Pathways Hospice as a grief counselor. Mackenzie also specializes in LGBTQ+ issues, lifecycles and tra...
Jan 09, 2024•51 min
▶▶ Welcome back to Dying Of Laughter! In this episode, I'm re-sharing the first episode I ever launched... This is the story of my parents getting sick: my dad's journey with ALS and my mom's journey with breast cancer. Happy holidays! Okay, that ended a little too jolly. If you're feeling holly this year, go off; if you're feeling unhinged or unwell this year, go off. You can be holly, jolly, or nolly (not jolly) and I'd support any and of all of it. YODO, you only die once! See (hear?) you in ...
Dec 27, 2023•28 min
The holidays can bring all the feels. Join me for a quick hang discussing death, dogs, and deals. And yes, that does rhyme and yes, I care that you noticed. Deals: Lyft/Amazon: While supplies last, you can earn a $15 Amazon promotional credit when you spend $100 on one or more Lyft gift cards purchased through Amazon when you use code "LYFT" at checkout. You can receive a $25 Amazon promotional credit when you spend $250 on one or more Airbnb gift cards through Amazon when you use code "AIRBNB" ...
Dec 18, 2023•15 min
Today we are chatting with food writer & podcaster, Skylar Harrison. We talk about her dad dying of throat and tongue cancer in 2001, what it's like losing at parent at age 11, and how her food writing intersects with grief. Skylar runs a grief and mental health instagram called No Crying In Cooking covering grief, recovery, and self-compassion. Check out her podcast, Bob's Credits (@bobcredits on IG and Twitter) and her IG @nocryingincooking. Note: Skylar's opinions are her own; she is not ...
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Where Have I Been...All My Life? (Sung to the tune of Rihanna.) On today's episode of Dying of Laughter, we explore where I have been for the past year. (Do you we love how we're saying we, as if it's not like... just me?) Last year I became single, birthed a dog, and started a new life! This season we will explore themes such as American funeral customs, the intersection of grief & body image/food, how to hold spaces for grieving friends, finding the funny in your grief, and more. #YODO... ...
Nov 20, 2023•24 min
Zeahlot Lopez an international speaker, author, and coach who retired as a psychotherapist after helping thousands of people heal over the years. She then went on to establish and build multiple 7-figure businesses: the most notable being her premiere online coaching program, The Vida System, where she guided hundreds of struggling therapists to scale their practices. Today we discuss the loss of her dad to Leukemia. @zeahlot Zeahlot is from Los Angeles, California. She grew up in a two parent h...
Feb 06, 2023•50 min
Kelsey Chittick is a writer, comedian and inspirational speaker. Over the past 14 years, she has performed stand-up comedy all over Los Angeles and speaks at events around the country. She is the author of the best seller “Second Half - Surviving Loss and Finding Magic in the Missing.” This book is about the sudden death of her husband in 2017 and her journey back to Joy. She was married to Super Bowl champion Nate Hobgood-Chittick. On 11/11/17, her husband Nate dropped dead at 42 in front of th...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Today we discuss losing your dad, navigtaing when your mom has borderline personality disorder, moving to Alaska, being born a fifty year-old woman, and all of the other comedy things. Internationally touring comedy star, Jessica Michelle Singleton just released her second comedy album to high praise from comedy fans and her comedic peers, reaching #1 on both iTunes and Amazon comedy charts, making this her second #1 album after the release her debut comedy album “Please. Don’t. Leave. Me.” reac...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Ahmed Al-kadri is a Yemeni-American comedian based in Los Angeles. Ahmed works as an Accountant but his immigrant parents are forcing him to be a comedian. He has performed in Comedy Festivals across the country and opened for DeRay Davis. You may recognize him from Tik Tok and Fox’s Love Connection. Today we discuss the loss of his dad to Covid-19. @ahmedlovesbread - Say hi! @dyingoflaughter_podcast / DyingOfLaughterPodcast@gmail.com Do you like this show? Leaving a review on Apple Podcasts is ...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr
Holly Eve is the founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Madame Lemy, a natural and sustainable luxury body care brand. Synthesizing both of her passions, she speak regularly on entrepreneurship and mental health to a wide range of audiences and is a contributing writer for multiple publications including Forbes and Foundr. Holly is passionate about animal advocacy; she lives a vegan lifestyle and enjoy adventuring with my rescue dog, Violet. As a beauty influencer, she uses her platform to sprea...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr
Gianna DeMedio is a podcast host and grief expert who works in media relations for hospital systems. Her podcast, So Sorry For Your Loss, is not your average grief group! Humor and laughter encouraged, awkwardness accepted. Death is a strange topic, but it shouldn’t be. Today we discuss the loss of her dad to a heart attack in 2017 when Gianna was 27. @sosorrywithgianna - Say hi! @dyingoflaughter_podcast / DyingOfLaughterPodcast@gmail.com Do you like this show? Leaving a review on Apple Podcasts...
Nov 02, 2022•53 min
Kyla hails originally from the sassy and saucy streets of New York City, which explains her sarcastic, snarky, and sometimes savage sensibilities. In search of sunshine, Kyla sallied-forth to Los Angeles, where she smells sea shells by the sea Schoer. Kyla loves wordplay, silliness, and chutzpah. With a BFA in msical theatre from The Hartt School (University of Hartford), Kyla holds a deep appreciation for drama and a feverish passion for comedy. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2020. - ...
Oct 27, 2022•56 min
Kyndra Crump is a comedian from Atlanta, GA who is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University. She works as a kiosk attendant, whose mission is to bring great customer service, while putting a smile on people’s face. She is the author of “Diamond in the Rough” available on Amazon. Today we discuss the loss of Kyndra’s father, a former marketing producer for Sony and Warner Brothers, to prostate cancer. Free-spirited comedian Kyndra Crump is a podcast host and YouTuber. @thekyndracrumpshow - Say hi! ...
Oct 19, 2022•54 min
Emily Trio is an award-winning editor and digital producer based in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor of Arts in Documentary Film Production and was hired shortly thereafter at BuzzFeed in Los Angeles. Emily has edited two award-winning narrative short films, worked as a Development Executive in unscripted television, and was the Lead Editor for InStyle Magazine’s celebrity interview series “The Badass Questionnaire”. Emily also edited the iconic InStyle...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Wise guy, consultant and performer Rabbi Sydney Mintz (she/they) has served as the Rabbi of the historic Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco for the past 25 years. In 2022, Rabbi Mintz was awarded her honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree by the Hebrew Union College. As a Performer/Writer, Rabbi Mintz’s one woman show “You May Think I’m Funny, But It’s Not” premiered and sold out at the Marsh Theatre in San Francisco. The show paused during Covid and is now getting ready to hit the road again. She ...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min
From homeless to hero, Michael Unbroken is the founder of Think Unbroken, best-selling author, award-winning speaker, podcast host, coach, and advocate for adult survivors of childhood trauma. Since 2016, Michael has empowered over 100,000 trauma survivors to get out of The Vortex, learn to love themselves, and become the hero of their own story. Michael has spoken in over 80 countries, won investments from Undercover Billionaire Grant Cardone, and is on a mission to end Generational Trauma in h...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Today we sit down with Rebecca Soffer, cofounder of Modern Loss. Modern Loss is a global movement offering creative, meaningful, and practical content and community addressing the long arc of grief. @modernloss **This is our season finale - yay! Dying of Laughter will return in August.** Her brand new book, THE MODERN LOSS HANDBOOK: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience , is now avaialble for purchase wherever books are sold! This handbook is for anyonewho has...
May 18, 2022•58 min
Two weeks ago I threw a (Jewish) Funeral-Themed Birthday Party, because of course I did. My friend Brenna Guinan is interviewing me all about it! Yes, it was weird...no, I didn't die. Come for the food, stay for the tea. Brenna is a licensed mental health counselor, certified rehabilitation counselor and the host of the Real Fckn Talk Podcast. @real.fckn.talk - Say hi! @dyingoflaughter_podcast / DyingOfLaughterPodcast@gmail.com Do you like this show? Leaving a review on Apple Podcasts is extreme...
May 12, 2022•1 hr 1 min
DARA KURTZ, after being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of forty-two, left her twenty-year career as a financial advisor to focus on writing and speaking. Today her personal blog, Crazy Perfect Life (www.crazyperfectlife.com), reaches over 200,000 followers. Dara is the author of three books, her most recent being: I am My Mother’s Daughter: Wisdom on Life, Loss, and Love. Dara’s goal is to use her life experiences to help people strengthen their relationships and create more happiness a...
May 05, 2022•1 hr
Popping in to say hi and to remind you that less is more. We know this, yet we forget this. In Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less , Greg McKeown reminds us that less is more in an inspiring, relatable, and digestable way! I am reading this book for the third time. Yes, you heard me. So I'm just going to leave that right there... "Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized? Are you often busy but not productive? Do you feel ...
Apr 29, 2022•9 min
Miles Adams and Max Lemper-Tabatsky co-founded their company, Oaktree Memorials, after a personal loss revealed that unique and high quality, modern urns were difficult to come by. Death is a natural cycle of life and Max and Miles honor this with environmentally-friendly manufacturing and ethical practices. "We founded Oaktree after experiencing firsthand how difficult it can be to find modern memorials made from exceptional and sustainable materials. With this in mind, we designed and curated ...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 9 min
In this episode, I am taking you behind the scenes of a play I am starring in called BLAZE. Blaze is a modern play portraying a dysfunctional family attempting to get their sister/daughter into rehab. I interject with standup and storytelling sets throughout the show. It would be an honor and a pleasure to see your face in the audience! Those in LA, come check out the play: The Hudson Theatre in Hollywood: 4/15, 4/16, 4/29, 4/30, 5/1 @ 8pm Tickets & Information: https://www.blazestageplay.co...
Apr 14, 2022•12 min
Eileen’s passion is found in enabling individuals, families and communities to live healthy and balanced lives. She fulfills her calling through a combination of executive coaching, health and lifestyle coaching, serving the community and on business boards, and investing in companies that are making a positive impact in the world. Today we discuss the loss of Eileen’s first husband, and how she discusses grief with her kids. Eileen’s husband died in a plane crash in 2011. She also lost her sist...
Mar 30, 2022•48 min
Toya Nicole is a Digital Marketing Consultant, Diversity & Inclusion Lead, Christian Author and travel influencer from Dallas, Texas. Today we discuss the loss of Toya’s mother to complications from heart disease in 2001 and the loss of her father to prostate cancer in 2002. With her company, L. Nicole Media, for the past 8 years she has worked with soloprenuers and small businesses with a limited online presence who are in need of a social media strategy and management to maximize their pre...
Mar 24, 2022•41 min
David is an author, public speaker, philanthropist, and endurance athlete whose mission is to form more meaningful human connections through storytelling. In Cycle of Lives, David shares the interconnected stories of people overcoming trauma and delves deeply into their emotional journeys with cancer. Today we discuss the loss of David’s sister. David’s sister died of brain cancer in 2007. He continues to do Ironman triathlons and a wide range of endurance athletic events, having recently comple...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 90
As creative duo “KnifeRock,” Machete and Erin’s short films have been selections of Marfa Film Festival, LA Shorts, and Moonfaze Feminist Film. As screenwriters-for-hire they’ve worked on features and television, Moon Manor will be Machete and Erin’s debut feature film. ABOUT ERIN & MACHETE: Erin and Machete met in 9th grade Honors English, but truly bonded when Erin cast Machete as the "Friar" in a gender reversed production of Romeo + Juliet. Growing up together in the Lake Tahoe area, swi...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 3 min
