Mike Ward - BMI Singer / Songwriter - has been on our podcast a couple of times with his songs about aging and death, and he wrote this song just for us! He sings about saying words we need to say, to do the things we want to do, savor those...
Music is an integral part of our lives...why shouldn't it be our final statement at our funeral? Learn all about selecting funeral music in this episode.
This week we visit New Orleans for a jazz funeral. Learn how the community joins the remembrance with gratitude and life-affirming defiance as they celebrate!
Today we focus on comfort - how Arlington Ladies make funerals a time of comfort, honor and remembrance, and how a doctor comforted a patient at the end of life with a beer. Listen also to more songs to wake the dead!
Did you know we have over 218,000 service members in overseas cemeteries? Learn about the federal agency that manages these memorials and cemeteries with honor. We also learn about the history of pizza - and Hawaiian pizza - and welcome Magnus...
There is a story about a horse on the dining room table that is a parable about how death is known but ignored and not talked about. You cannot make the horse disappear, but you can speak of the horse and thereby render it less powerful. Learn how...
Historic cemeteries are filled with ornate carvings on gravestones. Learn all about the special meanings of some of these motifs, icons and text.
We explore entheogens - sacred hallucinogenic drugs - to decrease fear and promote mindfulness, self-examination, joy and acceptance when facing terminal illness.
What better way to process a death than with creative arts? Mike Ward shares his song about his father. Learn also strategies to help with the death of a father.
Learn all about stomach cancer risk factors, symptoms & diagnosis Stomach cancer is the 5th most common cancer in the world, and anyone can get it. This is part one of a two-part review where we talk about risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis...