Normally we want people to eat and drink to heal. But for terminally ill, what does it mean when they no longer want food or fluids? How do we continue to support them? Find out about the dying process and how as a caregiver and family member your focus can shift to symptom management. Listen also...
This is the first of a series of talks about the last hours of living with the focus this week on pain and skin. In is natural to assume that what we have been told to do to recuperate and be healthy are the same as what is seen during the dying process. The approaches and rules are different when...
Marianne was a guest on the Neurotic Nourishment podcast with host Dr. Lindsay Weisner, Psychologist, who "talks with smart, sweary women about shit that matters." She talked about how to talk about children about dying.
Children have questions about everything. This week Dr. Marianne Matzo is talking with William the Fifth and his mother Lorilei about why people die, how people die, and what happens after death. William is fascinated with zombies and Michael Jacksons’ “Thriller” video, so, our interview includes...
Our guest this week is Lori Jackson, a well-known travel writer who after the death of her brother goes in search of information about the Grim Reaper.
Jane Fendelman contacted Marianne wishing to have an interview to chat about death and dying. Jane is a cancer survivor and has worked as a private counselor for many years, eventually getting hospice certifications. Conversation flowed from what is a "good death" to many other thoughts from...
Adaptation is something humans that survive become very good at. We must adapt so that we can survive and live the best life that we can. Despite the reason for our needing to adapt to a new normal as well as those situations where we were fine with the old normal, (thank you very much!) the rules...