When people around you are facing difficult times, you many not know what to say. Learn conversational tools to help them more effectively.
The expectations we put upon ourselves for a "perfect" holiday can wreak havoc on our stress levels, mood, and relationships. One of the things we can do to take care of ourselves is to get enough rest. Learn 5 tips to help you wind down and improve...
How does the opioid crisis affect effective pain management at the end of life? Learn about this and other barriers with our special guest Patrick Coyne.
What misconceptions do people have about hospice? Learn the facts that can help you or a family member make an informed decision about entering hospice care.
We want our loved ones to be able to make their own decisions as long as they are able, but what do you do when they are making bad decisions? We talk about decision-making capacity and the differences between ability, capacity and competency.
What is Palliative Care? We answer that question in detail in this episode as we interview Connie Baker about her experiences with her father's advanced cancer.
How does a leading psychedelic researcher cope with his terminal cancer diagnosis? We learn about his experience and the therapeutic potential of entheogens.
What do you do when frontline chemotherapy fails to stop cancer from growing? Your care team may offer the decision between aggressive anticancer treatment or palliative and hospice care. We share the story of one patient as she determined what was...
We often use words like fighting, battle, and war for illness like cancer, but can "fighters" feel like failures when illness advances? Learn how can we do better.
How much would your life change if you embraced the concept that we will all die...but then got busy living with the gift of that perspective?
This week’s show addresses these ideas and embraces the idea of living our lives as if we were dying.