CareDoula School of Accompanying the Dying

This podcast describes a movement underway of people called to serve the dying in independent practice. Deanna Cochran created a community, The End of Life Practitioners Collective, to nurture the people who are doing this work.

$95 EARLY BIRD special ends at midnight tonight, June 14, 2015. (reg price $145). 3 days with pioneers in the end of life movement sharing, networking and storytelling.

There is so much to say about palliative medicine, the components of palliative care and all that, but it has been awhile since we've simply delved into the heart of the matter.

There is a calling to serve the dying that is being answered globally. People want to serve, "non experts" are wanting to bring light into an area that frightens so many people. Its interesting how they want to do this. Its not all the same.

A talk with Liliana De Lima, Executive Director of the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care

Michael Fratkin, MD is not only taking palliative care to where people would not receive it otherwise; he is also taking the time it takes to do this right. We could learn a lot from this palliative physician from rural Northern California.

What started out as a conversation about celebration turned into a care giving discussion, perhaps because she and I both have dealt with this loaded topic as well as millions of others. Her voice alone is worth tuning into...she is sheer comfort!

Death talk on Maui ... you don't hear about this combination everyday. Tune in as we talk about what Bodhi is up to - The Death Store, ocean burials, living ... just to name a few things.

Listen to this week's podcast: http://journeypodcast.com/the-death-monologues-a-talk-with-giselle-suarez Giselle Suarez is a Cuban-American theatre artist who studied theatre in Europe.

Diagnosed in 2003 with a progressive form of multiple sclerosis, Aliyah is a quadriplegic. She recently published her book describing her healing journey describing her regenerative experience of living with a degenerative illness.