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September 10, 2025 54 mins

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Monica Kumar, an end-of-life educator and author, shares her profound insights on death, grief, and the importance of legacy planning and asking/answering all of these essential questions as soon as you can. Drawing from her personal experiences of loss, she emphasizes the need for open conversations about death and the values that guide our decisions at the end of life. Monica discusses the challenges of caregiving planning, the limitations of traditional wills, and the significance of understanding quality of life. She advocates for a playful approach to discussing mortality, highlighting the importance of self-care in the field of death work.

Website: beyondeolplanning.com
Book: Beyond Loss: The Power of Purposeful Grief  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F899PY61 (Kindle) https://payhip.com/b/1nKkl (PDF)
Recent Article: https://www.elephantjournal.com/2025/07/we-dont-have-to-inherit-the-silence-choosing-a-new-lens-on-death-grief-monica-kumar/



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