End-of-Life University
Dr. Karen Wyatt, hospice physician and author of "7 Lessons for Living from the Dying," interviews experts on all aspects of the end-of-life, including: caring for the dying, funeral and burial practices, planning for the end-of-life, conscious dying, grief and loss, caregiver support, afterlife, death and the arts, and community initiatives to improve end-of-life care. Access show notes at www.eolupodcast.com
Episodes
September 8, 2025 • 49 mins
Learn about a heartwarming book of end-of-life teaching stories about the “little things” that make life meaningful. My guest Diane Button is an end-of-life doula, a founding partner of the Bay Area End-of-Life Doula Alliance in Northern California, and an instructor for the University of Vermont’s End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate Program. She has been a… Continue reading .css-1t8gq41{border:none;background-image:none;background-color:transparent;box-shadow:none;color:#2F3133;cursor:pointer;font-size:inherit;padding:0;-webkit-text-decoration:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;width:-webkit-max-content;width:-moz-max-content;width:max-content;}.css-1t8gq41:hover,.css-1t8gq41:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;}
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September 1, 2025 • 62 mins
Learn why the qualities of ethical service are important for everyone who cares for others at the end of life. My guest Kathy Ginn is a massage therapist and bodyworker who is also an End-of-Life Care Doula, Grief Companion, author, and educator. She is the founder of Ethical Dimensions continuing education platform and the author… Continue reading Ep. 516 Ethical Service for End-of-Life Work...
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August 25, 2025 • 34 mins
Learn about the importance of community-based rituals for grief to help us heal the divisions in our society. In this solo episode I’m sharing some my observation that our society is currently in a massive collective grief spiral, largely due to unaddressed grief from the COVID pandemic as I wrote about in a recent Substack… Continue reading Ep. 515 Collective Grief Rituals: Honoring An...
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August 18, 2025 • 49 mins
Learn how business leaders and entrepreneurs are being taught to find meaning in life from the stories of the terminally ill. My guest Travis Luther MA is a sociologist and entrepreneur and a recognized expert in childhood trauma. He teaches business leaders through workshops, one-on-one coaching, and keynote speaking about finding deeper meaning in work… Continue reading Ep. 514 Life Advice ...
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August 11, 2025 • 39 mins
Check out this recent episode from my podcast What Really Matters that includes why we need death-aware spirituality. This week I’m taking a little summer break from interviews and sharing with you a recent episode from my newly-relaunched podcast What Really Matters. I discuss the importance of spirituality right now at this particular time in… Continue reading Ep. 513 Why (Death-Aware...
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August 4, 2025 • 71 mins
Learn about a helpful workbook and a free workshop toolkit to support people who are navigating a life-changing diagnosis. My return guest Dr. Hsien Seow is a palliative care researcher and a professor in the Department of Oncology at McMaster University. He is a co-host with Sammy Winemaker MD of The Waiting Room Revolution Podcast… Continue reading Ep. 512 Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnos...
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July 28, 2025 • 63 mins
Learn about innovative educational programs for medical students and the impact they are having. My special guest Dr. Kevin Dieter is a family medicine and hospice and palliative care physician who helped to develop the nationally recognized palliative care curriculum at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He created a virtual learning module called “Being with Dying”… Continue reading
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July 21, 2025 • 58 mins
Learn about an exciting new training to become a Death Literacy Educator and teach in your community. My return guest Francesca Lynn Arnoldy is a doula and a published researcher with the Vermont Conversation Lab and she runs a program for Death Literacy Educators. She is the author of The Death Doula’s Guide to Living… Continue reading Ep. 510 Training Death Literacy Educators with Fra...
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July 14, 2025 • 57 mins
Learn about Dr. Ira Byock’s strategic vision for approaching the major issues facing hospice and palliative care. My guest Dr. Ira Byock is a leading palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care through the end of life. He is the author of the books Dying Well, The Four Things that Matter Most,… Continue reading Ep. 509 A Future Path for Hospice and Palliati...
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July 7, 2025 • 59 mins
Learn about a helpful book with resources for dementia caregivers. My guest Dr. Beverly Thorn is dual trained in the neurosciences and clinical psychology. She is the author of hundreds of articles, two books, and four workbooks on coping with chronic illness. She has also been trained as an end-of-life doula and served as her… Continue reading Ep. 508 Navigating Life as a Dementia Caregiver ...
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June 30, 2025 • 69 mins
Listen to an important discussion about how spiritually-focused people can speak up about social justice issues and work toward community healing. In this episode I’m sharing with you part of the recent workshop on Sacred Activism I hosted with Terri Daniel and Brian Smith. Terri is an inter-spiritual hospice chaplain and end-of-life educator certified in… Continue reading Ep. 507 Sacre...
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June 23, 2025 • 54 mins
Learn about the specialty of pediatric palliative care and how one doctor has benefitted from his relationship with his seriously ill patients. My guest Dr. Bob Macauley is one of only a few hundred pediatricians in the U.S. specializing in palliative care for children with life-threatening illness. Uniquely Dr. Macauley attended both divinity school and… Continue reading Ep. 506 Pediatric Pa...
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June 16, 2025 • 53 mins
Explore how death doulas fill the gaps in end-of-life medical care with Kacie Gikonyo, RN and founder of The Death Doula Collective. A conversation about presence, advocacy, and healing at the end of life.
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June 9, 2025 • 65 mins
Ian McCartor, hospice nurse and founder of The Ash Rose, shares how he transforms cremated ashes into rose-shaped memorials—and how creativity and ritual can support the grief journey.
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June 2, 2025 • 64 mins
Learn about breaking taboos around talking about death through a unique death education program in Australia. My guest Samantha Waite is the quirky founding director of Taboo Education who works with individuals and groups in local, national (Australia) and international communities to resolve our taboo and confusion in talking about death. She is a long-time… Continue reading Ep. 503 Taboo E...
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May 26, 2025 • 63 mins
Learn how finding just one little thing to be thankful for every day can help us with grief. My guest Kelly Buckley is the author of the book and founder of the movement called Just One Little Thing that has a loyal following worldwide. She is a registered nurse who now nurtures other souls who… Continue reading Ep. 502 Just One Little Thing: Gratitude and Grief with Kelly Buckley
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May 19, 2025 • 57 mins
Learn why it’s important to be aware of the needs of people with disabilities (and their families) when providing end-of-life and bereavement care. My guest Carrie Batt is an end-of-life doula and the founder of SEOL Care which offers disability-competent end-of-life care, support and planning for people with a disability and their families. She advocates… Continue reading Ep. 501 Disab...
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May 12, 2025 • 26 mins
Join me for a few stories and a brief celebration of the 500th episode of EOLU Podcast! This week I’m celebrating the milestone of 500 Episodes and I hope you’ll share my joy! I’ll be answering a few questions (submitted by ChatGPT!) and telling a story or two. It has been an incredible experience being… Continue reading Ep. 500 Celebrating a Milestone with Karen Wyatt MD
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May 5, 2025 • 63 mins
Learn about the value of viewing death through a spiritual lens rather than just as an ending of the physical body. My guest Felicity Warner is the founder of Soul Midwives™ a global movement to teach holistic and spiritual end-of-life care. She has been working with death and dying for 35 years and her work… Continue reading Ep. 499 Death as a Shift in Consciousness with Felicity Warner
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April 29, 2025 • 57 mins
Learn how a project making memory bears for people who are grieving is opening the door to conversation about the end of life. My guest Michelle Sebern is an RN who trained as an end-of-life doula to channel her skills and passion into more community-focused work. When she found her rural community wasn’t quite ready… Continue reading Ep. 498 Memory Bears and Grief in Community with Mic...
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