Podcast Episodes

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Season 1 Episode 25

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is scarring in the lungs without a known cause.  It causes lungs to become stiff and makes it hard to get oxygen to into the blood. We talk about IPF symptoms, its…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

The Five Invitations - Part 3

Season 1 Episode 24

This is the last of a three-part series where we explore Frank Ostaseski's book The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach the Living.  Frank helped found the Zen Hospice Project’s Guest …

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Support Groups

Season 1 Episode 23

What can you learn from joining a support group? How do you find a support group? How do you get the most from a support group?

These are the questions we answer and more with a special guest and 30+ …

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

The Five Invitations - Part 2

Season 1 Episode 22

Openness is the basis for a skillful response of life.  When we’re open and receptive, we have options.  In this episode we continue our discussion from Frank Ostaseski’s book and the invitations of …

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Artificial Food and Fluids

Season 1 Episode 21

When are artificial fluids beneficial, and when can they do more harm than good?  We talk about this issue in detail to help inform this difficult decision. 

We try to answer these questions:

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

The Five Invitations - Part 1

Season 1 Episode 20

Life and death go together.  Everyone is born, and everyone dies.  We can't truly live unless are aware of death.  What can we learn from those at the end of life?  We explore Frank Ostaseski's book …

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Flight of Ideas with Tracy Harding

Season 1 Episode 19

Tracy Harding is a pediatric occupational therapist and has been working in a public school system outside the Boston area for the past twenty-five years. Working with children is her first love and …

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Flight of Ideas with Mary Kazanowski

Season 1 Episode 18

For this episode we interview Mary Kazanowski, PhD, former professor at St. Anselm College in Manchester and an Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner with 30 years' experience as a hospice nurse.  Wha…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Survivor's Guilt with Tarah Warren

Season 1 Episode 17

What does it mean to fight like a girl?  Just ask Tarah Warren, CEO of Tenaciously Teal, and our special guest for this episode.  Tara took her Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer battle and turned it into an inc…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Flight of Ideas with Betsy Wurzel

Season 1 Episode 16

Betsy Wurzel’s husband started having unusual memory issues, and was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease two years later at only 56. She lost him this in January after a 10-year decline.  …

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago