Everyone Dies (Every1Dies)

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 …

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 …

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…

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…

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.  …

This is the second of a two-part series discussing the research regarding what people with serious illness want, particularly at the end of their lives.   This episode discusses: 1) wanting to know w…

Jane Fendelman contacted Marianne wishing to have an interview to chat about death and dying.  Jane is a cancer survivor and has worked as a private counselor for many years, eventually getting hospi…

This is the first of a two-part series discussing the research regarding what people with serious illness want, particularly at the end of their lives.

This episode discusses:

• Wanting to live without p…

In our last episode we talked about grief and mourning. This week we expand on the concept to discuss traumatic or complicated grief. Traumatic grief is grief and mourning over a death that came abou…

Is there a difference between grief and mourning?  Will I ever get over the death of a loved one?  In this podcast we talk about grief (the process of experiencing a loss) and mourning (the coping ef…

DNR means "Do Not Resuscitate." DNR orders are written instructions from a physician telling health care providers not to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).  We discuss the reasons someone …

In this episode we delve deep into Advance Directives.  We often have misconceptions that advance directives are only for older people or people that are dying.  But did you know the whole reason the…

No one likes to receive bad news such as a cancer or debilitating disease diagnosis, but it is helpful to be prepared for it.  This podcast explores how health care practitioners are taught to give b…

Adaptation is something humans that survive become very good at.  We must adapt so that we can survive and live the best life that we can. Despite the reason for our needing to adapt to a new normal …

What’s all this fuss about COVID-19?  Spoiler alert: COVID-19 is not a flu. In this podcast we will discuss the reasons why.  We have an eclectic array of stories for our other segments and learn som…

In this episode Marianne delves into how the SARS-COV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19) affects the body.  She also explains death certificate documentation to address a common conspiracy theory.  For m…

In this episode we talk about going to the hospital during this COVID-19 pandemic.  Visitors who have symptoms of COVID-19 are not allowed inside the hospital, so planning is needed for both the pati…

If you watch any newsreel of trauma or disaster, you will surely see somewhere a First Responder or volunteer draping a blanket over injured, wearied, or shell-shocked victims.  There is something he…

Marianne and Charlie discuss some of the challenges facing us as we battle the coronavirus.

Marianne shares her experiences in disaster preparation and response, and retaining focus on patient care - …

Every living thing will die.  There are three reasons that people die.  It is because they are:

1. Very very sick; 
2. Very very hurt (injured); or 
3. Very very old.  

This podcast discusses these concepts.

We al…