A thoughtful exploration of everything about life-limiting illness, dying, and death. Everyone Dies is a nonprofit organization with the goal to educate the public about the processes associated with dying and death, empower regarding options and evidence-based information to help them guide their care, normalize dying, and reinforce that even though everyone dies, first we live, and that every day we are alive is a gift.
"Gaslighting" has been ubiquitous in common language recently, but it is often misused from its original meaning. True gaslighting is a form of a emotional abuse...what do you within one of these rel…
What is the relationship between hearing loss - the third leading cause of chronic disability in older adults - and risk of cognitive impairment and dementia? We dig into the research in this episode…
Learn how future causes of death may be different for our children and grandchildren
Death causes have changed drastically since the 1800’s; how will they change 50 to 100 years from now? Listen to le…
Learn why it's important to just to "reach out and touch somebody's hand," and tips to make this world a better place, because you can!
Meh is a Yiddish word that has been adopted into English that e…
Learn how your healthcare team ensures your safety while helping you meet your treatment goals in our final interview with an international expert on pain management.
This week is part three of our t…
If we delay effective pain management, does it do any harm? Learn the truth from our guest Patrick Coyne
This week is part two of our three-part interview series with Patrick Coyne, known worldwide fo…
World-renowned expert Patrick Coyne joins us for our three-part series on pain management
Not being in pain is fundamental to having a good quality of life, and this is especially true at the end of l…
Ovarian Cancer is one of the most common gynecologic cancers, but 49% of women are diagnosed after it has already spread to distant sites. This is because many of the warning signs can be dismissed a…
Compelling Reasons to Give Hospice a Try – and Why it’s Not “Giving Up” on Life
When a family knows that a dying person needs hospice care but they are hesitant or resistant, it can be a challenging s…
Mother’s Day can trigger complex emotions no matter what kind of relationship existed. Today we talk about how the loss of a mother can affect us, and how we can grow through it.
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The death of your sibling may receive little social acknowledgement, but the can affect you in many ways. Learn why it can have a profound and unique impact.
This podcast is dedicated to Russell, the …
Inflammation can be a killer – how do we combat it?
Together, diseases related to chronic inflammation account for 50% of deaths worldwide. The relation among obesity, inflammation, and metabolic synd…
Grief groceries are a meaningful and practical way to extend support to those navigating the challenging path of grief. The next time a loved one is going through a difficult time, skip the “let me k…
In 2020, firearms became the leading cause of death for American children and teens in the United States, overtaking motor vehicle accidents. Firearm violence - which includes accidental death relate…
Parental death in midlife may result in lingering feelings of loneliness, feeling alone on the earth for the first time in their lives. Their death can bring back memories of former losses, unresolve…
When we plan for our inevitable death, we can make our end of life easier for our loved ones.
Life is hard, loss is hard, grief is hard. A final gift we can offer those who love us is to have our pape…
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) are a technology that many people have, especially if they survived cardiac arrest or have a heart condition that causes dangerous heart rhythms.
ICDs are…
Learn Healthy Strategies to Deal with a Person with Anger Issues
Are you overwhelmed by the political climate, difficult people in healthcare, or even the person riding your bumper on the roadway? We …
Find connection and community through digital preservation and memorialization
People are more frequently choosing cremation over burial and in doing so, raises the question of memorialization. Digita…
Indigenous Americans have higher rates of cancer, dementia, and diabetes compared to other US populations. How is this related to their historical experiences? We talk about an understandable distrus…