We Should Talk About Palliative Care, Our Obsession with Beginnings, and Why We Should Live Our Lives Before We Die

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Dr. Kathy Zhang is a hospice and palliative medicine physician and a podcast host who focuses on having the conversations most of us are afraid to have until it's too late: what kind of life do we want to live and when it draws to an end, how can we leave with as little regret as possible? Drawing from Bronnie Ware's, "The Top Five Regrets of the Dying" Dr. Kathy is on a mission to ensure those who are at the end of this lifetime receive care with as much autonomy and control as possible, and she wants the living to do it with clarity, purpose and intention.

Jess and Jess talk with Dr. Kathy about the dignity of palliative care for all family members, the obsession with our culture and beginnings, and how our lives are so greatly impacted when we are death avoidant. Surprisingly, palliative care is a relatively young field- it's only been around for 10 or so years. Dr. Kathy explains the process of end of life care, and why it is still so underutilized and misunderstood. She asks how we can use palliative care as a tool to address the regrets while we still can.

A necessary conversation to have on holding space, in so many ways.


Meet Dr. Kathy:
Dr. Luyi Kathy Zhang is a hospice and palliative medicine physician, author, speaker and transformational life coach. She also hosts The Purpose Filter podcast, the show that helps living people apply dying lessons before it’s too late. Her mission is to bring the clarity, purpose and meaning that comes with confronting one’s mortality to those fortunate enough not to—because everyone deserves to live the life they want with
the time they have left. Dr. Zhang’s coaching and podcast are a mix of inspirational wisdom and practical, action-based tips to help you turn your dreams into reality and live an extraordinary life on your terms. To find out more about Dr. Kathy visit: https://luyikathyzhang.com/

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