In this soul-deep episode of Firemouth Anonymous, we open the door to a conversation many people fear—and few are ever taught how to have: the conversation about death.

We each share personal stories of loss and grief, moments that forced us to sit with death rather than run from it. We also dive into how different cultures, philosophies, and spiritual traditions approach death—comparing the often-sterile, avoidant norms of the Western world with the more reverent, embodied practices found in Eastern, Indigenous, and ancestral lineages.

This episode isn’t about doom and gloom. It’s about unlearning the fear of death, exploring how facing it can actually bring us back to life, and how honoring death can be one of the most sacred and humanizing things we do.

If you’ve ever felt afraid of death, avoided grief, or longed to understand it more deeply—this one’s for you.