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7 months ago

In this fascinating trip to the Victorian era we learn about a world in which people had a much healthier relationship with death than we have today, and the roots of what became the popular practice of commercial mediumship in the UK and the U.S. Our guest Jennifer Ingraham collects, buys and sells antiques specfically related to death and mourning in the Victorian period. Her collection of unique objects includes memorial hair wreaths, clothing, post-mortem photography, viewing coffi...

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In this fascinating trip to the Victorian era we learn about a world in which people had a much healthier relationship with death than we have today, and the roots of what became the popular practice of commercial mediumship in the UK and the U.S. Our guest Jennifer Ingraham collects, buys and sells antiques specfically related to death and mourning in the Victorian period. Her collection of unique objects includes memorial hair wreaths, clothing, post-mortem photography, viewing coffi...

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Society & Culture

Religion & Spirituality,

Health & Fitness,

Alternative Health

Episodes (20/46)

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EP 44: Death Positive Practices, Imagery and Icons from the Victorian Era

In this fascinating trip to the Victorian era we learn about a world in which people had a much healthier relationship with death than we have today, and the roots of what became the popular practice of commercial mediumship in the UK and the U.S. Our guest Jennifer Ingraham collects, buys and sells antiques specfically related to death and mourning in the Victorian period. Her collection of unique objects includes memorial hair wreaths, clothing, post-mortem photography, viewing coffi...

7 months ago

55 minutes

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EP 43: Barbara Karnes RN

Barbara Karnes, RN is an award winning end of life educator, award winning nurse, NHPCO Hospice Innovator award winner 2018 & 2015 International Humanitarian Woman of the Year. While at the bedside of hundreds of people during the dying process, Hospice Pioneer Barbara Karnes noticed that each death was following a near identical script. Each person was going through the stages of death in almost the same manner and most families came to her with similar questions. These realizations le...

1 year ago

51 minutes

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EP 42: Life with Ghosts: After-Death Communication and Continuing Bonds with the Deceased

Today's interview with writer/director/producer Stephen Z. Berkley touches on a vast spectrum of topics related to interdimensional communication, mediumship and bereavement, as addressed in his award-winning documentary, Life With Ghosts. While Stephen has worked in multiple capacities inside the media industry for more than 30 years, Life With Ghosts is his first fully self-produced feature film. The story idea came with the death of Stephen’s father, when shortly afterwards, his moth...

1 year ago

46 minutes

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EP 41: Dr. Christopher Kerr - Dreams and Visions of the Dying

Ever since his 2015 TED talk, Christopher Kerr MD had rapidly risen to become a household name in the field of death and afterlife studies. His background in research has evolved from bench science towards the human experience of illness as witnessed from the bedside, specifically patient’s dreams and visions at the end of life. The results of his studies generated enormous response in the non-medical community, both nationally and internationally, through coverage that has included the...

1 year ago

12 minutes

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EP 40: Dr. Joshua Black on Grief Dreams

Dr. Joshua Black is one of the presenters at our upcoming 2024 Conference on Death, Grief and Belief (online August 24, 2024). His reasearch on the dreams of the bereaved provides a foundation for helping grieving individuals use new tools for processing loss. Dr. Black holds a MA and PhD in Psychology. He is a grief and bereavement researcher, speaker, educator, and host of the Grief Dreams podcast. His work focuses on dreams and continuing bonds after loss, including prenatal ...

1 year ago

12 minutes

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EP 39: Richard Groves on Deathbed Mystics: A Universal Experience

We are very honored to have Professor Richard Groves with us today, and as part of our roster for the 2024 Conference on Death, Grief and Belief, which takes place ONLINE on August 24. Richard is an internationally respected teacher of the sacred art of living and dying. A chaplain for more than twenty five years, Richard speaks nine languages and has earned graduate degrees in theology, ethics, world religions and law. Richard and his wife, Mary, are the founders of the Sacred Art of ...

1 year ago

10 minutes

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EP 38: Gregory Shushan PhD on Near-Death Journeys Across Cultures and Throughout History

We are thrilled to have Dr. Shushan with us again this year. His body of work in the field of near-death studies is unrivaled on near-death experience is unrivaled. He is a historian of religions, an award-winning author, and the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history. His books include The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife, Near-Death Experiences in Indigenous Religions, and Near-Death Experience...

1 year ago

14 minutes

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EP 37: Dr. Kenneth Doka on Mystical Experiences at the Bedside

In support of our upcoming Summer 2024 Death, Grief and Belief Conference, one of our esteemed speakers, Dr. Ken Doka, spoke with us about two phenomena that often occur as death approaches... terminal lucidity and nearing-death awareness. For an overview of Dr. Doka's stellar credentials, click HERE. TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER AND STAY INFORMED ABOUT UPCOMING WORKSHOPS, EVENTS AND PODCAST EPISODES, CLICK HERE.

1 year ago

19 minutes

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EP 36: Medical Aid in Dying: A Chaplain’s Perspective

Ep. 439 Medical Aid in Dying: A Chaplain’s Perspective with Rev. Dr. Terri Daniel This episode aired on 1/22/24 on Dr. Karen Wyatt's END OF LIFE UNIVERSITY podcast. This episode includes: . The history of medical aid in dying in Oregon . How EOLCOR (End-of-Life Choices Oregon) assists people who want to utilize medical aid in dying . The wide variations in hospice policies around medical aid in dying . Dilemmas around communicating with family members who don’t supp...

1 year ago

59 minutes

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EP 35: A Veterinarian Talks About Euthanasia for Animals

Dr. Deborah Aronson is a Philadelphia veterinarian who has a unqiue background for her work in end-of-life care for animals and grief support for the people that love them. At one point in her career, after she'd had a private veterinary practice for several years, she trained as chaplain in a human hospital to develop her spiritual care skills. Observing the suffering of dying patients on life support created a stark contrast with the compassion we show to our pets when they face life-...

2 years ago

46 minutes

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EP 34: The Yucky Stuff

CONTENT WARNING! This conversation addresses bodily death and disposition, and contains graphic descriptions of what happens to a body during death, mortuary care, decomposition, cremation and more. If these topics are uncomfortable for you, listen with caution (or skip this episode). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Wyatt and Dr. Daniel talk with Michaelene Dowers, an Indiana-based funeral director who is licen...

2 years ago

1 hour 10 minutes

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EP 33: Dr. Korie Leigh - Helping Children Manage Grief and Loss

Dr. Korie Leigh is a child life specialist and grief counselor whose new book What Does Grief Feel LIke is for chidren who are grieving, and includes a guide for parents and caregivers on how to support a child's journey through loss and grief. In this episode Dr. Leigh addresses an array of topics, incuding pet death, preparing children for attending funerals, the best (and the worst) language to use when talking to children about death, and the importance of death educat...

2 years ago

36 minutes

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EP 32: Whitewashing Violence in the Hebrew Bible - with Rev. Caffie Risher

Rev. Caffie Risher is a Christian pastor and grief counselor who is deeply aware of the presence of toxic theology in scripture and in the teachings of the church. She infuses her ministry for the bereaved with clear, critical thinking and a non-dogmatic approach to spirituality in the process of grief and mourning. Caffie has early recollections of walking dirt roads in the south with her grandmother Jessie Mae where they would take care of relatives and community m...

2 years ago

29 minutes

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EP 31: Ken Doka PhD - Grief and Resilience- Part Two

In the field of death and bereavement studies, Dr. Ken Doka is one of today's premiere thought leaders and researchers (his publications and credits are too numerous to list, but you can find them all HERE). To name just a few, he's written and/or co-authored numerous books that are used as required texts in college courses on psychology and grief, including: . Dying & Death: Life & Living . When We Die: Extraordinary Experiences at Life’s End . Living with Grief sinc...

2 years ago

33 minutes

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EP 30: Robert Neimeyer, PhD - Grief and Resilience - Part One

We are very excited to presesnt this interview with Robert A. Neimeyer, Ph.D., who is among the leading researchers in the field of death and bereavement. His work is legendary, and when you listen to this podcast, you'll find him to be extremely compassionate, articulate and wise. Dr. Neimeyer is a professor in the department of psychology, University of Memphis, and also serves as director of the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, which offers training and certification in ...

2 years ago

42 minutes

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EP 29: There Are No Stages of Grief - BONUS EPISODE

Hello friends! In preparation for a training program I'm designing for a local hospice, I've decided to record this commentary on the "stage theory" of grief so that this information can be easily accessible to students. It's a short episode, and it's loaded with important information for anybody who works professionally with bereavement, or for any bereaved person who wants to better understand the mourning process. Here are some of the supportive materials I mentioned in the ...

3 years ago

12 minutes

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EP 28: What Dying Children Know

When a child is terminally ill, parents agonize over how to tell the child about their prognosis, and how to decide when to stop treatment when a cure is no longer possible. Their anguish is fueled by a range of ethical, emotional and spiritual dilemmas, and there is never an easy or an obvious answer. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Steinhorn, an academic pediatrician who practices intensive care and hospice medicine for children. He led the Judith Nan Joy Integrative Medicine Rese...

3 years ago

50 minutes

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EP 27: What Happens When we DON'T Die?

Since the beginning of human thought, we've pondered the great metaphysical question, "What happens when we die?" But now, thanks to modern medical technology, a new question has emerged that has practical, down-to-earth implications... "What happens when we don't die?" In today's episode, Dr. Karen Wyatt and Dr. Terri Daniel explore an aspect of end-of-life care that is not often discussed, and may even be a bit difficult to listen to. Because today we're talking about ab...

3 years ago

55 minutes

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EP: 26 - To Infinity and Beyond - with Peter Panagore, MDiv

Rev. Peter Panagore has been pronouced dead twice; once after freezing to death while ice climbing, and again, years later, after a heart attack. Both times he returned with memories of a detailed out-of-body journey. Peter now hosts Not Church: Mysticism. No Doctrine. No Dogmaon his YouTube Channel, where he deconstructs The Bible in light of his near-death experiences. In this episoide, Peter describes -- in great detail -- the exact process of dying, which in itself is q...

3 years ago

1 hour 19 minutes

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EP 23: Separating Myth From Meaning - With Joshua Bowen, PhD

Joshua Bowen PhD graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2017 with a Ph.D. in Assyriology and a minor in Hebrew Bible, and specializes in the Sumerian, Akkadian, and Hebrew languages. In this interview, he educates us about the ancient texts that pre-date the Hebrew bible and provided the myths and stories upon which biblical narratives were built. We talk specifically about the Exodus story, and the methods used by scholars to determine what is historically accurat...

3 years ago

1 hour 8 minutes