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Podcast #91 It’s Hard Being You: A Primer on Being Happy Anyway – Sharon Emery – Author
Transcription Below: Diane Hullet: Hi, I am Diane Hullet. Welcome to the Best Life Best Death podcast. Today I’ve got a guest that I wanna

Podcast #84 Jack Has a Plan, A Documentary Film – Bradley Berman – Director
“Jack Has a Plan” is a 73-minute personal documentary which follows the story of a man diagnosed with a brain tumor. Director Bradley Berman says,

Podcast #82 How Reading Shapes Our Experience of Death and Loss – Jade Adgate – Founder, Farewell Fellowship
Jade Adgate and I both love to read and we love to read books that expose us to new angles of death, dying, loss and




Podcast #111 Living Fully and Dying Prepared – Francesca Arnoldy, Author and Community Doula
Francesca Arnoldy takes us into the Big Picture overview of why conversations about mortality matter. She notes, “We need to remember what it is to be mortal… and what it is to die… and what it is to grieve. We need to learn from one another and hear each other’s stories.” How does an open-minded parent, grandparent or teacher make a difference for a child’s experience of death? What is a legacy? How does reflection help us to integrate as we learn? And why does looking back and looking forward impact how we live? Francesca’s most recent book title sums it up: “The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey.”


Podcast #98 The Experience of the Hospice Doctor’s Widow: An Art Journal of Love and Loss – Jennifer O’Brien, Author and Artist
Jennifer and I talk about this rare treat of the book she created! Intimate, never preachy; concrete but not a self-help book; art-sy but so



Podcast #82 How Reading Shapes Our Experience of Death and Loss – Jade Adgate – Founder, Farewell Fellowship
Jade Adgate and I both love to read and we love to read books that expose us to new angles of death, dying, loss and



Podcast #117 What Do We Mean by “New” and “Greener” After Death Care? – Eric Rooney, Regeneration Earth
Eric Rooney and I talk about what it might mean to have a “greener” mindset about death, and how “natural burial” is not new at all, in the Big Scheme of human existence. We talk about 5 ways we can care for bodies in Colorado: burial (buried traditionally in a casket, embalmed or not); flame cremation (the body is burned at high temperature, returning “ashes” to the family); water cremation (dissolving in alkaline hydrolysis, returning fluid to the earth in chosen locations); Natural Organic Reduction/Composting (the body decomposes in a specially designed vessel, ending up as nutrient dense soil); and natural burial (shroud or biodegradable casket, buried without embalming or cement encasement of the casket). What’s your plan for after death care?


Podcast #90 Donating Your Body to Science: Why? How? – Kate Serr – Admin Coordinator for the Colorado State Anatomical Board
Every state has a process to donate your whole body to science when you die. This week I talk to Kate Serr, organizer of this


Podcast #88 The Art and Science of Reconstruction – Monica Torres – Funeral Director, Embalming and Reconstruction Specialist
This week’s BLBD conversation covers embalming and reconstruction with specialist Monica Torres. Monica says:“You have to leave fear at the door. When you go in



Podcast #117 What Do We Mean by “New” and “Greener” After Death Care? – Eric Rooney, Regeneration Earth
Eric Rooney and I talk about what it might mean to have a “greener” mindset about death, and how “natural burial” is not new at all, in the Big Scheme of human existence. We talk about 5 ways we can care for bodies in Colorado: burial (buried traditionally in a casket, embalmed or not); flame cremation (the body is burned at high temperature, returning “ashes” to the family); water cremation (dissolving in alkaline hydrolysis, returning fluid to the earth in chosen locations); Natural Organic Reduction/Composting (the body decomposes in a specially designed vessel, ending up as nutrient dense soil); and natural burial (shroud or biodegradable casket, buried without embalming or cement encasement of the casket). What’s your plan for after death care?




Podcast #111 Living Fully and Dying Prepared – Francesca Arnoldy, Author and Community Doula
Francesca Arnoldy takes us into the Big Picture overview of why conversations about mortality matter. She notes, “We need to remember what it is to be mortal… and what it is to die… and what it is to grieve. We need to learn from one another and hear each other’s stories.” How does an open-minded parent, grandparent or teacher make a difference for a child’s experience of death? What is a legacy? How does reflection help us to integrate as we learn? And why does looking back and looking forward impact how we live? Francesca’s most recent book title sums it up: “The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey.”


Podcast #107 This Conversation is for All of Us: Suicide – Cait Maddan, Death Doula/Educator with a Focus in Suicide Care and Conversations
Starting with material from her digital workbook called “How to Live with Suicidal Ideations,” Cait and I discuss how to move from fear and a


Podcast #115 Sharing the Stories and Artifacts of Our Lives – Heather Nickerson, Artifcts Founder
What’s the latest way to organize your stuff and plan for where it goes when you are gone? Enjoy my conversation with Heather Nickerson, Founder of Artifcts, who explains: “Artifcts is a new web- and app-based technology to help you capture, preserve and share the history, the stories, the meaning and the value behind all your stuff. And also, plan for what you want to do next with it? Sell, donate, keep in the family, bequeath, record that it’s already gone?”




Podcast #111 Living Fully and Dying Prepared – Francesca Arnoldy, Author and Community Doula
Francesca Arnoldy takes us into the Big Picture overview of why conversations about mortality matter. She notes, “We need to remember what it is to be mortal… and what it is to die… and what it is to grieve. We need to learn from one another and hear each other’s stories.” How does an open-minded parent, grandparent or teacher make a difference for a child’s experience of death? What is a legacy? How does reflection help us to integrate as we learn? And why does looking back and looking forward impact how we live? Francesca’s most recent book title sums it up: “The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey.”


Podcast #81 Stuff: What to Do with It? – Louis Clough, Founder of Transitions by National Rarities
As a specialist in selling the many and varied items in an estate after someone has died, Louis Clough has some thoughts to share about