Philip Nitschke joins me to explain why Exit International provides information and works to move legislation past a medicalized model to bring this crucial right to more people.

• In this episode, we discuss:
• Societal taboos around this topic
• The interest by the general public in understanding this right
• What are the new trends in this area
• Why people who want to exercise this right need a plan in place
• What a SARCO pod is
• And much more...

Exit International

The SARCO pod video

• How young widows are treated differently than older widows
• What strange things people say to you when you're a widow
• How people often try to burnish a dead spouse instead of being realistic about their lives
• What taboos there are around dating again
• How being a young widow changes how you parent
• And more.

Lost and Found can be found on the web: https://lostandfoundto.com/ and on instagram: @lostandfoundto

• Traumatic loss as an infant
• What people say to children when they lose parents
• The perils of being high functioning while grieving
• When she knew she needed therapy
• How to navigate therapy when your memories are scant
• How she turned her pain into a new career
• And more...

• The neuroscience of why we bond with horses
• Why Gail decided to change her life to work with horses
• What the primary benefits of Equine Learning are
• Who is an ideal candidate for Equine Learning
• What types of activities comprise Equine Learning
• What horses can teach us about grief
• And more...

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why she decided to write jokes about her dead dad
• How her family reacted to her making jokes about the aburdity of death
• What you should make sure you do with your relatives while they're still alive
• What to do when you're drowning in a dead person's stuff
• What it's like watching the Oscars with your dead dad
• And more...

• Does everyone have suicidal ideation?
• How do you know whether you're having a fleeting thought of suicide or it's something more
• How to be a supportive family member, friend, partner to a person who is suffering suicidal ideation
• What can you do if you're a family member, friend, partner and you're concerned for a person suffering from suicidal ideation
• When is hospitalization recommended?
• Should you try to place an involuntary hold on a person who is suffering?
• And more...

• What does a Death Doula Do?
• What kinds of things can you ask a Death Doula for?
• How Death Doulas can help facilitate better communication around death
• What Death Doulas DON'T DO
• When you should engage a Death Doula
• How can you become a Death Doula
• And much more....

• The history of the Jewish Funeral in America
• What happens from the time a Jewish person dies to the funeral
• What makes Jewish funerals different from Protestant funerals

• What happens at the unveiling
  

• Why Muslim bodies are prepared by volunteers
  

• What happens in the preparation of Muslims for burial
  

• What prayers are said at a funeral
  

• Why there are no Quran passages on Islamic headstones
  

• What is the history of the Jazz Funeral?
  

• What to expect from the parade to the Repast
  

• How did black communities band together to ensure their members received a proper funeral
  

• What is the ettiquette of a Jazz Funeral?
  

And more...

• The science behind this treatment
• Who can benefit from it
• Who is precluded from doing it
• What the phases of the treatment are
• What happens in a session
• What kind of results can people expect?
• And more...

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• Different kinds of Pet Loss and why each has unique challenges
• Do pets miss their owners in a divorce?
• What can you do to actively move your grief forward
• Why our bond with service animals complicates grief
• Am I crazy for throwing a pet funeral?
• And much more...

Special Guest: Adam Clark.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How to mentally prepare for losing a pet
• Should you be present when your pet is euthanized
• Why we still trivialize pet loss grief
• Should you get a new pet right away?
• Should you throw away all the items from your deceased pet?
• How to talk to kids about Pet Grief
• And much more...

• How to prepare children if someone they know is going to die soon
• How to help children understand what death is before it happens in the family
• How to recognize normal child grief patterns
• When to know if a child's grief is more complicated
• How do other factors (such as the media, divorce, or animal deaths) complicate child grief
• What to never say to children who are grieving
• And much more...

Special Guest: Andrea Warnick.

• What are the legalities of cannibalism?
• Will animals dig up my body if I'm not buried deeply enough?
• Can you be cremated on a funeral pyre in America?
• Can you still be buried alive?
• And many more...

Special Guest: Caitlin Doughty.

In this episode, Adam Cayton-Holland talks about the death by suicide of his younger sister right when his career was about to take off.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What his family was like
• How his sister Lydia's mental health changed
• What the family did to intervene with Lydia
• How Adam's grief manifested
• What Adam learned about his family's grief
• What kind of therapy worked for him
• And more...

Special Guest: Adam Cayton-Holland.

• What we know about grief from what's available in recorded history
• What the Reformation did that changed the way we view the dead
• How the Victorians turned even death into a commercial endeavour and an opportunity for class markers
• How the traditional American way of mourning came to be
• What social media is doing to shape our way of grieving
• And more...

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Special Guest: Brandy Schillace.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What kinds of people become morticians
• Why mortician school weeds out the goths
• What an average day at work is like
• What are the misconceptions about dead bodies
• What surprises they've had on the job
• Everything you've ever been curious about with cremation
• What requests they've had to turn down
• What the best eulogy they've ever witnessed was like
• And more...

Special Guest: Erin Bodishbaugh.

In this episode, we explore what it is like to die. I discuss this with Neurosurgeon and Bestselling Author Dr. Eben Alexander (The Map of Heaven) who tells me about his Near Death Experience.

I also discuss how we can simulate a Near Death Experience through a drug called 5-MeO DMT ("The toad" or "Bufo") with Hilary Agro, a researcher and anthropologist who studies psychedelics, and I take 5-MeO DMT and describe my induced Near Death Experience.

Please note that for legal reasons, I am unable to discuss sourcing of 5-MeO DMT

Special Guests: Dr. Eben Alexander and Hilary Agro.