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My guest today is Rodrigo Luz! Rodrigo is very inspiring! Rodrigo Luz is the president of the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation Brazil, an official chapter of the EKR Foundation USA. The mission of the EKR Foundation is to spread Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's legacy worldwide. Rodrigo is an existential therapist working with palliative care and grief therapy in Brazil. He is a visiting professor of palliative care of several states of Brazil, such as the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro and the University of Pernambuco in northeastern of Brazil. He is also a professor at Casa do Cuidar, an organization that trains professionals in the philosophy and practice of Palliative Care in the city of São Paulo. He currently lives in Rio de Janeiro, where is the EKR Foundation in Brazil, near Copacabana beach. Currently, the EKR Foundation in Brazil operates on the following fronts: - The creation of a compassionate community for palliative care assistance to the most vulnerable population - Training volunteers

In this episode of Ask a Death Doula, We begin a series titled "Good Grief". Today we are interviewing Michelle Hoffman Michelle. Hoffmann is the founder of TheWidowGuide.com. She is an international bestselling author, speaker and coach through grief, bringing light to widowhood. She empowers parents who have lost a spouse figure out how to parent alone, and have dreams of their own. Join me discussing with Michelle how to take a step by step approach to reclaiming your life after a spouse has died. Grief is something that touches us all. There are tools and support that can help. xo Suzanne For more on Michelle Hoffman, Please visit www.thewidowguide.com FREE END OF LIFE DOULA TRAINING! If you're a family caregiver, community volunteer, or are interested in becoming a Certified End of Life Doula Practitioner, follow the link below to join Suzanne for her FREE Introductory End-of-Life Doula Training! For More Information on taking The Doulagivers Free End of Life Doula Training. Please visit www.doulag

  In this episode of Ask a Death Doula titled "The Future of Health Care Will Be Non-medical” allows the audience will be able to understand the enormous crisis upon us with caring for our elderly and end of life population. The statistics alone are alarming, but you combine that with the reality that the US has a fragmented health care structure that cannot meet the needs and demand of these large numbers and we have a major crisis before us that is only projected to get worse and worse in the upcoming decades.        The good news is that there is a new profession of non-medical caregivers ready to fill the gaps and providing the much needed time and care to the millions that will need it. Having medical and non-medical professionals working together to care for patients is the answer to the present and future health care crisis.   In this podcast, you will learn: 1) What is the Elder Care Crisis? 2) How Doulagivers are "filling the gap" in Health Care 3) How mainstream medical cannot handle the amo

In this edition of Ask a Death Doula LIVE from Orlando, Florida, I will share the last ten days on the road and doing Doulagivers Training and outreach from the west coast to the east coast. I will then talk about the new LIFE section of Ask a Death Doula called "Asked a Death Doula About Life" where I will share teachings and education based on the forthcoming book "Top 13 Life Lessons from the Dying" by Suzanne B. O'Brien RN In this Live Podcast, I will cover "The Coast to Coast Doulagivers Tour and How to Understand and Access Your Big "I" The four bodies of energy What is the little "I"? What is the big "I"? How the Little 'I" runs the show 95% of the time How the Little "I" is the root cause of the dysfunctional state of the world today How the only way to find true fulfillment in this life is through the Big 'I" What Dying Patients say about the Big "I" How to take a "Time In" The 5 for 5 Doulagivers exercises for practicing presence

Ask a Death Doula Podcast LIVE from Reimagine Festival San Francisco California   Reimagine As a nonprofit organization aiming to break down taboos and transform our experiences around death, dying, and living. I Joined Michael Hebb and a remarkable panel of his friends consider the questions that keep us up at night. Ticket holders were able to submit questions to the panel prior to the event. Michael was joined by Dr. Joon Yun, Dr. Dawn Gross, Brad Wolfe, Alua Arthur, Sandy Gibson. Here is my podcast LIVE from SF covering the Death FAQ event!   In this Live Podcast, I will cover "The Death FAQ Event at Reimagine San Francisco"   Learn what to say to someone who just had someone they love die. What is a Good Death? What is a Bad Death? Grief- What it is and how long it really lasts How to talk to children about death. The role of rituals at the End of Life New options for disposition after we die How living fully now and in presence can lead to the best ending Links mentioned in this Podcast:

  No Food For Thought -The VSED Option  (VSED) Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking  In this episode of Ask a Death Doula we will be talking about VSED -What it is? -How It Works -What is the Role of the Death Doula working with the VSED Patient   Resource links mentioned in this episode: www.doulagivers.com Compassion and Choices Compassion and Choices  

Suzanne B. O’Brien RN has worked in End of Life Care for over a decade as an Oncolgy and Hospice RN. Suzanne has been advocating and building training programs to help support the enormous amount of elderly and their families. After working with over 1000 patients at the end of life, Suzanne shares a practical solution to the current Elder Care Crisis. Her solution not only solves the answer to the shortage in medical staffing for this populations but provides an answer that will bring back holistic patient centered care.   In This Podcast, I will cover "How to Solve the Elder Care Crisis" In this podcast you will learn:   How we are presently in the midst of an Elder Care Crisis How for the first time ever in history, we have the longest living elder population How this aging population is set to increase in numbers for decades to come. How our main stream medical system is struggling to meet the demands of the aging population. Why looking for answers within the medical system is not the answer How

Based on the principles of The Doulagivers Life Class, In this podcast I share  what it takes to truly live a happy and fulfilled life .I will share the incredible wisdom of those I have worked with at the end of life. I will share how all of what is being taught in this class is rooted and backed by Science. Combining my personal studies in Nursing, Nutrition and Transpersonal Psychology, In this webinar, Suzanne will give you great insight into what life’s journey is all about and how you can use a few simple techniques to live your happiest life today!    In This Life Class Podcast, I will cover "The Seven Steps to Happiness"   Learning how everything is connected to your energy and what that means for us as people The keys to understanding the four bodies of energy and how they make up the human body How each of the separate body systems effect your overall wellbeing How to support and nourish each body of energy Why optimal healing, health and happiness depends on the balancing of each one of these

In this episode of "Ask a Death Doula," my guest, Kerrie Lee Brown and I talk about health, healing and the power of the word "No". We also announce the launch of RedLily August 2019! RedLily™ is a cool, new digital platform that celebrates real women, real-life experiences, and more. A place where women can turn their "mess" into an important message. Unlike other outlets that focus on celebrities simply because they sell... We believe well-being should be a given; not a goal. RedLily™ is for ALL women. We want to provide a platform for you to inspire and be inspired. It's YOUR positivity portal. All heartfelt content. Your place to learn, share and grow. RedLily™ is for women who crave more from their heart's core.™ Visit RedLilyLife.com. About Kerrie Lee Brown: Kerrie Lee Brown Founder of RedLily™ / Publisher of RedLilyLife.com   Originally from Toronto, Canada, Kerrie Lee Brown is a sought-after corporate storyteller, magazine editor, and serial entrepreneur. Now based in Denver, Colorado, Kerrie-Lee wo

In this episode of "Ask a Death Doula," my guest, award winning New York Times journalist John Leland will talk about his latest book and what it truly means to be happy. This book is an extraordinary look at what it means to grow old and is a heartening guide to well-being. Happiness is a Choice You Make, weaves together the stories and wisdom of six New Yorkers who number among the “oldest old” ― those eighty-five and older. My guest, John Leland, in his 30-plus years of professional journalism has gone from chronicling youth culture to writing about the “oldest old.” A graduate of Columbia College, he has worked as a senior editor at Newsweek and Editor-in-Chief of Details Magazine before joining The New York Times in 2000. In 2015, he wrote a year-long series following six people age 85 and up, which became the basis for his book “Happiness is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a year among the Oldest Old,” a New York Times bestseller. As he wrote in the Times, “No work I have ever done has brought me as mu

In this episode of Ask a Death Doula, I am interviewing Glenn Klausner. Glenn Klausner is a nationally and internationally renowned Psychic Medium residing in New York City, who for over 20 years has been reuniting thousands of people from all over the world with their loved ones who have transitioned. He exhibited intuitive abilities with communicating to Non-Physical Spirits at the age of four by making predictions and relaying messages for family, and friends. As a teenager, he further explored these abilities through his communications with The Spirit World, and by the early 1990’s he began conducting readings for a growing and steady clientele worldwide. Glenn has been featured since 2002 as a Tested Legitimate Medium on Bob Olson’s website, www.bestpsychicmediums.com. In addition to communicating with departed loved ones (humans & pets), he also gives psychic readings and intuitive coaching for every day life guidance. He is available for seminars, teaching classes, media appearances and consulta

In this episode of "Ask a Death Doula", my guest, Alua Arthur and I discuss the new End of Life Doula Profession, the need for End of Life Doulas now more than ever, and how they are filling the huge gaps in mainstream healthcare. Alua Arthur is a death doula, attorney, and the founder of Going with Grace, an end of life planning organization that exists to support people as they answer the question 'What must I do to be at peace with myself so that I may live presently and die peacefully?' From private end of life consultations and public education about death to online coursework to train death doulas, she is tirelessly committed to bringing awareness to death and dying. She passionately believes considering death can inspire the way people live.  A jewelry addict, Alua is also a life lover, donut fanatic, and developing nation enthusiast.  She is inspired by LIFE, the little joys we can find even in dark times, the freedom of authenticity, and the power in the word YES.  Links mentioned in this episode: 

In this episode of "Ask a Death Doula," we talk all about the spiritual component of life, death, and yes-afterlife. My guest Rev. Terri Daniel, MA, CT is a clinical chaplain, end-of-life educator and trauma specialist certified in death, dying and bereavement by the Association of Death Education and Counseling. The focus of her work is to assist dying and grieving individuals to discover a more spiritually-spacious understanding of death and beyond.   Terri conducts workshops throughout the U.S. to help the dying and the bereaved find healing through meditative, ceremonial and therapeutic processes that focus on inner transformation rather than external events. Her work is acclaimed by physicians, hospice workers, grief counselors and clergy for its pinpoint clarity on the process of dying and grieving, and its heartfelt depiction of consciousness beyond the physical body.   Her unique form of "radical mysticism" incorporates elements of Buddhism, Shamanism, ancient pagan practices, Gnosticism and other