“It's enough to actually just feel for another human being”
Host Amanda Blainey talks to thought leader BJ Miller, who is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator who is dedicated to moving healthcare towards a more human-centered approach. His 2015 Ted talk "What Really Matters at the End of Life" has been watched over 14 million times. BJ has given numerous interviews including Oprah Winfrey, The New York Times, and GOOP. He co-founded Mettle Health which aims to provide holistic consultations to patients or caregivers navigating the practical emotional and existential issues that can come with serious illness and disability.
We talk about;
The complexity of being human
Navigating relationships
Compassion
Being not doing
The Illusion of normal
Openings that can happen in dying
Allowing space for our pain and feelings
Feeling grief rather than controlling it
How deathcare can be inclusive?
Letting go and hanging onto relationships
The use of Psychedelics
Finding our bliss
Podcast references
Mettle Health https://www.mettlehealth.com/
Papyrus https://www.papyrus-uk.org/
Ted talk what really matters at the end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apbSsILLh28
Tyler Perry Oscars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9LT0j2uSUI
2 Jun 2021
Grief = Love - Greg Wise
“The Grief You Feel Equals the Love, you Felt"
Greg Wise
Actor Greg Wise has appeared in British Television, theatre, and feature films. He portrayed the character, John Willoughby, in the Oscar-winning film 'Sense and Sensibility'. Greg's sister Clare died in September 2016 from cancer, she started a blog post to update family and friends, which Greg took over writing when Clare became too ill. Two years after she died the blog was turned into their book titled 'Not That Kind of Love’. We met before lockdown to talk about Clare’s death, their relationship, navigating cancer, and post-traumatic growth. This is a useful conversation for anyone caring for someone dying and gives insight into grief and love through Greg's own personal and moving experience.
We talk about
Grief is essential to our healing process
Being in denial about death
The shame that comes with dying.
Being a carer
Doing death properly
The signs of death
Giving permission to die
Dying her way
Choosing when to die
Support
The chaos of death
Compassion fatigue
Post-traumatic growth
What is Love?
Being here now
What he has learned
The Clarity of grief
Podcast references
Books
Not That Kind of Love – Greg & Clare Wise
Being Mortal – Atul Gawande
With The End in Mind - Kathryn Mannix
Links
https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/
12 Feb 2021
Creating a Good Life - Entrepreneur Charlie Gladstone
“The legacy of love is the thing you pass on, and that baton to your children of confidence, love, and happiness, I hope is the most significant legacy”
Charles Gladstone
Entrepreneur Charlie Gladstone has the most infectious positivity and zest for life. Being the great-great-grandson of the UK's Prime Minister Sir William Ewart Gladstone, Charlie comes from an incredible family legacy. He is a business owner, farmer, father and is one of the co-founders of The Good Life Experience, founder of Glen Dye Cabins and Cottages, Pedlars shops, and the ‘Some Good Ideas’ online community dedicated to encouraging British craft and manufacture. He also hosts the ‘Mavericks’ Podcast’ and is the author of several books, his latest 'Do Team' will be published in 2021. We meet to talk about legacy, death, and his interest in making a good life and embedding some of that huge spirit within his family and generations to come.
We talk about
The legacy of love
Acts of kindness
Living a privileged life
Running a family business
The death of his father
Death in the family
Growing up and the power of being outside
Working hard
Happiness is here and now
The seasons of life
Imposter syndrome
Podcast references
The Good Life Experience
Glen Dye Cottages and Cabins
Film – It’s a wonderful life
The Adam Buxton podcast
Links
https://www.glendyecabinsandcottages.com/
https://www.somegoodideas.co.uk/
https://sheltercymru.org.uk/
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