Embracing Death

Thank you for a wonderful season one! See you next season... maybe <3

Reference for todays episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qw_dVaOMUbOlSffXwe1sRT-ol7IJwv82VTpVeZRfWDc/edit?usp=sharing Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week I chat with Author and Illustrator Iris Gottlieb, who wrote and illustrated Everything is Temporary: Illustrated Contemplations on How Death Shapes our Lives.  We talk about Iris and her fascination with death, how she came up with the idea for the book and how it can be used as a daily reminder to live life to its fullest. Connect with Iris: Website: https://www.irisgottlieb.com/books Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irisgottlieb/ Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week I talk with Ken Goodman, a Licensed Therapist who specialized in health anxiety. We talk about how life and genetics can predispose anyone to health anxiety. We talk about the basics of Health Anxiety and how Ken works with clients to help them shift their focus from their anxiety back to their lives! Connect with Ken Goodman https://www.kengoodmantherapy.com https://quietmindsolutions.com Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week I talk with Raluca Mun, who is a Health Anxiety Coach. This week Raluca and I talk about what health anxiety actually is, our own experiences with Health Anxiety, how she helps so many fighters, and how her experiences had shaped her beliefs.  Connect with Raluca on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/coachraluca/ Emotion Shifter Questions: http://eepurl.com/hnPx0v Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week I had the pleasure to chat with renowned Near-Death Experience Researcher and author  PMH Atwater. We talker about her journey to wanting to research the very unique science behind NDE's and how having these experiences can truly affect those who survive NDE's. Connect with PMH: www.PMHATWATER.com Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week, I get to talk with Aria, who not only survived cancer TWICE, but was also internally decapitated in a highs peen vechile crash. This week Aria shares with me her journey to not only surviving cancer, but how she learned to walk, talk and live again after a catastrophic car accident in 2020. Connect with Aria: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicbyaria/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@musicbyaria? Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3G0IlPklJQobIsSWKEO5CZ Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week I had the pleasure to talk with Hospice Nurse Penny and we discuss all things hospice. We talk about what hospice is and is not, we talk about the common misconceptions surround Hospice care and how Penny helps to normalize death talk with her Tik ok and Instagram content! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hospicenursepenny?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/hospicenursepenny/

Welcome to Part two of my conversation with Beth Bigler! In this episode, I share my story with pet loss grief and how it lead me to finding Beth! Beth and I talk about my immense guilt around losing one of my beloved pets in 2021 while attempting to Thru-hike the Continental Divide Trail.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/honoringouranimals/ Website: https://honoringouranimals.com Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

We live in an age where our pets are a part of our family. We love our pets as much as our human family and it is time to address the elephant in the room! Pet loss grief is REAL! This week I talk with Beth Bigler, a Certified Pet Loss Grief Counselor. Beth and I talk about how real pet loss grief is, how she works with clients to not only address their grief, but the guilt that oftentimes accompanies our sadness. Connect with Beth: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/honoringouranimals/ Website: https://honoringouranimals.com Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week I talk with Suzanne Elshult, who is a Search and Rescue and Human Remains Detection K-9 Handler. Suzanne shares we with how she found herself in this field, what her job entails and how what she does gives families answers but never closure. CONNECT WITH SUZANNE: Cascadia Search Dogs Website: https://www.CSDK9.org Suzanne's Website: https://www.SuzanneElshult.com Pick up A Dog's Devotion: True Adventures of a K-9 Search and Rescue Team: https://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Devotion-Adventures-Search-Rescue/dp/1493068717 Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week I talk with Karry. Karry is a full-time death doula and the founder of Modern Deathcare. She works with adult-children and spouses supporting a dear one with a life limiting illness and is launching The Life and Death Academy death doula training program in January. She is also a Lead Trainer for Last Aid and an instructor of new hospice volunteers. Connect with Karry: https://www.instagram.com/moderndeathcare/ Connect with the Show on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week I sit down with a dear friend Julia Bird, who works as an ICU and Emergency Nurse. Julia shares her experience where she cares for her dying mother, pronouncing her dead, repressing grief, and working in New York at the height of Covid and the trauma it caused. Connect with Julia Bird Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbird_412/ Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week I chat with Ashley, who is a licensed mental health counselor, practicing Pagan, Witch and Psychic Medium. Ashley shares with me all about her journey to discovering witchcraft, beginners spells, talking with her dead loved ones, knowing that there is somewhere we go after we die and all things witchy!  This is your halloween episode, where the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest! Now is the time to connect with those who are not longer with us! ASHLEY'S RESOURCES: Signs by Laura Lynne Jackson for basics on building a deeper connection with past loved ones and spirit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0399591613/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ZVZD7N7QH703TBWRA9DB Beginner Book of Spells: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003V1WUNU/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_8AES2JJABY2QXGMZ2BVK  Historical reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1982145854/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_2MGR36MS614GCEDKXK5E Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

TW: Talks of scenes of death that may be disturbing to some listeners This week I talk with Joe "Oakenthorn" Ward, who worked for a long time as a Medical Legal Death Investigator. We talk about what his career really entailed, how it isn't like they show on TV, how it deeply affected him, and how that lead him to studying indigenous medicine  and to living his life more holistically. Connect with Joe Ward: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papajoeoakenthorn/ Listen to Joe's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/papajoe-oakenthorn/episodes/Divine-Tribe-Apothecary-Podcast-Episode-1-edl558 Joe's Website: http://www.divinetribeapothecary.com Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvGVk_yzSlPHI7XJxFZY0Q Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week Amanda "Bertie" Bone shares her story being born with a congenital heart defect. We talk about her long journey through multiple open-heart surgeries, the challenges she faced deciding to become a mother, and what the technical definition of living is, since she has a machine that tells her heart when to beat, and how she was a guinea pig of sorts, and one of the first few people with a congenital heart defect to live into her 40s.  Connect with Bertie: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bertiebigtime/ Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com Episode segments Edit audio

This week I talk with Rachel, who attempted suicide by overdose and was taken from the realm of the living to another place. Rachel has a Near-Death Experience where she is taken to a field of wild flowers and is gifted knowledge beyond her wildest dreams about what it means to be a good person, and is also shown a black pit of despair and what it means to be a bad person. Get ready for this wild ride! Connect with Rachel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelthedoodler/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rayraydemp Stay tuned for Rachel's book chronicling her journey from life to death and back! Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvGVk_yzSlPHI7XJxFZY0Q Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

This week I talk with Caroline Lee, A Death Doula who is studying to become a licensed therapist who hopes to use psychedelics with end of life planning to help assist with the anxiety and pain that comes with facing death. We talk about what she does as a death doula and how that lead her to wanting to explore psychedelic assisted therapy with her dying patients.  Connect with Caroline: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howcarolinecarolines/ Email: carolineisdying@gmail.com Website: https://www.agencyindying.com LINKED FROM SHOW: How to Change Your Mind Series: https://www.netflix.com/title/80229847 How two Change Your Mind Book: https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225 Fantastic Fungi Documentary: https://www.netflix.com/search?q=fantastic%20&jbv=81183477 Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvGVk_yzSlPHI7XJxFZY0Q Host Julia Sheehan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com

 This week I chat with Antonela Kasic, a 26 year old, who is just trying to live her life battling a chronic illness. We chat about Short Gut Syndrome, receiving an organ transplant, and how facing death can lead to a fuller more vibrant life where tomorrow isn't always guaranteed. CONNECT WITH ANTONELA KASIC: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nellabellax3/ Please subscribe to the show, leave a review and follow along with the show on our other social media accounts: Website: https://www.EmbracingDeathPodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracingdeathpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvGVk_yzSlPHI7XJxFZY0Q Follow your host JULIA SHEEHAN: https://www.instagram.com/JuliaSheehan/ WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY! If you or someone who know has a unique experience relating to death and dying and would be interested in sharing your story, please send an email to EmbracingDeathPodcast@gmail.com Rights to music purchased from https://www.soundstripe.com