We Really Need To Talk
We Really Need To Talk is a podcast about the conversations we should be having with our loves ones about the end of life. Gerontology professor Elizabeth Bergman and former Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center Program Coordinator Lisa Richards and their guests will talk about how to approach these conversations as well as how to sort through last wishes, advance care planning and choices about life-sustaining treatment. And they do it all with a healthy dose of love and humor.
We Really Need To Talk
Talking About Dying Frees Us To Live
In this episode, storyteller and end-of-life care advocate Kimberly Paul explores the power and possibilities unleased by facing end of life issues head on. She argues that talking about dying helps us to live more fully and be a more powerful presence in the lives of those we love.
Resources
Kimberly Paul's website https://www.deathbydesign.com/
Kimberly's tour https://www.deathbydesign.com/live-well-die-well-tour-stops/
The Death Deck https://thedeathdeck.com/
Karl Pillemer, PhD, 30 Lessons for Living
https://www.karlpillemer.com/books/30-lessons-for-living/
We Really Need to Talk is funded by the Finger Lakes Geriatrics Education Center at the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute. Editing and production support provided by Dr. Becky Lane and Jay Williamson at the Center for Creative Technology at Ithaca College.
Web: www.ithaca.edu/gerontology-institute
Email us icgi@ithaca.edu