BJ Miller, hospice and palliative care doctor at the University of California, San Francisco Cancer Center and the co-author of the book "A Beginner's Guide To The End: Practical Advice For Living Life And Facing Death, joins us today to discuss a topic that is often avoided at all costs: death.
But BJ is here to reframe the stigma associated with end of life experiences. By sharing his near death encounter, learnings as a hospice and palliative care doctor, and the very raw feelings associated with a personal loss, BJ leads us on a journey where death can be embraced as a pursuit of life. In this episode we discuss:
- Letting go of the shame associated with fearing death
- Is consciousness limited to physicality?
- What happens physiologically at death
- Unpacking the grief associated with death
“I've come to see grief as a very essential process, not something to run away from or avoid.” - BJ Miller, MD
Give it a listen. It’s a conversation we believe the world needs to hear.
Related Links:
BJ Miller TED Talk
A Beginner’s Guide To The End: Practical Advice For Living Life And Facing Death
D.H. Lawrence - The Ship of Death Poem
Guest Bio:
BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative care doctor at the University of California, San Francisco Cancer Center and the co-author of the book "A Beginner's Guide To The End: Practical Advice For Living Life And Facing Death." BJ is also well known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life.
Dr. Herby Bell