The Heart of Hospice podcast is dedicated to helping personal and professional caregivers who are caring for someone with serious illness. We're here to provide information and education so people can make informed choices about end of life care.
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End of Life Doula Tracy Chalmers is dedicated to helping others find the beauty and healing that so often exists alongside the pain at end of life. In her doula work, she companions the dying with a focus on gentle dying. Tracy is also an end of life educator and a hospice volunteer. Her book The Nature of the Journey is a guidebook for caregivers who are walking with their Person through their final journey with acceptance, empathy, connection, and presence. As a hospice vigil volunteer, Tracy has sat at the bedside for people who would otherwise die alone. She believes dying is a social event and drawing support from others enhances the experience for the dying, family members and caregivers.
Podcast host Helen Bauer is a great addition to your event or conference! For speaking inquiries, send an email to helen@theheartofhospice.com.
Hospice Navigation Services understands that you need unbiased, expert support to have the best end of life experience possible. And we believe you deserve to get good hospice care.
If you have questions about hospice care for yourself or someone you care about, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It’s easy to connect by phone or video. You can book a 30-Minute Navigation Session for just $45 if you’re starting to talk about end of life care. A 60-Minute Navigation Session for $95 provides for an in-depth discussion, and allows for up to 3 family members to get the same expert information at the same time.
Dying, Doulas, and Life Lessons with Darnell Lamont Walker
Saison 10 · Épisode 51
vendredi 17 juillet 2026 • Durée 44:08
Death Doula Darnell Lamont Walker shows up for difficult conversations and heartbreaking losses. He knows the power of dying moments. His new book Never Can Say Goodbye: The Life of a Death Doula and the Art of a Peaceful End shares the stories he’s gathered in his work with people with life-limiting illness. Darnell acknowledges that we have a healthcare system that’s “one size fits all”, but people are looking for care they can trust, that’s delivered in ways that feel respectful and appropriate. The “cookie cutter” approach doesn’t feel like a good fit for care when someone is dying. Darnell learned from his grandmother to provide care with intention and curiosity, to be present with grief and suffering. Her wisdom lives on in his work.
Darnell works to educate, engage, and speak out about death and end of life care. You can find his work at darnellwalker.com. Don’t miss his beautiful book; buy your copy here or at major booksellers.
Hospice Navigation Services understands that you need unbiased, expert support to have the best end of life experience possible. And we believe you deserve to get good hospice care.
If you have questions about hospice care for yourself or someone you care about, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It’s easy to connect by phone or video. You can book a 30-Minute Navigation Session for just $45 if you’re starting to talk about end of life care. A 60-Minute Navigation Session for $95 provides for an in-depth discussion, and allows for up to 3 family members to get the same expert information at the same time.
Understanding Grief When a Loved One Has Dementia
Saison 10 · Épisode 50
vendredi 10 juillet 2026 • Durée 48:45
Grief specialist Dawn Delahoye is supporting people with terminal illness and their caregivers, promoting intentional self care and accepting help when offered. After caring for her dad during his experience with Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Dawn gained valuable personal perspective that made her understand the needs of caregivers. People who support someone with a neurodegenerative disease (Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, Parkinson’s disease) often face a unique caregiving situation. Isolation and lack of support are common. Dawn recognizes the anticipatory grief that happens before the death occurs, and describes the small incremental changes in her dad as “losing him long before his actual body was gone”. That experience motivated Dawn to train in grief support, initially working with the ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) community.
Dawn offers the following guidance for caregivers: Care for yourself gently; don’t say anything to yourself that you wouldn’t say to the person you care for most in the world. Anticipatory grief is real. It might feel like your Person is slipping away a little at a time. Try to connect with someone who really gets what you’re going through. Give yourself grace in your grief, because caring for yourself is just as important as caring for your Person. If you’re supporting someone who is a caregiver, be specific in offering to help. By offering to do a specific task or help to a caregiver, you’re not adding to the decisions they have to make.
Hospice Navigation Services understands that you need unbiased, expert support to have the best end of life experience possible. And we believe you deserve to get good hospice care.
If you have questions about hospice care for yourself or someone you care about, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It’s easy to connect by phone or video. You can book a 30-Minute Navigation Session for just $45 if you’re starting to talk about end of life care. A 60-Minute Navigation Session for $95 provides for an in-depth discussion, and allows for up to 3 family members to get the same expert information at the same time.
After-Death Care Explained: A Compassionate Look at What Happens Next
Saison 10 · Épisode 48
vendredi 3 juillet 2026 • Durée 53:37
As a hospice aide and certified End of Life Doula, Cassidy Bastien is helping her clients and their families facilitate and provide meaningful after death care. She’s cared for people with serious illness for six years and hosts Death Cafes in her Washington state community. Since 2022 Cassidy has served the non-profit End Of Life Washington as an Ambassador Volunteer assisting in providing their End of Life Ready Presentations online. Cassidy is also a passionate advocate for caregivers, founding the renowned Caregivers Hub Support Group on Facebook. The Caregivers Hub Group welcomes thousands of members throughout the world who seek and share support, knowledge and advocacy with caregiving. Cassidy’s deep dedication to end of life work really shines through in this great conversation.
Hospice Navigation Services understands that you need unbiased, expert support to have the best end of life experience possible. And we believe you deserve to get good hospice care.
If you have questions about hospice care for yourself or someone you care about, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It’s easy to connect by phone or video. You can book a 30-Minute Navigation Session for just $45 if you’re starting to talk about end of life care. A 60-Minute Navigation Session for $95 provides for an in-depth discussion, and allows for up to 3 family members to get the same expert information at the same time.
How to Find Okay-ness in the Messiness of Grief
Saison 10 · Épisode 48
vendredi 26 juin 2026 • Durée 49:33
Social Worker Bridget Sumser works to provide support to patients and families in palliative and end-of-life care for over a decade, looking to unearth untended-to grief and sadness as a means to be more in touch with our lives. In this meaningful conversation, Bridget discusses how grief shows up in all its many forms. Grief can result from loss that’s not only related to death, but comes from life events like divorce, retirement, or other major life changes. Many people experience disenfranchised grief and often compare losses in what Bridget calls “the Grief Olympics”. In her work as Director of Practice at Mettle Health, Bridget works with a team to help clients navigate grief experiences so grievers know they’re not alone.
Connect with Bridget Sumser LMSW, Director of Practice at Mettle Health: Website: mettlehealth.com Socials: LinkedIn
Hospice Navigation Services understands that you need unbiased, expert support to have the best end of life experience possible. And we believe you deserve to get good hospice care.
If you have questions about hospice care for yourself or someone you care about, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It’s easy to connect by phone or video. You can book a 30-Minute Navigation Session for just $45 if you’re starting to talk about end of life care. A 60-Minute Navigation Session for $95 provides for an in-depth discussion, and allows for up to 3 family members to get the same expert information at the same time.
How to Practice the Art of Mindful Caregiving
Saison 10 · Épisode 47
vendredi 19 juin 2026 • Durée 55:02
Today’s guest Roy Remer is teaching caregivers how to practice mindful caregiving, creating sustainability and calm during the caregiving experience. Roy is the author of Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others. An educator and end-of-life caregiver since 1997, he is executive director of Zen Caregiving Project in San Francisco and lead creator of the Mindful Caregiving Education curriculum. A dedicated practitioner in the Soto Zen tradition, Remer is a student at San Francisco Zen Center. He is certified by the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and by the Compassion Institute as a Compassion Cultivation Training instructor. As a longtime caregiver himself — and the executive director of the Zen Caregiving Project — Roy Remer understands that strain firsthand. He wrote Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others to provide practical advice, emotional support, and a path to spiritual solace for caregivers who are doing essential work with minimal support.
Zen Caregiving is a much-needed companion for anyone seeking steadiness, spiritual grounding, and emotional support while caring for a loved one. The book is divided into four sections — Mindfulness, Compassion, Loss, and Intimacy — that include short chapters and simple practices that can be woven into daily life.
Medical Students Are Learning How to be With the Dying
Saison 10 · Épisode 46
vendredi 12 juin 2026 • Durée 45:49
Walking alongside someone with serious illness takes compassion, skill, and a willingness to learn. Dr. Kevin Dieter is teaching medical students how to be with the dying. When Kevin’s patient “Mary” asked him to help her die, he had no idea how to support her. Mary taught him how to shepherd a patient and family at the end of life, teaching him a lesson that changed his career. Kevin has gone on to work in hospice care and to write curriculum programs for medical students. Here are the three Pillars of Care that Dr. Dieter teaches: 1. The dying are our teachers. We learn from each of them. 2. We are the medicine. Medications provide relief and mitigation of symptoms, but showing up is powerful. 3. Dying is primarily a spiritual process - it impacts how someone dies and how long it takes for them to die.
Hospice Navigation Services understands that you need unbiased, expert support to have the best end of life experience possible. And we believe you deserve to get good hospice care.
A Hospice Nurse Explains How to Prepare for a Better End of Life Scenario
Saison 10 · Épisode 45
vendredi 5 juin 2026 • Durée 51:04
End of Life Doula and hospice nurse Jan Booth teaches at the intersection of end of life care and quality of life, promoting open-hearted advance care plan conversations to get to what really matters. Her heart and wisdom shine in this episode as she acknowledges the challenges of navigating the healthcare “superhighway”. Jan reminds us we have more agency to take the lead in decision-making about the care we receive, and that includes what happens at the end of life. Hospice care is person-centered, caring for both patient and family. Having early (upstream) conversations about end of life wishes changes the kind of care they receive.
As an end-of-life nurse, coach, and educator, Jan works to facilitate and deepen ACP conversations - earlier and more often. In her book Dying Matters: 8 Conversations That Can Change Your Life and Bold Spirit Caring for the Dying, Jan and co-author fellow hospice nurse Trish Rux bring the reality of mortality and planning for it to the forefront, reminding the reader that end of life planning is really life planning.
Connect with hospice nurse and EOL doula Jan Booth: The Death Doula Collective at deathdoulas.com Purchase your copy of Dying Matters: 8 Conversations That Can Change Your Life here
Connect with HaloCare: Website: halocaregroup.com HaloCare services for healthcare professionals: halocaregroup.com/healthcare-professionals Get more info about HaloCare for yourself or a loved one Socials: Connect with HaloCare by phone at (888) 247-7102
How to Find Life Lessons in Caring for the Dying
Saison 10 · Épisode 44
vendredi 29 mai 2026 • Durée 51:55
Hospice nurse and end of life doula Trish Rux believes that considering our death helps us to live life more fully. After being at the bedside of hundreds of dying patients, she’s learned lessons that have shaped how she lives. Trish believes most caregivers are reluctant to ask for help, especially the small things that can make a big difference. She recommends building a caregiving group who can be part of the support group from the beginning, before things get intense. Having advance care planning discussions that focus on the specifics of end of life wishes is one of the doula roles that Trish especially loves. Taking time to have those deep conversations, focusing on the personhood, dignity, and spiritual desires of the dying person makes the death easier. It can ease the grief for family caregivers as a result.
Connect with hospice nurse and EOL doula Trish Rux: The Death Doula Collective at deathdoulas.com Purchase your copy of Dying Matters: 8 Conversations That Can Change Your Life here
How to Prepare Emotionally and Financially for Serious Illness
Saison 10 · Épisode 43
vendredi 22 mai 2026 • Durée 52:10
Tracy Heath is taking a holistic approach to serious illness and dying, finding a healthy balance of emotional, physical, and financial well-being. Although her family never discussed end of life issues, Tracy made her way to estate planning work. Tracy lost both her parents while Tracy was still in her 20’s, had small children, and was working a full time job. Her family experienced the impact of four deaths within three years. Tracy learned many of the hard lessons that caregiving teaches, including the value of advance care planning. Using a unique combination of financial acumen and holistic wellness knowledge, Tracy creates a cohesive and strong foundation regardless of the situation people find themselves.
Here are some highlights from this episode:
Tracy realized her friends (also in their 20’s) didn’t have relatable experience of loss.
She advises clients to address not only financial wellness, but physical and mental health as well.
Dealing with executor tasks after a death impacts family members emotionally.
Tracy advises everyone to choose an Appointment Partner, someone who is reliable and trustworthy to attend medical or financial appointments. Good communication skills are essential in an Appointment Partner.
Appointment Partners don't have to be family; getting a friend to fil this role can be beneficial.
Connect with Tracy Heath: LinkedIn: Tracy Heath | LinkedIn Website: www.TracyMHeath.com Link: Tracy M Heath Instagram: Instagram Purchase your copy of Before Goodbye: Your Emotional, Physical and Financial guide When a Loved One is Diagnosed With a Serious Illness on Amazon or
Hospice Navigation Services understands that you need unbiased, expert support to have the best end of life experience possible. And we believe you deserve to get good hospice care.
If you have questions about hospice care for yourself or someone you care about, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It’s easy to connect by phone or video. You can book a 30-Minute Navigation Session for just $45 if you’re starting to talk about end of life care. A 60-Minute Navigation Session for $95 provides for an in-depth discussion, and allows for up to 3 family members to get the same expert information at the same time.
Podcast host Helen Bauer is a great addition to your event or conference! For speaking inquiries, send an email to helen@theheartofhospice.com.
If you have questions about hospice care for yourself or someone you care about, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It’s easy to connect by phone or video. You can book a 30-Minute Navigation Session for just $45 if you’re starting to talk about end of life care. A 60-Minute Navigation Session for $95 provides for an in-depth discussion, and allows for up to 3 family members to get the same expert information at the same time. Book a session with an expert Hospice Navigator at theheartofhospice.com.
Hospice Navigation Services understands that you need unbiased, expert support to have the best end of life experience possible. And we believe you deserve to get good hospice care.
If you have questions about hospice care for yourself or someone you care about, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It’s easy to connect by phone or video. You can book a 30-Minute Navigation Session for just $45 if you’re starting to talk about end of life care. A 60-Minute Navigation Session for $95 provides for an in-depth discussion, and allows for up to 3 family members to get the same expert information at the same time.
Hospice Navigation Services understands that you need unbiased, expert support to have the best end of life experience possible. And we believe you deserve to get good hospice care.
If you have questions about hospice care for yourself or someone you care about, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It’s easy to connect by phone or video. You can book a 30-Minute Navigation Session for just $45 if you’re starting to talk about end of life care. A 60-Minute Navigation Session for $95 provides for an in-depth discussion, and allows for up to 3 family members to get the same expert information at the same time.
Hospice Navigation Services understands that you need unbiased, expert support to have the best end of life experience possible. And we believe you deserve to get good hospice care.
If you have questions about hospice care for yourself or someone you care about, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It’s easy to connect by phone or video. You can book a 30-Minute Navigation Session for just $45 if you’re starting to talk about end of life care. A 60-Minute Navigation Session for $95 provides for an in-depth discussion, and allows for up to 3 family members to get the same expert information at the same time.
Podcast host Helen Bauer is a great addition to your event or conference! For speaking inquiries, send an email to helen@theheartofhospice.com.
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