Dying Your Way explores the practical heart and soul of our greatest exit. You will hear from family members, carers and patients themselves with profound insights that will shine a light on this mortal experience. Join certified End of Life Doula as she speaks with experts in the field of death and dying as well as those who bravely share their personal stories as a real life experience. This is the conversation that looks at death in the way it should be…a courageous and sacred event. This is…
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In this final episode of the Dying Your Way Encore Series, Claire O'Berry revisits her powerful conversation with Michele Neff Hernandez, founder of Soaring Spirits International and author of Different After You: Rediscovering Yourself and Healing after Grief or Trauma. Michele's life changed in 2005 when her husband, Phillip, was killed in a cycling accident. Suddenly widowed at 35 and raising a…
In this Encore episode of the Dying Your Way podcast, Claire O'Berry revisits her first conversation with Toni Reilly, regression specialist and founder of the Toni Reilly Institute. Together they explore what regression work is, how it can include past-life recall and the space "in between lives," and why many people report feeling calmer and less fearful about death afterward. This conversation…
In this Encore episode of the Dying Your Way podcast, Claire O'Berry speaks with Julie Ryan, a former medical device entrepreneur and inventor who now works as a medical intuitive and psychic. Julie shares the framework she calls the 12 transitions, describing what she believes happens as a person approaches death from the spiritual side of the equation. Claire and Julie explore the parallels…
In this Encore episode of the Dying Your Way podcast, Claire O'Berry reconnects with Carlos Pomeda, a yoga teacher and practitioner of more than 40 years, and a scholar of Sanskrit and religious studies. This conversation is personal for Claire. In 2004, she and her mother took a course taught by Carlos called Karma, Death, and Dying, before her mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis. That teaching became…
In this Encore episode, Claire O'Berry speaks with Judith Schwartz, former Clinical Director of End of Life Choices New York, about VSED: Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking. This conversation offers a grounded look at what VSED involves, what supports are essential for comfort and safety, and why some people explore VSED when other end-of-life options are not available or accessible. Judith…
In this Encore episode (recorded in 2020), Claire O'Berry speaks with Stephen Jenkinson about what we have lost culturally around dying, and what it might mean to recover death wisdom as a shared, communal responsibility. Together, they explore why older and vulnerable people are so easily dismissed, the difference between a "personalized" death and a communal one, and why the work of dying asks…
In this Encore episode of the Dying Your Way podcast, Claire O'Berry revisits a conversation with Dr. Marjorie Woollacott, world-renowned neuroscientist, tenured professor at the University of Oregon, and author of Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of the Scientific Mind. While Dr. Woollacott's early academic work focused on rehabilitation neuroscience, her current work explores consciousness…
In this Encore episode, Claire O'Berry speaks with Australian filmmaker Molly Reynolds, director of My Name Is Gulpilil, a documentary shaped around the final chapter of iconic actor and dancer David Gulpilil's life. Together, Claire and Molly explore what David's story reveals about mortality, culture, identity, and the deep human longing to return to our roots at the end of life. The…
In this Encore Series episode, recorded in 2020 during the height of COVID, Claire O'Berry and Terry Mepham speak with Dr. Peter Fenwick and his wife, Elizabeth Fenwick, from Scotland. Peter Fenwick, a renowned neuropsychiatrist and researcher, is widely known for his work exploring near-death experiences and what they may reveal about consciousness, dying, and the human experience at the end of…
As the holidays approach, many people feel the quiet resurgence of grief - memories growing louder, empty chairs at the table, and the tender ache of "what ifs" and "if onlys." In this rerun episode, we revisit Claire's conversation with Ken Ross , son of Dr. Elisabeth K bler-Ross and Founder of the EKR Foundation. Together, they explore the true scope of Elisabeth's pioneering work - beyond the…
