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Mortality Movies with The Doyenne of Death®

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and the Doyenne of Death, shares her insights on Mortality Movies, films and TV shows that start conversations about end-of-life issues.

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Processing Grief in Episode 10 of Mortality Movies TV Series

What we learn from the films Gravity, A Man Called Otto, Inside Out and Mary Poppins Returns

Mushrooms and Mortality: Can Psychedelics Improve How We Face Death?

Psilocybin is having a moment in end-of-life care. We explore this fascinating topic on the latest The Doyenne of Death Podcast episode.

Mortality Movies TV Series Episode Nine: Understanding the Many Types of Grief

Insights from The Jane Austen Book Club, Manchester by the Sea, and The Kominsky Method

Mortality Movies TV Series Episode Eight: Understanding Grief

In this episode, we examine the films All That Jazz, Elizabethtown and A Single Man on grief elements: The Five Stages, instrumental and intuitive grieving.

Mortality Movies TV Series Episode Seven: The Viking Funeral on Film

Most people's ideas about the Viking funeral come from movies rather than history.

Mortality Movies TV Show Episode Six: Funeral Shopping Tips

The Loved One, About Schmidt, and The Big Lebowski, The Kominsky Method and Six Feet Under

Mortality Movies TV Show Episode Five: Putting the Fun in Funeral Planning

Let's watch clips from The Queen, The Living Wake, The Kominsky Method, and The Six Wives of Henry Lefay.

A delicious grocery list: differences between the French and Americans

Just a fun poem for you from Paris!

Mortality Movies TV Show Episode Four: Medicine and Mortality

We can learn a lot from Wit, Checking Out, Critical Care and The Descendants

Mortality Movies TV Show Episode Three: Discussing Death Won't Kill You

Yes, it's true. Discussing death won't kill you - at least, not immediately.