Finding Humanity - BJ Miller Doing Death
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- Philosophy
“It's enough to actually just feel for another human being”
Host Amanda Blainey talks to thought leader BJ Miller, who is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator who is dedicated to moving healthcare towards a more human-centered approach. His 2015 Ted talk "What Really Matters at the End of Life" has been watched over 14 million times. BJ has given numerous interviews including Oprah Winfrey, The New York Times, and GOOP. He co-founded Mettle Health which aims to provide holistic consultations to patients or caregivers navigating the practical emotional and existential issues that can come with serious illness and disability.
We talk about;
The complexity of being human
Navigating relationships
Compassion
Being not doing
The Illusion of normal
Openings that can happen in dying
Allowing space for our pain and feelings
Feeling grief rather than controlling it
How deathcare can be inclusive?
Letting go and hanging onto relationships
The use of Psychedelics
Finding our bliss
Podcast references
Mettle Health https://www.mettlehealth.com/
Papyrus https://www.papyrus-uk.org/
Ted talk what really matters at the end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apbSsILLh28
Tyler Perry Oscars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9LT0j2uSUI
“It's enough to actually just feel for another human being”
Host Amanda Blainey talks to thought leader BJ Miller, who is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator who is dedicated to moving healthcare towards a more human-centered approach. His 2015 Ted talk "What Really Matters at the End of Life" has been watched over 14 million times. BJ has given numerous interviews including Oprah Winfrey, The New York Times, and GOOP. He co-founded Mettle Health which aims to provide holistic consultations to patients or caregivers navigating the practical emotional and existential issues that can come with serious illness and disability.
We talk about;
The complexity of being human
Navigating relationships
Compassion
Being not doing
The Illusion of normal
Openings that can happen in dying
Allowing space for our pain and feelings
Feeling grief rather than controlling it
How deathcare can be inclusive?
Letting go and hanging onto relationships
The use of Psychedelics
Finding our bliss
Podcast references
Mettle Health https://www.mettlehealth.com/
Papyrus https://www.papyrus-uk.org/
Ted talk what really matters at the end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apbSsILLh28
Tyler Perry Oscars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9LT0j2uSUI