Cultivate Being

Amelia Chiarenza

Celebrating mortality and getting intimate with death. Why death? It’s one of the core mysteries of life. Amelia Chiarenza believes that is precisely the point - it is a part of life. She spent most of her life ignoring it, letting it exist in dark shadows. Then, in her early forties, both her parents and best friend died within the span of 16 months, forcing her to acknowledge death. Now, her aim is to pull death from the shadows and bring it into a new narrative of life. Cultivate Being™ is a record of Amelia’s quest. Come along with her.

Episodes

  1. Jun 24

    Ain’t Nobody Gettin’ Outta Here Alive

    My quest to get intimate with death continues. In this episode of the Cultivate Being™ Podcast, I speak with my father’s hospice nurse nearly four years after his passing. My journey with Molly Heeney started a year before my father died and revealed to me not only what hospice is, but what hospice can be. With this second episode, get a window into our reflections and perspectives as we talk about my father’s end of life, Molly’s role, our views on life and death - all while we celebrate life.  Special thanks to Neva Grant and Susan Stamberg. For more from Amelia, sign up for ⁠the Cultivate Being™ Newsletter.⁠ Check out www.cultivatebeing.com and @CultivateBeing on Instagram. Cultivate Being™ is created and hosted by Amelia Chiarenza in collaboration with audio producer, Theo Balcomb.

    34 min

  2. Jun 10

    The Undertaker’s Daughter

    What is it like to talk to people who knew your loved ones who died? My quest to get intimate with death begins as I talk with someone who knew my parents who I never knew existed until after they died.  I met Marie Bowden very shortly after my father died. He was her mentor, but she and I had not met. Through our conversation, I learned that she is a person surrounded by death. She grew up in a home surrounded by death. She works in a profession that is about donation after death. She herself has experienced tremendous loss. And she is someone who reminds me that there is beauty in the world, despite everything we go through (and because of it). For more from Amelia, sign up for ⁠the Cultivate Being™ Newsletter.⁠ Check out www.cultivatebeing.com and @CultivateBeing on Instagram. Cultivate Being™ is created and hosted by Amelia Chiarenza in collaboration with audio producer, Theo Balcomb.

    34 min

  3. Season 1 Trailer

    Premiering June 10, 2026

    Cultivate Being is an Tribeca Official Selection Podcast for the 25th Anniversary Tribeca Festival in June 2026.

    2 min

Trailer

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About

Celebrating mortality and getting intimate with death. Why death? It’s one of the core mysteries of life. Amelia Chiarenza believes that is precisely the point - it is a part of life. She spent most of her life ignoring it, letting it exist in dark shadows. Then, in her early forties, both her parents and best friend died within the span of 16 months, forcing her to acknowledge death. Now, her aim is to pull death from the shadows and bring it into a new narrative of life. Cultivate Being™ is a record of Amelia’s quest. Come along with her.

Information

  • Creator
    Amelia Chiarenza
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Amelia Chiarenza
  • Show Website
    Cultivate Being

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