The Deep End

Clarehouse
  • 5.0 (5)
  • MENTAL HEALTH
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The Deep End offers heartfelt guidance and real-life wisdom for navigating serious illness, caregiving and the end of life. Each episode provides meaningful resources, compassionate education and gentle encouragement to help listeners live fully - even in the face of life’s hardest moments. Through personal stories, expert insights, and reflective conversations, The Deep End invites you to consider what it means to be truly present, to care deeply and to find peace in the journey.

Episodes

  1. 3D AGO

    Pulling the Emergency Brake: Rethinking Care in a High-Velocity System

    Many of us feel it: the rush, the pressure, the urgency of healthcare. But where is it taking us? Join host Kelley Scott and Jennifer Clark, MD, for a powerful conversation about slowing down medicine and restoring dignity to care.

    1h 4m

  2. JAN 1

    When Belief Meets Mortality: Conversation About the Mystery of the After

    Host Kelley Scott speaks with Thad Hensley, a self-identified physicalist who does not believe in a nonphysical realm, and Scott Gordon, a longtime hospice chaplain shaped by Christian faith. Their dialogue explores how people make meaning at the end of life, how belief systems evolve under pressure and why human connection matters more than any answer about what comes next.

    37 min

  3. 12/04/2025

    Presence in the Fade: Stories of Dementia, Care and Connection

    Dementia changes people - but what remains of who they are? Join host Kelley Scott as Jarrod Noftsger and Donna Eastham share raw, moving stories about love, loss and caregiving.

    54 min

  4. 11/06/2025

    What Hurts Us Most Can Also Teach Us the Most

    Host Kelley Scott sits down with Dr. Jennifer Clark—palliative medicine physician, healthcare delivery scientist and author of Suffer.—to explore one of life’s most universal experiences: suffering. Suffering doesn’t have to destroy us. It can reveal what’s most essential about being human.

    52 min

  5. 10/01/2025

    Mythbusting: Conversation About the Realities of Hospice Care

    Join host Kelley Scott and hospice nurse Amy Bailey as they cut through the myths to reveal how hospice really supports patients and families with choice, comfort and care when it matters most.

    51 min

  6. 09/04/2025

    Legacy and the Desire to Be Remembered

    Kelley Scott, Clarehouse Executive Director, is joined by special guest Robin Ballenger, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and the first female chairman of The Flintco Companies, Inc., to discuss how family, heritage, and values shape the stories we leave behind. Together, they reflect on the ways legacy is defined, reminding us that making a difference is about so much more than accomplishments—it’s about the meaning we create and the lives we touch.

    44 min

  7. 08/05/2025

    Breaking the Silence: Conversations About Death and Dying

    Kelley Scott, Clarehouse Executive Director, shares the complex realities of caregiving through serious illness and end of life. Joined by Dwan Borens, Chief Nursing Officer at Ascension St. John Broken Arrow & Clarehouse Board Member, they discuss cultural barriers in talking about death - especially in the African American community - and highlight the transformative power of honest conversations about death, caregiving and finding meaning in life's final journey.

    37 min
  • 7 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
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About

The Deep End offers heartfelt guidance and real-life wisdom for navigating serious illness, caregiving and the end of life. Each episode provides meaningful resources, compassionate education and gentle encouragement to help listeners live fully - even in the face of life’s hardest moments. Through personal stories, expert insights, and reflective conversations, The Deep End invites you to consider what it means to be truly present, to care deeply and to find peace in the journey.

Information

  • Creator
    Clarehouse
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Clarehouse
  • Show Website
    The Deep End