It’s National Healthcare Decisions Day 2025! This episode features clips from some of our favorite guests, highlighting wisdom and thoughts about advance care planning for the end of life. You’ll hear some of the brightest and best voices working in the end of life care industry talk about managing hard conversations about dying and death, funeral planning, and choosing a proxy or medical power of attorney who will speak for you. We hope it makes you laugh, cry, think, and make decisions about your own advance care plan! This episode features guests and resources from the following organizations:

• Peacefully Prepared - Rhonda Lopresti (peacefully-prepared.com)
• How to Train Your Doctor - Matthew Tyler (howtotrainyourdoctor.com)
• Death’s Apprentice - Christa Ovenell (deathsapprentice.ca)
• Buried In Work - Adam Zuckerman (buriedinwork.com)
• The Death Deck and End of Life Deck - Lisa Pahl, owner/creator (thedeathdeck.com)
• 5 Wishes (fivewishes.org)
• The Conversation Project.org

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