When JoAnne Chitwood graduated from nursing school, she wasn't sure what she actually wanted to do—until a hospice volunteer at the bedside of her patient told her, "JoAnne, you are a hospice nurse". She had never even heard the term, but she soon realized she was born for the role.

JoAnne has spent the past four decades at the bedside of the dying. In this episode, she shares the profound lessons learned from 40 years of end-of-life care: how to manage terminal anxiety, why death mirrors the birth process, and how "pouring love" into patients can lead to the most unexpected outcomes.

• How JoAnne discovered she was "born" for this hospice work
• Why the dying process is a mirror image of birth, as the body begins to "unwind" and nourish itself from within.
• Managing the many different facets of hospice nursing
• Why she doesn’t run from sadness
• Why forty years of witnessing "peaceful" transitions has completely removed her own fear of death.

• Please Help Me Die Well Book Series by JoAnne Chitwood
• The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
• The Medicare Hospice Benefit

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After 30 years of marriage, Victoria Vaughn found herself newly single in her 50s — and back in a dating world that looked nothing like the one she left. She landed many dates, but many of them weren’t what she expected.

She calls those dates “frogs.” But through those experiences, she gained a much clearer understanding of what she wanted, what actually matters in a partner, and why finding the right person often starts with being true to yourself.

• What it’s like to date again after 30 years off the market
• Why dating later in life comes with more complexity and more clarity
• The unexpected realities of finances, baggage, and honesty in dating
• Why you might be a “frog” to someone else — and what that means
• How she recognized her “prince” and what made him different
• The lessons she wishes she knew before she started dating again
• Her husband’s Parkinson’s diagnosis and why she supports the Michael J. Fox Foundation

• Oh the Frogs I’ve Kissed Before I Finally Found My Prince - Victoria’s book on dating again
• The Michael J. Fox Foundation

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Mitch Wu thought he knew exactly what his creative career would look like. But after years in product design, a difficult job, and the loss of his brother, he realized how far he’d drifted from the kind of work he actually wanted to be doing.

Then one afternoon he and his nephew went to the park with a couple of action figures and from the first photograph he knew he'd found what he was meant to do.

In this episode, Mitch shares what it’s like to build miniature worlds, develop a creative niche that didn’t really exist, and turn play into a profession.

• His journey from illustration to product design to wedding photography—and how he realized he’d gotten off his creative path
• The moment in a park with his nephew that instantly shifted his career direction
• What toy photography actually is, and why it’s rooted in storytelling and world-building
• How he built a career in a niche that barely existed at the time
• The difference between being a “commodity” creative and owning a specialized niche
• Why continual learning and experimentation keep his work evolving

• Larger Than Life (documentary) – See Mitch at work and get a behind-the-scenes look at his toy photography process
• New York Toy Fair – The largest toy industry convention in North America, where Mitch exhibited his work and connected with major brands
• Disney+ Marvel documentary series – A series featuring toy creators, including Mitch and his work
• Mitch Wu’s toy photography work – See examples of his work for major toy companies, including Mattel’s Ever After High, one of Mitch’s first major clients

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