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How End of Life Doulas Ease Fears Around Death with Dr. Tamara MacIntyre

"People are beginning to get comfortable with the idea that it requires just as much planning to transition out of this world as it does to give birth and bring a new soul into this world.” - Dr. Tamara MacIntyre

According to a recent study, nearly half of participants (47 percent) admitted they were afraid of death. Some of those factors include fear of pain and suffering, fear of the unknown, fear of non-existence, fear of eternal punishment, fear of loss of control, and fear of what will become of our loved ones. In today’s episode, Dr. Michelle Robin invites Dr. Tamara MacIntyre to share why there are ways a person can begin to get comfortable with the idea of dying with the help of an end-of-life doula. Dr. Tamara will also share her story of becoming this type of doula for people, and some of the greatest lessons she has learned about living through those facing death soon. She will also unpack why it’s just as important to have an end-of-life doula as it is to have a birth doula. “People don’t even know they can die with a level of love and peace that is outside the conventional approach,” she shares during the conversation.

About Today’s Guest:

Dr. Tamara MacIntyre, certified End of Life Doula, is also a chiropractor, doctor of functional medicine and recovering high ed administrator. Tamara is the co-founder of The PRANA Foundation (www.PranaFound.org) where she offers education, mentorship, and retreat to others serving in health and healing professions. She is passionate about assisting, fostering agency and empowerment while educating and supporting others in choosing a death that aligns with the core values that have defined the way they have chosen to live their lives. Her vision is to facilitate a space where people are more curious than afraid; acknowledging that this beautiful life is finite. Tamara offers end of life education, individualized and small group care planning and client advocacy.

Mentioned in the Episode:

• Dr. Tamara’s website
• The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware
• The Essential Questions When Planning a Good Death

If you were told you only had a couple months to live due to a terminal illness, what would you do with Dr. Nasha Winters

If you were told you only had a couple months to live due to a terminal illness, what would you do? Dr. Nasha Winters, N.D. and CEO of Optimal Terrain, was told this at the young age of 19 as she was diagnosed with cervical cancer after dealing with multiple health issues.

Dr. Nasha took her diagnosis and decided she wanted to go out on her own terms so she went to the library and the book, Quantum Healing by Deepak Chopra, popped out at her so she read it one night. By reading this book, Dr. Nasha’s diet, lifestyle and college major would all be changed overnight.

Now Dr. Nasha, is helping others by educating clients, doctors, and researchers on ways to apply the integrative oncology philosophy to treatments and therapy. She finds pleasure is seeing the joy in others and finding the “blessing in the lesson” in everyday life.

How Parade of Hearts Moved Our Community into Connection with Jenn Nussbeck and Eileen Weir

“This is something that connected our region like never before.”- Eileen Weir

There’s a famous saying that goes, “It only takes one tree to start a forest, one smile to begin a friendship... one thought to change the world” and that’s exactly what happened in the Kansas City community through the Parade of Hearts that began from one drawing on a napkin. During its last auction in 2022, it raised more than $2 million for Kansas City charities. During today’s episode, Dr. Michelle invites Jenn Nussbeck and Eileen Weir to share how this project began, the doors that it opened in our community, and the opportunity it provided to build connections with people in different neighborhoods across the metro. They also explain why public art has become a crucial piece to our community’s well-being and why it evoked certain senses for the people who live here. Jenn will also tell a moving story about two people who met at one of the hearts and how that location formed their new friendship. At the end of the episode, they will give listeners an exclusive update about what’s next for the Parade of Hearts in Kansas City, which means you will be the first to hear it on this episode!

About Today’s Guests:

Jenn Nussbeck is the Parade of Hearts Executive Director. She has served on numerous public charity boards as well as dedicated the last 15 years supporting organizations throughout communities in Kansas City. Assisting those navigating the philanthropy and civic channels is not only her work, but her passion. Jenn was born in San Diego but raised in Kansas City. She comes from a large Irish family. Her great uncle (Pat O’Neill Sr.) started the Kansas City St. Patrick’s Day Parade with Mike Murphy.

Eileen Weir was elected Mayor of the City of Independence, Missouri, in 2014. Prior to her election, she served on the Independence City Council representing the city’s 4^th District from 2012 to 2014. She began her career in communications and public relations with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1992, acting as the team’s Manager of Public Information and Media Services. She served as the Chiefs Charity Game Coordinator from 2009 to 2013 for the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City. Eileen and her husband Tom live in southwestern Independence with their twins, John and Nora.

Mentioned in the Episode:

• Parade of Hearts website
• Parade of Hearts mobile app
• Parade of Hearts on Facebook
• Parade of Hearts on Instagram
• Parade of Hearts on Twitter
• The story about the heart at Your Wellness Connection

Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship with Paul Young

At 9:00am Christmas morning, Dr. Michelle Robin was joined by author Paul Young. In an interview Paul said he had written primarily as a way to create unique gifts for his friends, until his wife repeatedly urged him to write something for their six children in order to put down in one place his perspectives on God and on the inner healing Young had experienced as an adult. The resulting manuscript, that later became The Shack.

Join Dr. Michelle and Paul as they talk about:

• How he has cultivated the ability to be present and not get lost in anxious thoughts about the future.
• Why trust, love, and gratitude are always in the present tense.
• What you can do when you are experiencing fearful thoughts in the present moment; either let them control you or trust life’s journey.
• Why ‘grace’ is a freedom word that is buried in trust.
• Difficult moments in his marriage and the choices he faced.
• The abuse that both Dr. Michelle and Paul experienced early on in their own lives and how that has impacted their journeys of healing.
• Identity issues we are facing in 2020 including our focus on money.
• How writing The Shack blessed his life even before it was published.
• Why everything becomes a gift when you learn to live without expectations.
• Gifts that we have been given in 2020 if we look hard enough for them and realize that this has been a year of exposure.

If anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will be the same again. - Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

Mentioned In This Episode

• Paul Young
• The Shack by Paul Young
• The Shack Trailer
• SCBS 40 Days of Gratitude
• AdventHealth
• CommunityAmerica Credit Union
• SCBS 31-Day Kindness Campaign

Finding Rhythm and Resilience with Senior Pastor Adam Hamilton

What is the blessing of fear?

Join us as we gather to reset our new daily rhythm and build resilience during this time of change.

I’m excited to have Adam Hamilton. Adam is senior pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the fastest growing, most highly visible churches in the country. The Church Report named Hamilton’s congregation the most influential mainline church in America, and he preached at the National Prayer Service as part of the presidential inauguration festivities in 2013. Hamilton is the best-selling and award-winning author of The Call, Making Sense of the Bible, Love to Stay, The Journey, The Way, 24 Hours That Changed the World, Revival, Not a Silent Night, Enough, When Christians Get It Wrong, and Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White,all published by Abingdon Press. Adam has been married 30 years to LaVon. They have two grown daughters.

I’m happy to have Adam share how they’re finding Rhythm and Resilience right now, and how we can do the same. I invite you to tune in as we unite as a community.

Looking forward to spending time together for some R & R.

Join Dr. Michelle and Adam as they talk about:

• The importance of rhythm during quarantine.
• Pastor Adam’s call to church.
• Faith being an experience of trust.
• Rising levels of anxiety and suicide, and how to create hope.
• Tuning out the noise and paying attention to the nudges, whispers, and God moments.
• Pastor Adam’s “God-incidence” in Atlanta with a man who passed.
• Tragic passings of Mindy Corporan and Erin Langhofer.
• How to reconcile tragedy with an all loving God, Dr. Martin Luther King’s interpretation.
• Fear being a gift of God.
• Being mindful of media consumption.
• A quick breath prayer
• Pastor Adam’s prayer practice
• What guidance and gifts have come from quarantine
• Pastor Adam’s medicine

Not coincidences, God-incidences. - Adam Hamilton

Mentioned In This Episode

• United Methodist Church of the Resurection
• Adam Hamilton’s Website
• Unafraid by Adam Hamilton
• Why by Adam Hamilton
• Psalm 31:5
• The Story of Elijah
• When God Winks by Squire Rushnell
• Mindy Corporan
• Erin Langhofer