Lately Posts

 In Part 2 of this fascinating conversation, Karen Bussen welcomes award-winning author Sallie Tisdale to talk about a topic that is coming to the forefront: taking control of end of life planning and final wishes. A content warning: the discuss...

 What if we stopped looking at death as a “failure” and embraced it as a holistic part of our human journey? What would we ask for? How would we change our conversations with family and loved ones? Karen talks to famed palliative care doctor BJ...

 In this sunny Sunday-morning mini-sode, Farewelling co-founders Karen Bussen and Elizabeth Karansky take part in the inaugural “Farewelling Fête” where a dozen brilliant women gather to celebrate living life beautifully...with mini-quiches, mim...

Heads UpJust a quick note on today’s show, as the conversation does involve a discussion about a suicide attempt. You may want to take that into account when deciding whether to listen. Most of the episode is actually quite upbeat and occasionally si...

Thanks to Considerable for including Farewelling’s fabulous Funeral Guru Liz Karansky in a much-needed article about what to do with social media accounts when a loved one dies. Liz and other funeral industry and tech experts offer some solid tips an...

 For all those pet lovers out there (including us), this is a difficult topic. How can we ever live without our best friends? We talk to Farewelling Funeral Guru Elizabeth Karansky and Liz’s good friend, therapist and animal activist Jamie Gleic...