Tag: The Hospice Chaplaincy Show

May 22, 2023

Fourth Season Episode 2: Rachel S. Jordan on the intersection between trauma and end of life care

It was during my chaplain residency that I came to understand that when the tenderness of death entered me, it did not leave. Now when I pray with people I ask if they usually hold hands when they pray, that’s not something many of them have been asked in a long time. For those who…
May 15, 2023

Fourth Season Episode 1: A Conversation with David Hugger

Welcome to our first episode of season 4 of the Hospice Chaplaincy Show. We are grateful to our listeners for their continued support. In this episode, Saul talks to David Hugger who is a retired hospice chaplain. David is also a podcaster and the author of two hospice books. His first book, “Hospice Is a…
December 5, 2022

Third Season Episode 31:A conversation with Paul and Sally Nash on the sibling support projectThird Season Episode 31:

In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Rev. Paul Nash and his wife Rev. Dr. Sally Nash on their current research “The Sibling Support Project.” Paul and Sally Nash live in Birmingham UK and married in 1986. They are both ordained Anglicans, both Myers Briggs Type Indicator Practitioners (although opposite types), both support London football teams…
November 28, 2022

Third Season Episode 30: A conversation with Donna Wilson on family conflict at the end of life Third Season Episode 30:

In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Dr. Donna Wilson. Donna is a Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, with appointments in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Limerick. Donna has worked as a staff nurse, nursing supervisor, senior hospital administrator, media commentator, educator, researcher, and professor in Alberta, British…
November 21, 2022

Third Season Episode 28: A conversation with Amy Wright GlennThird Season Episode 28:

In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Amy Wright Glenn about her two books, “Birth, Breath, and Death ~ Meditations on Motherhood, Chaplaincy, and Life as a Doula.” And “Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go.” Glenn is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, a DONA certified birth doula, a hospital chaplain, and founder of the Institute…
November 14, 2022

Third Season Episode 27: A conversation with Rosemary Keevil on grief and addiction

In today’s episode Saul talks to Rosemary Keevil about her book “The art of losing it.” Rosemary is a journalist who writes about addiction. She cut her teeth as a TV news reporter for Canada’s CTV Network. She has since had numerous jobs in the media including host of her own current affairs, drive-time, radio show…
October 17, 2022

Third Season Episode 23: A conversation with Mary-Frances O’Connor

In Today’s episode Saul talks to Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor. Dr. O’Connor is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on the physiological correlates of emotion, in particular the wide range of physical and emotional responses during bereavement, including yearning and isolation. She believes that a clinical…
September 26, 2022

Third Season Episode 20: A conversation with Joanne Cacciatore on therapeutic approaches to grief counseling

In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Dr. Joanne Cacciatore on therapeutic approaches to grief counseling. Dr. Joanne Cacciatore is the founder of the MISS Foundation and the Selah Carefarm. She is a tenured professor, researcher, and senior Wrigley Institute of Sustainability Scholar at Arizona State University. Her area of expertise is traumatic death, and she…
September 12, 2022

Third Season Episode 18: A conversation with Thomas Attig on his book, “Catching your breath in grief.”Third Season Episode 18:

In today’s episode, Saul talks to Dr. Thomas Attig. Dr. Attig is the author of Catching Your Breath in Grief…and grace will lead you home, The Heart of Grief: Death and the Search for Lasting Love and How We Grieve: Relearning the World. He has written numerous articles and reviews on grief and loss, care of the…
September 5, 2022

Third Season Episode 17: A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Miles on pain management at the end of life

In this week’s episode, Saul talks to Dr. Miles who works as a clinical pharmacist for Optum Hospice Pharmacy Services on pain management at the end of life. Pain management is a primary goal of hospice care. But people often have misconceptions about how hospice care deals with pain and other end-of-life symptoms. For instance,…