Say It While They’re Still Here

About this episode

This episode explores the importance of expressing gratitude and admiration to loved ones while they are still alive.

There’s a moment at nearly every funeral when the room fills with words that feel… overdue. Stories. Gratitude. Admiration. Things we meant to say but didn’t. Why do we wait? And what would change if we didn’t? In this episode, we explore the quiet power of naming what we value in people while they can still receive it. This is for anyone who has ever thought, “I should tell them”… and hasn’t yet.

People in this episode

Host: Heath Hollensbe

Topics covered

• grief
• communication
• appreciation
• relationships
• funerals

Keywords

• funeral
• stories
• gratitude
• admiration
• communication

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