Last Day Presents: “Making Peace with The End” (Squeezed Ep 7)

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of facing mortality and embracing end-of-life care with heart and humor, featuring death doula Alua.

On this Christmas Day, we’re sharing the last episode of Squeezed, fittingly about the end of life. ​​Alua is a renowned death doula, author, and educator who believes that living fully requires all of us to face mortality head-on. Whether it’s providing support at the bedside or making end-of-life-plans well in advance, Alua works with clients at every stage of life to embrace the inevitable with heart and humor. Death can be scary, but doulas like Alua are revolutionizing end-of-life-care by teaching us how to live more presently… so we can die peacefully. Squeezed is a Lemonada Media original. Yvette Nicole Brown is the host of this show. Chrystal Genesis is our senior producer. Giulia Hjort, Tess Novotny, and Hannah Boomershine are our producers. Ivan Kuraev is our engineer. Our theme music is by Andi Kristinsdottir, with additional music by APM music. Jackie Danziger is our VP of Narrative Content. Executive producers are Yvette Nicole Brown, Jessica Cordova Kramer, and Stephanie Wittels Wachs. This show was created in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a leading national philanthropy dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime and…

People in this episode

Host: Yvette Nicole Brown

Guest: Alua

Topics covered

• end of life
• mortality
• death doula
• support
• healthcare
• living fully

Keywords

• end of life
• death doula
• mortality
• healthcare
• support
• living fully
• peaceful death

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lemonada Media, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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