Flourish As You Age: THRIVING IN TIMES OF STRUGGLE
What does it mean to flourish when the systems we depend on are under strain?
Flourish in Times of Struggle is a new podcast series for people who want to move beyond personal resilience and grapple with the deeper structures that shape our lives. In this opening episode, Michael C. Patterson introduces the series’ focus on systems, legitimacy, and collective action—and invites listeners to think together about how healthier, more democratic forms of governance might emerge.
Earlier Flourish As You Age podcasts focused more on personal change and development to promote brain health and mental management.
Flourish As You Age: THRIVING IN TIMES OF STRUGGLE
END-OF-LIFE #1 - "Achieving A Good Death," an interview with Chris Palmer
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In this series of MINDRAMP Podcasts we will continue to discuss how to flourish as we near the end of our life - but with a special focus. To flourish we need to live a good life and die a good death.
This series of podcasts will focus on achieving a good death. The series is built around a number of interviews with my friend Chris Palmer, who is an expert on end-of-life issues. Chris has published a new book called Achieving A Good Death: A Practical Guide to the End of Life.
In his book, Chris comments that “Death is a transformative teacher, but few want to become willing students.” Death is a difficult subject.
A core message of Chris’s book is that the best way to prepare for a good death is to live the best life possible. Planning for your end-of-life is, in fact, an act of optimism and compassion.
Death is inevitable. We can stumble blindly into the darkness, or we can opt to follow a gentler path that is illuminated by our own insight and vision. If you choose to prepare for the kind of death you want to have, these podcasts will help you understand your options.
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