Karen Hendrickson shares what's happened since she and Jo-Anne Haun stopped the Dishing Doulas Podcast.

Looking back now, she can see that her experiences with the Dishing Doulas and The Death & Dying Network International have been the foundation for what's ahead.

There's a new chapter on the horizon. One that has emerged from everything Karen has learned in her work as a death doula, and even more importantly, as a caregiver. Yes, she's learned about death, but she's also learned about life and how easy it is to lose ourselves while loving other people.

Karen is no longer asking, "How do we care for someone else?" She is now asking, "Who are we becoming while we're caring for others?"

A new body of work is emerging. That work is becoming Inside the Living Room with Karen Hendrickson.

Karen shares insight into how the Dishing Doulas Podcast has led to her next series of important conversations. Not a new conversation. Just an extension of the conversations we've already had related to end of life, caregiving, and grief. But now with a focus on those who do the caring. Mostly the wives, the mothers, the daughters, the sisters.

Because after we spend years caring for everyone else ...

Eventually, we have to ask ... "Who is caring for us?"

We hope you explore what's available Inside the Living Room and maybe, just maybe, you'll recognize yourself within these conversations.

Know that Inside the Living Room is available through Substack or as a Podcast. You choose what works best for you!

So, pull up a chair and join Karen, Inside the Living Room.

She'd love to see you there!

Go gently.

www.insidethelivingroom.ca

www.insidethelivingroomwithkaren.substack.com

Kath Murray is a Hospice Palliative Care Nurse, educator and founder of Life and Death Matters. She is passionate about developing and delivering death education and resources aimed at helping Personal Support Workers, nurses and other members of the health care team and family to provide best care for the dying person and their caregivers.

In this podcast Kath will talk about her resources and practical ways that you as a Death Doula can support the people you care for and their team.

Kath will describe common patterns of decline, the move toward the “integration of a palliative approach” in caring for people with any life-limiting illness, early in the disease process and across all care settings, she will identify common symptoms, give examples of comfort measures and the use of a comfort basket.

ABOUT KATH MURRAY:

Kath Murray is a Hospice Palliative Care Nurse, educator, thanatologist & founder of Life and Death Matters, a Canadian Palliative Care education company. Her mission is to develop resources that help the health care team integrate a palliative approach to care in all care settings, and thus improve care of people who are living-dying and their families/loved ones.

Kath Murray believes that education and resources should be “delicious and digestible”, engaging and user friendly.

Kath wrote the text, Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers and a similar text for nurses, Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Resource for Every Nurse. Both of these texts have companion workbooks, podcasts, and videos, and are available on the LDM NEW online digital library.

Together with a team of palliative care providers in Mexico, they adapted and translated the nursing text into Spanish.

Kath has been a family/friend caregiver. She is no stranger to palliative care, loss and grief.

Kath weaves current knowledge, research and best practice with personal experience and anecdotes to bring the material to life. She is known for synthesizing material into easy-to-understand language and conveying it with warmth and humour.

https://lifeanddeathmatters.ca/

Kath@lifeanddeathmatters.ca

EPISODE 14: Jordan Arogeti, SupportNow – Understanding Its Process, Benefits, and the Comfort It Provides

What do individuals and families need in times of illness, death and tragedy? How can you help?

Jordan will share her experience and how their resource has influenced the development of SupportNow. Learn what individuals really want and need in times of distress, and why; and you will also learn how you can actually offer help that is meaningful and needed should you know someone faced with these challenges.

Understand why “let me know what I can do”, or “how can I help?” - isn’t really helpful for those emersed in times of illness, death or tragedy.

Discover how SupportNow can help you to help.

ABOUT JORDAN AROGETI:

Jordan Arogeti wants to change how supporters show up for friends and families

in tough times. She’s doing just that as the CEO and co-founder of SupportNow, all

in one place to raise money, schedule meals, coordinate volunteers, and send

updates.

SupportNow is a free, easy to use website that offers clear direction to anyone

inclined to offer funds, food, or time and energy. The website is a called a Registry

that can be customized based on current needs and easily change overtime.

Prior to SupportNow, Jordan spent seven years working as the top Strategic

Enterprise salesperson at Salesloft and in her time there the company grew from

1M to 200M in annual revenue. Passionate about sales and women in tech she

was instrumental in crafting the maternity leave policy that blazed a path for

dozens of other mothers across the company. Additionally, Jordan has invested

and advised dozens of startups throughout the country.

Jordan began her career at IMG/WME in New York working in Collegiate Sports

Sponsorship and Licensing.

A graduate of the University of Georgia, Jordan lives in Atlanta with her husband

(and co-founder in Mi Alma) Scott, and their three kids; Nace (5), Remi (4), and

Hayes (1).

Connect with Jordan and SupportNow her:

www.supportnow.org

jordan@supportnow.org

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