Book Patty Burgess, Death Doula and End-of-Life Educator 
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DEATH: Everyone is Doing it, But No one is Talking About It
(Like Sex was in the 50’s 😉)

Why Talking About Death Can Avoid an Unwanted Exit

 Author of “When Death Comes” tells your audience…

  • Why and how DEATH IS DESIGNED to make us emotionally healthier
  • Why talking about death won’t kill you, but how not talking about it could
  • Learning to embrace your death, allows you to embrace life
  • How to have a Near-Death Experience (NDE) without dying
  • Uncovering the secret to re-framing death to release fear and live more fully
  • How unspeakable grief can be transformed into a mystical and sacred journey toward healing
  • Why there is an urgent need for “Death Doulas”, a new emerging profession, and how they can “midwife” you or your loved one from diagnosis through death.
MANY MORE TOPICS BELOW  – Take a look under the show ideas tab!

If your listeners or audience will die someday… this is the show to book!

 
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We all live and we all die – two truths that can’t be argued.

For the majority of people, the space between birth and death hold their attention, and is the focus of their journey. But for Patty Burgess, the ending point of death, with its surrounding fear, stigmas and mystery, is a rich area to indulge her ever expanding curiosity and passion for heartfelt life experiences.

Patty’s experiences with dying and death moved her over the years through the hospice industry, from volunteer to trainer to community educator. While the work was enriching, Patty saw a significant void in end-of-life-care training. She began integrating her insights of “doing death differently” and saw that this approach to death dramatically changed those facing the end of life, their loved ones, and the caregiver/supporter.

Patty feels passionately that avoiding or ignoring feelings, fears and conversations about death and dying, sadly, also leads to avoiding or ignoring important connections, so needed at the end of life. There is a way to BE with the dying that is transformative. Living and dying can co-exist beautifully in any present moment. Patty’s passion has led to her experiential workshops, writings, outreach and now — the online version of the training. Here she teaches how to “Do Death Differently”, not be overwhelmed or afraid, but to even experience the joy, the passion and the exhilaration inherent in the honor of “BEing” with the dying.

Why a Show Like this?

There are many different directions we can take “this death thing”, so that your audience is educated, entertained and elevated.  If your listeners are caring for a loved one, OR will eventually die, need help and need it now – then this topic is for you and them!

Show Ideas…LET’S TALK ABOUT….

  • What makes a “good death”
  • How to reframe the experience of death, dying, grief and loss from only sadness and overwhelm, to peace, connection and awe
  • Why laughter is important, even in the face of death
  • How death and grief and loss connects us all.
  • Why not sharing your end of life wishes could get you the death you would never choose

End of life Signs, Symptoms and Do’s and Don’ts of Caregiving a Dying Person

  • The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying and how to avoid them
  • The Top 5 Heartbreaks Caregiver and how to avoid them
  • The very first sign, even a year before death, that indicates death may be on its way
  • What caregivers NEVER want to offer to a dying person, that could be extremely painful and dangerous
  • The 2 phases and 2 stages of dying, and how to support them
  • When your loved one is talking to dead people (deathbed visions) – what is really happening?
  • The difference between deathbed visions and delirium
  • Why you should never re-orient a dying person who seems confused
  • What is the last sense to go before death and why this one thing should NEVER be done in front of a dying person -whether they are conscious or not.
  • The top 2 Things Caregivers want and need to manage their grief after the death of a loved one, and the ONLY way to get them

 Emotional and Spiritual Aspects of Death

  • How dying can lead to healing (which doesn’t mean cure)
  • Death as spiritual path – for both the dying person and the ones saying good-by
  • How death can change a life even as one is ending
  • The “unfinished business” in relationships – Death as a catalyst
  • Not all deaths are like in the movies

The Business of Death – The Emerging Hot Field of End-of Life Doulas

  • Money Magazine Named “Death Doulas” one of the 7 hottest jobs
  • What is a death doula, what are the services, and how they support the dying
  • Why death doulas are becoming increasingly in demand, like birth doulas
  • How does one become a death doula?
  • Where are there jobs or opportunities?
  • The sobering statistic about the coming “Silver Tsunami.
  • The “Business of Death” is booming with the boomers for death doulas – How are death doulas an answer to the coming crisis
  • The # 1 characteristics of successful end of life doulas and it is NOT compassion

Interview Questions for Patty…

  • How did you come to work in the death and dying field?
  • Why is no one talking about death when it is the only certain thing?
  • How can you say that we can even experience JOY in the face of death and dying?
  • Why is “Death” and sitting bedside with a dying person your “happy place”?
  • What does dying well look like or having a good death mean? (Powerful Exercise) Helping you see what’s important to you without judgement AND Living and Dying on YOUR own terms.
  • You say that there are some hilarious parts to death and dying, can you share any stories?
  • Why are doctors often responsible for prolonging suffering toward the end of life, even when they don’t mean to?
  • Why saying “I am so sorry for your loss”, is NOT something you want to say to a grieving person?
  • What are the top 3 of the THOUSAND other things you CAN say to help a grieving person feel heard and that their loss is important?
  • You mention that there is this new emerging field called Death Doulas, and that the need is great for trained doulas?
  • What is a doula and what do they do?
  • Why do we need doulas if we have hospice?
  • Why is the need so great?
  • You have a mission of training 10,000 doulas, Why and how do you plan to do that?
  • How do EOL Doulas start their business?
  • You have a free resource for everyone regardless of whether they want to do this as a business, correct? Where do our listeners go to get that?

135 Ways we are Talking About Death: Click for a free download.

These statistics below make it imperative to consider how we will age and die in the U.S.

 

  • According to the Quality of Death Index, US is the 9th best nation to die in. UK is # 1 best place to die
  • 53 million seniors over the age of 65 who will need care
        • That’s the population of 25 states combined
        • 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day for the next 15 years
        • Life expectancy: 78.6 years
        • FCA Reports: 43 million caregivers have given unpaid support in the last 12 months
        • 70% of caregivers over the age of 70 die first
        • CDC: Number of deaths per year in the US: 2,813,503
        • Most deaths will be a long illness trajectory—only 220,000 are due to murder, suicide accidents
        • 12 Million Americans living alone – 69% of those are woman
        • 22% people 65 and older either are childless or have children who are not in contact – study by Dr. Maria Torroella Carney -Northwell Health system on Long Island.
        • 40 percent of parents haven’t shared the financial details of their retirement or end-of-life planning with their adult children, nor have they talked about related subjects such as estate planning, inheritance or power of attorney.
        • One Study showed that 70% of caregivers dies BEFORE the person they were caring for
        • End of-Life Doulas were named as one of the “7 hottest jobs” in Time Money Magazine. – an answer to the issues gaps within our current healthcare system and aging populations.

FREE REPORT:
134 Ways We Talk About Death in Everyday Language

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