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To Be Human Is To Suffer, But Not Unnecessarily

BJ Miller, MD knows something about suffering. When he was a sophomore in college, he experienced a tragic accident that shaped the course of his life. From months spent as a patient in a burn unit, he learned that the simplest acts of care of the most healing. With this wisdom, he pursued a career in medicine specializing in Palliative Care. He is an advocate for shifting the paradigm around how think about what’s most important at the end of life.

BJ Miller, MD has given over 100 talks nationally, and internationally, on the topics of death, dying, palliative care and the intersection of healthcare with design. His 2015 TED Talk: “Not Whether But How” (aka “What Matters Most at the End of Life”), has been viewed over 10 million times and his work has also been the subject of multiple interviews and podcasts, including Oprah Winfrey, PBS, The New York Times, The California Sunday Magazine, GOOP, Krista Tippett, Tim Ferriss and the TED Radio Hour. His book, A Beginner’s Guide to the End, was co-authored with Shoshana Berger and published in 2019.

Grief is the Price We Pay for Love

Within six weeks, Nora McInerny lost both her husband and father to cancer and had a miscarriage. She was 31 years old and her world fell apart. Nora believes that we don’t “move on” from grief. Instead, we learn to move forward and live with our loss. Leah and Nora share personal stories about their losses through laughter and tears. They encourage us to remember that grief is the price we pay for love and they wouldn’t have it any other way.

Nora hosts the podcast, “Terrible, Thanks for Asking”, the author of numerous books including her memoir, “It’s Okay to Laugh, and Crying is Cool Too”, “No Happy Endings” and “The Hot Young Widow’s Club”. In 2018, her TED Talk, “We Don’t ‘move on’ From Grief, We Move Forward” has now close to 4.5 million viewers.

Stories of Resilience are Medicine for the Soul

Amy Newmark, Chief Editor and Publisher for the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2018. She worked as much as she could through treatment. As part of her job, she reads hundreds of stories of people’s precarious moments and their resulting resilience. Living through her own precarious moment, Amy saw these stories through a whole new light and found comfort in them when she needed it the most. Stories Heal.

Amy Newmark is the bestselling author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Since 2008, she has published more than 150 new books, most of them national bestsellers in the U.S. and Canada, more than doubling the number of Chicken Soup for the Soul titles in print today.

Holding Hope

How do we hold on to hope in the face of daunting odds? Well, it starts with understanding what hope is. It’s not a souped-up version of optimism. It’s actually something quite different. Leah talks about how she has found, and lost, and found hope numerous times through her cancer experiences. She encourages us to believe in the healing power of Hope.

Being Black in America is Precarious

What if your skin color is what made your life precarious? Not an illness, not an accident, not some experience that happened to you, but the color of your skin. Leah talks with Saja Butler, a musician and owner of Urban Monk Studios in Fort Collins, CO about her experiences of being Black in America. Through sharing personal and painful stories, Saja challenges us to sit with the discomfort that we are feeling right now. She inspires us to look at ourselves honestly even if we don’t like what we see. Here is where the change begins. And, of course, Music Heals!
Saja Butler Graduated from the Colorado Contemporary Music College with a degree in Music Theory and Instruction. She opened Urban Monk Studios in 2007.

Precarious – There are No Happy Endings

“There are no happing endings. Endings are the hardest part. So just give me a happy middle and a very happy start.” A quote by the late Shel Sivlerstein. In this episode Leah challenges us to think about how much we focus on endings and finish lines as a way to measure our value. She encourages us to think about our worth through a very different lens.

There are No Happy Endings

“There are no happing endings. Endings are the hardest part. So just give me a happy middle and a very happy start.” A quote by the late Shel Sivlerstein. In this episode Leah challenges us to think about how much we focus on endings and finish lines as a way to measure our value. She encourages us to think about our worth through a very different lens.

The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living

If you asked Dan Via, he would tell you that he lived a pretty idyllic and privileged life: a successful pediatrician, a Juilliard-trained musician and happily married. Then in 2011, while on vacation, he suffered a spinal cord injury that left him initially paralyzed from the neck down. Dan shares his story of letting go of the life he knew and being open to a life of renewed possibilities – a life examined.
Dan Via is a pediatrician with Sentara Pediatric Physicians in Williamsburg, VA. He has been in practice for 23 years. Supporting moms and dads in their journeys as parents has been immensely rewarding. Dan grew up in Charlottesville, VA, attended Duke University, received a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School in New York, and then spent seven years as the principal bassist of the Virginia Symphony. He then returned to Duke for medical school, was a resident physician at the UNC-Chapel Hill Medical Center, and subsequently moved back to Virginia to begin practice in Williamsburg. In 2011, Dan suffered a significant spinal cord injury that initially left him paralyzed from the neck down. He was hospitalized for three months and underwent several surgical procedures. Graced with a substantial recovery, he has a renewed vision of life and its possibilities. Dan’s wife, Susan, is a violinist and a member of the music faculty at William and Mary. They have 2 sons, Forrest and Nathan – one is a William and Mary law student, and the other is a graduate of James Madison University. Dan enjoys recumbent cycling, yoga, reading, and cooking.

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