Comforting Closure

“I didn’t know who I was without her.”
When a child dies, your role as a parent doesn’t end but changes.

Full episode Thursday at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.

How do you help your child mourn their sibling… when you can’t stop crying yourself?

Ashley Meyveci and Danielle Cristofano-Schwartz share what parenting after child loss really looks like.

Full episode Thursday!
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It’s your right… until disease takes it away.

People with ALS or dementia are often forced to choose death earlier than they want—just to make sure they still can.

Full episode: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/maid-access or on your favorite podcast platform.

She didn’t want to die yet. But the law made her choose early because her body was failing.
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She qualified for Medical Aid in Dying but couldn’t lift the cup.
The law said no one could help. So, she had to choose death sooner.
Full episode: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/maid-access or on your favorite podcast platform.

They qualify. They’re ready. But they can’t physically take the medication. For people with ALS or dementia, that means losing the right to die on their own terms. The episode is out! https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/maid-access or on your favorite podcast platform

Some people choose death earlier than they want just to make sure they still can.
Full episode Thursday!
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If we don’t talk about death, does it not happen?
In this week’s episode, we talk about the silence around dying, dignity, and who gets left out.
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“Crisis is the worst time to make a decision.” That is why early conversations matter, especially when the law limits your choices. Full episode Thursday at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.

What really happens during embalming would shock most people. The Modern Mortician explains what families are rarely told.

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No posts. No proof. No thanks.

Angie Graham explains why transparency in senior living matters.

Listen now at https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/seniorliving-guide

Choose wrong, and hospice care can fail your family. Priya Jayadev explains why the right questions matter. Full episode: watch.comfortingclosure.com/vhocc-care

When families grieve differently, love can feel like conflict. Joanne Harpel shares how to respect each other’s grieving styles after suicide loss. Listen now at https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/copingaftersuicide

“The Civil War made death feel endless. Families turned to spiritualism to feel close again. Historian Katie Keckeisen explains why. Listen now at https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/spiritualism

No one thinks they’ll die at 30 or 40. But GoFundMe tells a different story. Estate planning is not optional. Listen now at https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/plan-with-kindness

Your story deserves more than a template. Obituaries haven’t kept up with how we live and remember today. This week, we talk about honoring people with depth, meaning, and design.

The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/legacy-storytelling or on your favorite podcast platform.

Why are we still using bullet points to summarize a life?

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Why are we still using bullet points to summarize a life?

The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/legacy-storytelling or on your favorite podcast platform.

Why are we still writing obituaries like it’s 1950?
We can tell real stories while our loved ones are still here to hear them.

The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/legacy-storytelling or on your favorite podcast platform.

What does it feel like to hear your impact while you’re still alive? This episode explores legacy, storytelling, and why it matters before the end.

Full episode Thursday at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.

He got to read what people would have said at his funeral. While he was still here.

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They read 500 stories aloud to him, while he was still here to hear them.

This week’s episode explores how storytelling before death can transform grief, legacy, and connection.

Full episode Thursday: https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia

To the Vikings, even 500 years dead could still mean family.

The past wasn’t gone; it was still home. Still alive in the stories, the soil, the names.

The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/vikings or on your favorite podcast platform.

Vikings believed a woman’s legacy was measured in care, not conquest.
In Norse society, a well-run farm and honorable children were her afterlife ticket.

The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/vikings or on your favorite podcast platform.

“I have so many favorite graves.”

One of them? A Viking hunter buried in the mountains with his dog and bow.

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In Viking culture, the dead gave advice.
People visited burial mounds to speak to mothers, elders, ancestors, and expected answers.

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For Vikings, death wasn’t the end. Ancestors stayed wise, present, and guiding. New episode this Thursday: Viking funerals, grief, and legacy with archaeologist Ellen Marie Næss.

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Survive or die, for the Vikings what mattered was how you’d be remembered.

This week’s episode explores how Norse beliefs about courage, legacy, and the afterlife shaped the way they lived, and what it still means for us today.

Full episode Thursday: https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia

“Thinking about death might be the best way to live better.”

Ruby Cohen Love, founder of Cafe Mortel, shares how facing death helps us live with more intention and creativity. The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/funeral

“No one should fight insurance while their child is dying.”

Shekinah Eliassen shares how George Mark Children’s House honors that belief by eliminating billing during loss. The full episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/family-care