Child Bereavement | Episode 1
This is the first ever ‘Art of Dying Well’ podcast. What is it? Simply put it’s a monthly programme that aims to make death and dying something we can talk about openly without discomfort or fear....
View ArticlePalliative Care | Episode 2
Thanks for checking out our second Art of Dying Well podcast. As ever, the aim's to make dying something we don't have to walk through alone. This month we're talking about palliative care with the...
View ArticleLife. Death. Whatever, | Episode 3
There's a good reason we've called this initiative the 'Art of Dying Well'. There really is an art to living well and an art to dying well - and it's clear the two are intrinsically linked.This month...
View ArticleArt, Care and Accompaniment | Episode 4
Carolyne Barber's a very interesting lady. She has over 30 years of nursing experience caring for sick and dying people in many countries around the world. She's also a talented award-winning...
View ArticleCaring for the Elderly at the End of Life | Episode 5
An ageing population has a significant impact on care services, so for this month's 'Art of Dying Well' podcast, we're looking at how we care for elderly people nearing the end of life.To do this,...
View ArticleFunerals, Funeral Directors and Forward Planning | Episode 6
Today's Art of Dying Well podcast looks at the world of the funeral director - looking after families and final wishes in the immediate aftermath of the death of a loved one. Not an easy job. Paul...
View ArticleMilitary, Bereavement and Mental Health | Episode 7
We're fast approaching the traditional month of remembrance. Catholic Churches have 'November Lists' so the community can pray for the souls of the departed. But the nation also pauses to pay its...
View ArticleRemembrance | Episode 8
November's Art of Dying Well podcast, fittingly, looks at remembrance. It is right that we remember the fallen of our wars and conflicts this month listening to a reflection from Fr Michael Fava from...
View ArticleMusic and Consolation | Episode 9
Here's our packed 'Art of Dying Well' podcast focusing on how music is vital for our well-being. Whether it acts as the soundtrack to our lives or as consolation at a time of grief, music is at the...
View ArticleLove, Loss and Coping | Episode 10
February's Art of Dying Well podcast features an extended interview with BBC financial journalist Sally Bundock - co-presenter of the BBC’s flagship business programme 'Business Live'.Sally's story is...
View ArticleAm I allowed to grieve? | Episode 11
Something's not right. You've not heard from your father-in-law for a few weeks. You're close. That's not usual. The milk's on the doorstep, yesterday's papers are poking out of the letterbox. You know...
View ArticleTime to talk about death | Episode 12
I can’t believe it has almost been a year since the last Art of Dying Well podcast but we’re back talking death and dying and all the issues surrounding this difficult but very human journey.Our main...
View ArticleDeath, dying and pets | Episode 13
Caring and accompanying people along the very human journey of dying lies at the heart of our podcasts - not to mention how we honour and remember our friends and family. Today, however, we're looking...
View ArticleDeathbed Etiquette | Episode 14
Today’s podcast focuses on the launch of a new 'Deathbed Etiquette' resource - a guide to help friends and relatives prepare to be at the deathbed of a dying loved one. Dr Amy Gadoud - a palliative...
View ArticleTheatre, Medicines and Hospice Care | Episode 15
In a packed and powerful 'Art of Dying Well' podcast we're bringing you the insight and experiences of three really interesting people. First up is the talented actor and writer Harriet Madeley - the...
View ArticleLife Interrupting Grief | Episode 16
The last 'Art of Dying Well' podcast of 2019 sees us focus on the painful subjects of loss and grief at a time of year that can be particularly hard for those of us spending Christmas without a loved...
View ArticleWe're all going to die! | Episode 17
OK so the title of today's podcast sounds like a line from a dodgy science fiction film but actually there's a serious point to be made. We've all heard the one about the certainties in life - death...
View ArticleDying, Recovering and Caring during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Episode 18
This 'Art of Dying Well' podcast comes from a state of COVID-19 lock-down but covers an incredible amount of ground by way of an exclusive interview with friend of the show, Dr Kathryn Mannix.Kathryn...
View ArticleLockdown, loss and pandemic trauma | Episode 19
This 'Art of Dying Well' podcast picks up where Episode 18 left off - counting the cost of COVID19 and how it has touched our lives and communities. Lockdown may be easing but the virus is certainly...
View ArticleDying well starts with living well | Episode 20
We've long said it, but how you live has a bearing on how you die. Dying well starts with living well. Being ready, being prepared, being reconciled, being happy and at peace with the way you treat...
View ArticleBereavement and Remembrance in November | Episode 21
The 'Art of Dying Well' is exactly four years old and it's fitting we're in the month of November, or, as we call it, 'the month to remember'.Bereavement, grief, memories and remembrance make up the...
View ArticleReporting on death and dying during the pandemic | Episode 22
Covid-19 has hit the UK hard. 100,000 deaths is a statistic. 1 is a tragedy. Each death leaves a family bereaved, each hospital admission results in a person facing a fight - loved-ones anxiously...
View ArticleEnd of Life Accompaniment and Lone Deaths | Episode 23
In recent years we've seen signs that more and more people are able to talk about death and dying. However, many more list death - and particularly dying alone - as their number one anxiety.This...
View ArticleThe Internet and End of Life | Episode 24
As we emerge into whatever version of 'normal' we end up with after the acute phase of the pandemic, some of us are seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Others, facing death or accompanying a dying...
View ArticleDiagnosing Dying | Episode 25
We're tackling a very difficult subject on this 'Art of Dying Well' podcast. What happens when you get the news that nobody wants? How do you cope with a diagnosis that changes everything? We're...
View ArticleGrief in the Classroom | Episode 26
It has been a very strange 18 months for young people – not just at home but in our schools too. The pandemic has reminded us all of the nearness of death and how we as a society look after ourselves...
View ArticleMen and Grief | Episode 27
We've all heard the stereotypes... men aren't good with their emotions. Men don't talk about things close to their hearts. It's all 'stiff upper lip' and 'show must go on'. So what happens when a man's...
View ArticleThe Art of Listening Well | Episode 28
Well, we’re emerging into the light from the pandemic – much as it has not fully gone away - and we’re socialising and speaking to each other more. But how are our conversational skills? A bit rusty...
View ArticleLiving well, ageing well and dying well | Episode 29
As we embrace the Spring sunshine here in the UK we're looking forward to spending more time outside, meeting up with friends and loved ones, and generally enjoying the warmer weather. Living well...
View ArticleWhy end of life companionship matters | Episode 30
Most of us would rather not be alone at the end of life, which is why so many organisations, charities and faith groups are coming together to find a solution. There are a number of very effective...
View ArticleThe Philosophy of Life and Death | Episode 31
What does it mean to live well and what impact can this have on our death? Can living well really help us achieve a so-called good death?These issues have preoccupied great minds throughout the ages,...
View ArticleThe Art of Dying Well - What Have We Learned? | Episode 32
In this Art of Dying Well podcast, we're dipping into our audio archives to celebrate the ground we’ve covered in nearly five years of broadcasting. When we started the podcast, one of our main aims...
View ArticleHealing Grief Through Sport | Episode 33
In this episode we speak to Dr Leanne Griffiths, the Dean of Sport, Allied Health and Performance Science at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and founder of Sophie’s Stars, a charity dedicated to...
View ArticleEternity? What happens after we die | Episode 34
This episode of the Art of Dying Well podcast sees us ponder one of those huge existential questions – a question that has surely preoccupied every single one of us at some point... What comes next?...
View ArticleListen to me, I'm dying! | Episode 35
This episode has the rather provocative title Listen to me, I’m dying! But what do we mean by that? Find out as host James Abbott discusses with our guests how much of a say do we really have over what...
View ArticleGrieving The Loss of a Child | Baby Loss Awareness Week | Part 1 | Episode 36
There can be few things more devastating than the death of a child. This incredibly emotive and difficult subject is the focus of this episode, which takes the form of two testimony-based podcasts. In...
View ArticleStill birth and Abigail's Footsteps | Baby Loss Awareness Week | Part 2 |...
In part two of our special episode in support of Baby Loss Awareness Week in the UK, our host James Abbott speaks to two wonderful people who took their own trauma and grief and did an incredible thing...
View ArticleHow we remember the dead | A reflective tour of the beautiful London Oratory...
Traditionally November is the month for remembering; for remembrance services; the lighting of candles; special prayers and the blessing of graves.In this special episode of the podcast, made in...
View ArticleBack to Life | Second chances and spiritual awakening | Episode 39
The first Art of Dying Well podcast of 2024 looks at coma recovery, second chances and spiritual awakening.James Macintyre, a freelance journalist and biographer, describes his extraordinary near-death...
View ArticleWhere there's a Will there's a way | Episode 40
On this episode of the Art of Dying Well podcast, we're breaking the taboo around end of life planning.Host James Abbott sits down with Matthew Hutton, the author of a very useful book called Your Last...
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