Finding Humanity - BJ Miller

“It's enough to actually just feel for another human being” Host Amanda Blainey talks to thought leader BJ Miller, who is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator who is dedicated to moving healthcare towards a more human-centered approach. His 2015 Ted talk "What Really Matters at the End of Life" has been watched over 14 million times. BJ has given numerous interviews including Oprah Winfrey, The New York Times, and GOOP. He co-founded Mettle Health which aims to provide holistic consultations to patients or caregivers navigating the practical emotional and existential issues that can come with serious illness and disability. We talk about; The complexity of being human Navigating relationships Compassion Being not doing The Illusion of normal Openings that can happen in dying Allowing space for our pain and feelings Feeling grief rather than controlling it How deathcare can be inclusive? Letting go and hanging onto relationships The use of Psychedelics Finding our bliss Podcast references Mettle Health https://www.mettlehealth.com/ Papyrus https://www.papyrus-uk.org/ Ted talk what really matters at the end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apbSsILLh28 Tyler Perry Oscars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9LT0j2uSUI

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