Comforting Closure
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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
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“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
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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.
The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/legacy-storytelling or on your favorite podcast platform.
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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.
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?
The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/legacy-storytelling or on your favorite podcast platform.
The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/legacy-storytelling or on your favorite podcast platform.
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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.
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?
The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/legacy-storytelling or on your favorite podcast platform.
The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/legacy-storytelling or on your favorite podcast platform.
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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.
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.
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.
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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.
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.
Full episode Thursday at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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.
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.
Full episode Thursday at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
Full episode Thursday at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
He got to read what people would have said at his funeral. While he was still here.
Full episode Thursday at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
Full episode Thursday at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
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
This week’s episode explores how storytelling before death can transform grief, legacy, and connection.
Full episode Thursday: https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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
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.
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.
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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.
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.
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.
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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.
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.
The episode is out:
https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/vikings or on your favorite podcast platform.
One of them? A Viking hunter buried in the mountains with his dog and bow.
The episode is out:
https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/vikings or on your favorite podcast platform.
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“I have so many favorite graves.”
One of them? A Viking hunter buried in the mountains with his dog and bow.
The episode is out:
https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/vikings or on your favorite podcast platform.
One of them? A Viking hunter buried in the mountains with his dog and bow.
The episode is out:
https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/vikings or on your favorite podcast platform.
In Viking culture, the dead gave advice.
People visited burial mounds to speak to mothers, elders, ancestors, and expected answers.
The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/vikings or on your favorite podcast platform.
People visited burial mounds to speak to mothers, elders, ancestors, and expected answers.
The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/vikings or on your favorite podcast platform.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In Viking culture, the dead gave advice.
People visited burial mounds to speak to mothers, elders, ancestors, and expected answers.
The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/vikings or on your favorite podcast platform.
People visited burial mounds to speak to mothers, elders, ancestors, and expected answers.
The episode is out: https://watch.comfortingclosure.com/vikings or on your favorite podcast platform.
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.
https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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.
https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
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
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
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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
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
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
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“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
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
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
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“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
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
When your baby dies, how do you survive it? Shekinah Eliassen shares how George Mark helped her say goodbye to her son, Lars. Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When your baby dies, how do you survive it? Shekinah Eliassen shares how George Mark helped her say goodbye to her son, Lars. Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
“Lars lived for 21 days. We spent his last 9 at George Mark.”
Shekinah Eliassen shares what it meant to say goodbye to her son in a place that felt like home.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or your favorite podcast platform.
Shekinah Eliassen shares what it meant to say goodbye to her son in a place that felt like home.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or your favorite podcast platform.
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“Lars lived for 21 days. We spent his last 9 at George Mark.”
Shekinah Eliassen shares what it meant to say goodbye to her son in a place that felt like home.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or your favorite podcast platform.
Shekinah Eliassen shares what it meant to say goodbye to her son in a place that felt like home.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or your favorite podcast platform.
"We went to George Mark with our child to live and not to die." Shekinah Eliassen shares how pediatric palliative care can center joy, family, and home.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"We went to George Mark with our child to live and not to die." Shekinah Eliassen shares how pediatric palliative care can center joy, family, and home.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
Grief doesn’t wait for death. Neither should comfort.
Music-thanatology supports families too, especially those in the thick of anticipatory grief.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/music or on your favorite podcast platform.
Music-thanatology supports families too, especially those in the thick of anticipatory grief.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/music or on your favorite podcast platform.
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Grief doesn’t wait for death. Neither should comfort.
Music-thanatology supports families too, especially those in the thick of anticipatory grief.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/music or on your favorite podcast platform.
Music-thanatology supports families too, especially those in the thick of anticipatory grief.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/music or on your favorite podcast platform.
At the very end, your favorite song might be the wrong one.
Music can comfort or keep us tethered. This week’s episode explores how music-thanatology uses unfamiliar sounds to help us let go.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/music or on your favorite podcast platform.
Music can comfort or keep us tethered. This week’s episode explores how music-thanatology uses unfamiliar sounds to help us let go.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/music or on your favorite podcast platform.
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
At the very end, your favorite song might be the wrong one.
Music can comfort or keep us tethered. This week’s episode explores how music-thanatology uses unfamiliar sounds to help us let go.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/music or on your favorite podcast platform.
Music can comfort or keep us tethered. This week’s episode explores how music-thanatology uses unfamiliar sounds to help us let go.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/music or on your favorite podcast platform.
They start talking to people we can’t see. Not hallucinating - reaching. Witnessing this doesn’t scare me. It tells me something sacred is happening. Music helps bridge that space.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
They start talking to people we can’t see. Not hallucinating - reaching. Witnessing this doesn’t scare me. It tells me something sacred is happening. Music helps bridge that space.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
This week, I talk with Catharine DeLong about music-thanatology and how it brings comfort, connection, and dignity at the end of life.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This week, I talk with Catharine DeLong about music-thanatology and how it brings comfort, connection, and dignity at the end of life.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia