Comforting Closure
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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
I bring harp and voice to the dying.
This week, I talk with Catharine DeLong about music-thanatology: what it is, why it matters, and how sound can soothe the soul at the end of life.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #MusicThanatology
This week, I talk with Catharine DeLong about music-thanatology: what it is, why it matters, and how sound can soothe the soul at the end of life.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #MusicThanatology
October 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I bring harp and voice to the dying.
This week, I talk with Catharine DeLong about music-thanatology: what it is, why it matters, and how sound can soothe the soul at the end of life.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #MusicThanatology
This week, I talk with Catharine DeLong about music-thanatology: what it is, why it matters, and how sound can soothe the soul at the end of life.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #MusicThanatology
Even in crisis, parents fight for a good life.
Blair Young is one of them. This week’s episode, we talk about parenting through uncertainty, finding support, and how Courageous Parents Network makes a difference.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/advocate-chi...
Blair Young is one of them. This week’s episode, we talk about parenting through uncertainty, finding support, and how Courageous Parents Network makes a difference.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/advocate-chi...
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Even in crisis, parents fight for a good life.
Blair Young is one of them. This week’s episode, we talk about parenting through uncertainty, finding support, and how Courageous Parents Network makes a difference.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/advocate-chi...
Blair Young is one of them. This week’s episode, we talk about parenting through uncertainty, finding support, and how Courageous Parents Network makes a difference.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/advocate-chi...
Clinicians bring knowledge. But parents move mountains.
This week, Dr. Chrissy Salley shares why families are the most powerful voices in pediatric care.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #ParentAdvocacy
This week, Dr. Chrissy Salley shares why families are the most powerful voices in pediatric care.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #ParentAdvocacy
October 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Clinicians bring knowledge. But parents move mountains.
This week, Dr. Chrissy Salley shares why families are the most powerful voices in pediatric care.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #ParentAdvocacy
This week, Dr. Chrissy Salley shares why families are the most powerful voices in pediatric care.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #ParentAdvocacy
Trust your gut... especially when the medical team doesn’t.
Blair Young shares what it took to be heard as a parent in pediatric palliative care.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#EndOfLifeDoula #PediatricCare #ParentAdvocate
Blair Young shares what it took to be heard as a parent in pediatric palliative care.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#EndOfLifeDoula #PediatricCare #ParentAdvocate
October 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Trust your gut... especially when the medical team doesn’t.
Blair Young shares what it took to be heard as a parent in pediatric palliative care.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#EndOfLifeDoula #PediatricCare #ParentAdvocate
Blair Young shares what it took to be heard as a parent in pediatric palliative care.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#EndOfLifeDoula #PediatricCare #ParentAdvocate
“Grief doesn’t go away. But purpose gives it somewhere to go.”
Blair Young lost her son. Now she supports other families through Courageous Parents Network.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #PediatricGrief
Blair Young lost her son. Now she supports other families through Courageous Parents Network.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #PediatricGrief
October 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“Grief doesn’t go away. But purpose gives it somewhere to go.”
Blair Young lost her son. Now she supports other families through Courageous Parents Network.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #PediatricGrief
Blair Young lost her son. Now she supports other families through Courageous Parents Network.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #PediatricGrief
Vince has been living with HIV for 40 years and now faces care systems that still haven’t caught up.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-h... or on your favorite podcast platform.
#AgingWithHIV #LGBTQHealth #HealthcareEquity #DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-h... or on your favorite podcast platform.
#AgingWithHIV #LGBTQHealth #HealthcareEquity #DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Vince has been living with HIV for 40 years and now faces care systems that still haven’t caught up.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-h... or on your favorite podcast platform.
#AgingWithHIV #LGBTQHealth #HealthcareEquity #DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-h... or on your favorite podcast platform.
#AgingWithHIV #LGBTQHealth #HealthcareEquity #DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula
“40 years later, and the system still isn’t ready for us to die.”
Vince aged with HIV, but the support systems didn’t.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #EndOfLifeDoula #HealthcareEquity #DeathDoula #LGBTQVoices
Vince aged with HIV, but the support systems didn’t.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #EndOfLifeDoula #HealthcareEquity #DeathDoula #LGBTQVoices
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“40 years later, and the system still isn’t ready for us to die.”
Vince aged with HIV, but the support systems didn’t.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #EndOfLifeDoula #HealthcareEquity #DeathDoula #LGBTQVoices
Vince aged with HIV, but the support systems didn’t.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #EndOfLifeDoula #HealthcareEquity #DeathDoula #LGBTQVoices
“You can’t give them more time. Don’t waste the time they have.”
Vince reminds us that the most basic act of care – listening - matters most when time is short.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#HIVCare #PalliativeSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoul
Vince reminds us that the most basic act of care – listening - matters most when time is short.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#HIVCare #PalliativeSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoul
October 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“You can’t give them more time. Don’t waste the time they have.”
Vince reminds us that the most basic act of care – listening - matters most when time is short.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#HIVCare #PalliativeSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoul
Vince reminds us that the most basic act of care – listening - matters most when time is short.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#HIVCare #PalliativeSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoul
HIV didn’t just affect one group. This Thursday, we share the stories too often forgotten.
The episode is coming: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #InclusiveCare #HealthEquity #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula
The episode is coming: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #InclusiveCare #HealthEquity #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula
October 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
HIV didn’t just affect one group. This Thursday, we share the stories too often forgotten.
The episode is coming: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #InclusiveCare #HealthEquity #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula
The episode is coming: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #InclusiveCare #HealthEquity #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula
“The fear was everywhere. Even the doctors were afraid of us.”
Vince remembers the early days of HIV; what it meant to be seen as untouchable, and what survival has required ever since.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-hiv
#HIVAging #LGBTQVoices #DeathDoula
Vince remembers the early days of HIV; what it meant to be seen as untouchable, and what survival has required ever since.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-hiv
#HIVAging #LGBTQVoices #DeathDoula
October 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“The fear was everywhere. Even the doctors were afraid of us.”
Vince remembers the early days of HIV; what it meant to be seen as untouchable, and what survival has required ever since.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-hiv
#HIVAging #LGBTQVoices #DeathDoula
Vince remembers the early days of HIV; what it meant to be seen as untouchable, and what survival has required ever since.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-hiv
#HIVAging #LGBTQVoices #DeathDoula
“Why do we wait until the funeral to speak the truth?”
Vince’s work reminds us to celebrate people while they’re still here.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-hiv
or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #GriefSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula
Vince’s work reminds us to celebrate people while they’re still here.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-hiv
or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #GriefSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula
October 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Why do we wait until the funeral to speak the truth?”
Vince’s work reminds us to celebrate people while they’re still here.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-hiv
or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #GriefSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula
Vince’s work reminds us to celebrate people while they’re still here.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-hiv
or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #GriefSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula