Special Episode: Coronavirus
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What happens when the prospect of death - our own and the people we care about - is suddenly not so abstract? What does constructive contemplation of mortality look like… in the middle of a pandemic?
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Cultivate "Don't Know" Mind
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This week we continue into the 5th of Frank’s Invitations, Cultivate Don’t Know Mind. In this episode we continue sharing our personal experiences around each invitation, as well as challenging the application. Our conversation returns to two basic questions: 1) what leads to a good death? and 2) what leads to a good life? Listen in! RESOURCES: Ostaseski, Frank, The Five Invitations (Flatiron Books, 2017). Frank Ostaseski is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, and founder of the Metta Institute. He has lectured at Harvard...
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Find a Place of Rest in the Middle of Things
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SHOW NOTES: This week we continue into the 4th of Frank’s Invitations, Find a Place of Rest in the Middle of Things. In this episode we continue sharing our personal experiences around each invitation, as well as challenging the application. Our conversation returns to two basic questions: 1) what leads to a good death? and 2) what leads to a good life? Listen in! RESOURCES: Ostaseski, Frank, The Five Invitations (Flatiron Books, 2017). Frank Ostaseski is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, and founder of the Metta...
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Bring Your Whole Self to the Experience
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SHOW NOTES: This week we continue into the 3rd of Frank’s Invitations, Bring Your Whole Self to the Experience. In this episode we continue sharing our personal experiences around each invitation, as well as challenging the application. Our conversation returns to two basic questions: 1) What leads to a good death? and 2) What does that tell us about how to live a good life? with your own thoughts. We may share on a future episode. RESOURCES: Ostaseski, Frank, The Five Invitations (Flatiron Books, 2017). Frank Ostaseski is an internationally respected Buddhist...
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Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing
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SHOW NOTES: This week we continue into the 2nd of Frank’s Invitations, Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing. In this episode we continue sharing our personal experiences around each invitation, as well as challenging the application. Our conversation returns to two basic questions: 1) What leads to a good death? and 2) What does that tell us about how to live a good life? Listen in. Leave us a voicemail with your own thoughts. We may share on a future episode. RESOURCES: Ostaseski, Frank, The Five Invitations (Flatiron Books, 2017). Frank Ostaseski is an...
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Don't Wait!
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WE’RE BACK for SEASON TWO…. IT’S DONE FOR! EPISODE 1: This season, we've selected the book The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski. We jump right into episode 1 with the first Invitation: Don’t Wait. We’ll continue to circle back to our foundational questions: 1) What leads to a good death? and 2) What does that tell us about how to live a good life? Listen in as we continue the conversation, and tell us how you’re answering these questions. If you like this, tell someone! Please help us out by sharing it and spreading the conversation. RESOURCES: The Five...
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February, 2019 Update
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Hey there, The team at Done For is hard at work on Season 2. Meanwhile, can you help us share our mission of bringing this topic - Death & Dying - out of the shadows? Please share us with a friend and on social media. or on Twitter
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Our trailer is out!
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We're getting really close to launching season 1. Stay tuned! Meanwhile, here's a taste...
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Episode 1: We're Done For!
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Meet Andrew Chirch, David Greenson, and Jessica Shine, and learn what Done For is all about - and what it isn't.
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Episode 2: Denial
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This episode is all about Dr. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross' first stage of grief and grieving: Denial.
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This week we continue into the five stages offered by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, namely Depression. If you are feeling overwhelmed, please get help. We list resources below. Our template consists of two basic questions: 1) what leads to a good death? and 2) what leads to a good life? Listen in as we discuss this stage of death and dying.
RESOURCES:
Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families (New York: Scribner, 1969).
Paint it Black, Rolling Stones, Aftermath (1966).
Nova(stylized NOVΛ) is an American popular science television seriesproduced by WGBH Boston. It is broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the U.S., and in more than 100 other countries. The serieshas won many major television awards. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_(TV_series).
Dark Night of the Soul is a poem written by the 16th-century Spanish mystic and poet St. John of the Cross. The author himself did not give any title to his poem, on which he wrote two book-length commentaries: Ascent of Mount Carmel and The Dark Night. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Night_of_the_Soul).
There are five stages to the Jewish mourning process: 1) Aninut, pre-burial mourning. 2-3) Shivah, a seven day period following the burial; within the Shivah, the first three days are characterized by a more intense degree of mourning. 4) Shloshim, the 30-day mourning period. 5) The First Year (observed only by the children of the deceased). (https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/291135/jewish/Shiva-and-Other-Mourning-Observances.htm).
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
Disaster Distress Helpline,1-800-985-5990
The Trevor Project, (866) 488-7386: A 24-hour depression hotline for suicidal LGBTQ youth.
Gilmore Girls (TV Series 2000-2006)
Learn more about Andrew Chirch, David Greenson, and Jessica Shine(hyperlink to either the DF website or various sites for our names?) DoneForPodcast.com/about