I’m so excited for you to listen to this week’s Dying for a Cuppa with the brilliantly gorgeous, social media star, Mikey the Death Doula.

https://www.healingheartshouse.com/

Mikey is a fellow end-of-life companion and professional, just like me, but based across the pond in Pennsylvania, USA. We connected through social media, and I’ve loved watching how Mikey shows up online, sharing the very human, very normal realities of death and dying, exactly what I aim to do too.

Chatting with Mikey was such a joy. We share the same energy, the same ethos, and we’re working towards the same goal: helping people feel more informed, more comfortable, and more open when it comes to death and dying. On a personal level, this conversation really helped us both feel seen and heard — knowing there are others out there doing this work, in their own corners of the world.

This is a beautiful, warm and honest conversation, with real insight into how end-of-life care looks in different countries. It’s also your heartfelt heads-up that we speak very openly about the deaths we witness and the work we do. We touch on emotive topics including assisted dying, and we talk candidly about healthcare systems, and yes, how flawed they can be.

So pop the kettle on, grab a big slice of cake for this one, and settle in. And please do let us know your thoughts — I’d love to hear where you’re listening from and your own experiences of end-of-life care.

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