Comforting Closure

What does hospice actually look like behind the scenes? In this conversation, Peter Abraham, BSN, RN, shares what many people never see. Chaplains and social workers carrying caseloads of 100 patients. Nurses stretched across long days and long distances. Not enough time for the kind of care they want to give. Hospice is built on compassion. But the system doesn’t always give people the time they need. Understanding that changes how we see care.

Watch the full episode now at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/post/hospice-end-of-life-doula-support or on your favorite podcast platform.

A family needed help. Their loved one was restless. Hospice was scheduled for the next day. So they went to social media. They asked strangers what to do. In this conversation, Peter Abraham, BSN, RN, shares how often this happens. Not because families don’t care, but because they don’t know what hospice can do or how to ask for help. You can call hospice. You can ask for a visit. You can ask what to do right now. You don’t have to wait.

Full episode out Thursday. https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.

Most families assume someone else will guide them through hospice. The nurse will explain it. The social worker will bring it up. Someone will tell them what to expect. But that doesn’t always happen.

In this conversation, Peter Abraham, BSN, RN, shares what he sees every day. Families asking questions too late. Important conversations missed. Gaps created by time pressure and system limits. If you have a loved one, your voice matters more than you think.

Full episode out Thursday. https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.

We don’t talk about hospice early enough. And when we do, it’s often too late. As an end-of-life doula, I see this again and again. Families don’t get the education they need. Doctors avoid the conversation. And people miss out on support that could make a real difference. Hospice is not about giving up. It’s about care, comfort, and support when it matters most.

In this episode, I speak with Peter Abraham, BSN, RN, about what hospice really looks like and why it’s often misunderstood.

Full episode out Thursday. https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.

When someone is grieving, it can feel like it’s all on you. To hold it. To fix it. To carry it.

In this clip, Lisa Cox, shamanic practitioner, Hjertehagen Healing Passages, shares a different way of looking at support. That as practitioners, we are not meant to do this alone, and that support can come in ways we don’t always see or expect.

It shifts the role from holding everything to allowing something else to be present in the room.

Watch the full episode now at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/post/connected-after-loss or on your favorite podcast platform.

Grief doesn’t always start at the moment of death. Sometimes it begins before.

In this clip, Lisa Cox, shamanic practitioner, Hjertehagen Healing Passages, shares her own experience leading up to her mother’s death, and the unexpected sense of comfort that came before the loss. She talks about how this work can offer support in moments when we feel like we have none.

Watch the full episode now at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/post/connected-after-loss or on your favorite podcast platform.

We often think belief should take the fear away. But it doesn’t always work like that.

In this clip, Lisa Cox, shamanic practitioner, Hjertehagen Healing Passages, talks about why fear of death can still be there, even if you believe in something after. It often comes from not knowing what the experience will actually feel like. She shares how shamanic practice gives people a way to explore those fears directly, instead of just thinking about them.

Watch the full episode now at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/post/connected-after-loss or on your favorite podcast platform.

Fear of death is not always about death itself. Sometimes it is about what happens before. The loss of control. The physical changes. The unknown.

In this clip, Lisa Cox, shamanic practitioner and founder of Hjertehagen Healing Passages, shares how shamanic practice can help people face those fears before they are in them. Not in theory, but through experience. This kind of work gives people a way to approach death with more understanding, and sometimes, less fear.

Watch the full episode now at https://www.comfortingclosure.com/post/connected-after-loss or on your favorite podcast platform.

Most people jump straight to the question. In this work, you don’t.

In this clip, Lisa Cox, shamanic practitioner, Hjertehagen Healing Passages, explains why permission comes first. Not as a rule, but as a way to approach the experience with respect and clarity. How you enter the journey shapes what happens next.

Full episode out Thursday. https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.

We talk about meditation and shamanic journeying like they are the same thing. They’re not.

In this clip, Lisa Cox, shamanic practitioner, Hjertehagen Healing Passages, breaks down the difference in a way that’s easy to understand. One turns your attention inward. The other is about engaging with something beyond yourself. That difference matters, especially when you’re trying to make sense of grief, death, or what feels unknown.

Full episode out Thursday. https://www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.