Embracing The Unknown: Conversations On Death with Hospice Nurse Julie
Ghost Bunny
Bridget Marquardt
4.8 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode, Bridget and Hospice Nurse Julie explore the complexities of death, dying, and the evolving perceptions surrounding these topics. They discuss the increase in openness to the paranormal, the phenomenon of terminal lucidity, and the importance of understanding the dying process. Julie shares personal stories from her experiences as a hospice nurse, including shared death experiences and the significance of journaling in coping with grief. The conversation also touches on the controversial topic of assisted dying and the role of death doulas in end-of-life care, emphasizing the need for education and open dialogue about death.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Ghost Bunny podcast. I'm your host, Bridget Markert, with a brand new episode for you guys today. |
| 0:23.7 | My guest today is Julie McFadden. |
| 0:26.9 | Julie McFadden is a BSN, RN, and has been a nurse for 17 years. |
| 0:31.6 | Julie is an experienced ICU and now hospice and palliative nurse. |
| 0:36.3 | Julie has been featured in Time Magazine, Newsweek, GMA, USA Today, and several other articles worldwide. |
| 0:43.2 | Julie has been passionate about a normalizing death through education to the masses using social media |
| 0:47.8 | and now with her new New York Times best-selling book, Nothing to Fear. |
| 0:52.6 | She has over 4 million followers across her platforms, |
| 0:55.7 | and you can find her at Hospice Nurse Julie. And today you can find her here. I'm so excited |
| 1:00.6 | to talk to her today. Julie, thank you so much for doing this show again today. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:06.9 | Good to see you. You too. So I was looking it out because I was like, how long ago was that? |
| 1:12.3 | And it was December 22nd of 2022. |
| 1:17.3 | So right around three years ago. |
| 1:19.1 | Wow. |
| 1:19.3 | And Louie is a long time ago. |
| 1:21.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:22.6 | Time flies, though. |
| 1:24.3 | Time flies. |
| 1:26.0 | I would not have guessed that. |
| 1:27.4 | Wow. And if people are wondering, like, |
| 1:29.5 | when you were on before, like, that was for the old podcast. So now we're having you on |
| 1:35.0 | on the new Ghost Bunny podcast. And I remember one of the things that we were talking about last |
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