Ep. 497 Equipped For Death & Dying - Hospice Nurse Penny

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

Chadd sits down with hospice nurse and author Penny (Influencing Death) to demystify end‑of‑life care. They cover the difference between hospice and palliative care, natural vs. medicalized death, practical guidance for families (medications, food/fluids, smoking, when to call hospice) and how to choose a hospice provider. The conversation also explores emotional and spiritual impacts—acceptance, forgiveness, joy and legacy work—plus vivid deathbed stories, the phenomenon of deathbed visions and the debate around DMT and other “woo‑woo” moments near death. Real patient examples (including personal stories about Mr. Don) illustrate what to expect and how to support a loved one. Penny shares her journey from late‑in‑life nursing school to over a thousand hospice deaths, offers resources for families, and explains how talking about death eases anxiety. Guests and listeners will leave with compassionate, practical tools and a hopeful perspective on dying. Check out our partners: -Barbell Apparel at BARBELL APPAREL WEBSITE Use code "Chadd" for a free pair of shorts with a purchase of $99 or more. -Bare Performance Nutrition and use code "3of7" for 10% OFF! https://www.bareperformancenutrition.com -Check out 3 of 7 Project https://www.3of7project.com -Apply for our courses at: https://www.3of7project.com/train -Thank you for supporting Three of Seven Podcast on Patreon at: www.patreon.com/threeofseven -Three of Seven Project Store: https://3of7project.myshopify.com/pages/shop Nuff Said.

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0:00.0	All right, Penny.
0:03.3	I've done 500 episodes, and this is the interview that I personally have been most excited about.
0:13.6	Thank you.
0:14.6	Thank you so much.
0:15.6	Thank you so much for coming, a long ways, by the way.
0:20.5	You know, your content helped me, during a very challenging experience in my life,
0:34.0	the first time I have ever been present with someone who I love and care for, who was a mentor to me,
0:42.4	as he was dying from cancer.
0:47.7	I didn't know what I was going into.
0:50.4	It felt awkward.
0:52.8	And I made the choice to go and sit with him for hours and hours and hours
0:58.5	multiple times a week and your content i found it somehow and this has just been you know less than a
1:07.6	year ago and the stuff that you were posting,
1:15.6	because of the humor you put into it,
1:17.5	the realness you put into it,
1:20.6	and it's informational too.
1:27.2	It just made me feel a lot more comfortable doing what I was doing,
1:31.2	and it really took a lot of pressure that I was putting on myself to show up in some sort of way like I was going to make this better.
1:35.9	It took a lot of pressure off, and it had a tremendous impact on me.
1:41.7	I want to thank you for that.
1:43.3	Thank you for saying that. You're going to
1:44.8	make me cry right out of the gate here. I mean, I appreciate that feedback so much, and that's,
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