How to Face Mortality and Live an Authentic Life with Alua Arthur
The One You Feed
Eric Zimmer
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Alua Arthur shares how to face mortality and live an authentic life. She discusses her journey of grappling with the societal constructs of a “good life” versus her inner desires for adventure and discovery. Through her personal experiences, she sheds light on the importance of acknowledging mortality and the need for comprehensive end-of-life planning. Her story captures the essence of life and the human experience, urging us to confront our fears and live authentically.
In this episode, you will be able to:
- Embrace mortality and live fully by gaining insights on embracing life’s impermanence
- Explore the essential role of death doulas in providing compassionate end-of-life care and support
- Understand the profound impact of acknowledging mortality on making authentic and meaningful life choices
- Navigate the journey of grief while uncovering opportunities for personal growth and healing
- Gain practical advice and insights to effectively plan for the end of life, ensuring peace of mind and comfort for yourself and loved ones
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| 0:00.0 | What is it that you fear? |
| 0:01.3 | You look at what you fear, then it's going to tell you a lot about your life |
| 0:03.6 | and then you can start living in that direction. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time great thinkers have |
| 0:16.9 | recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like |
| 0:20.3 | garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. |
| 0:25.0 | And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. |
| 0:29.0 | We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what |
| 0:36.3 | we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent and |
| 0:46.0 | creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people |
| 0:51.0 | keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf. |
| 0:55.0 | How they feed their good wolf. I'm Andrea Gunning, host of the all- podcast there and gone. |
| 1:13.0 | It's a real life story of two people who left a crowded Philadelphia bar, |
| 1:18.0 | walked to their truck, and vanished. |
| 1:21.0 | A truck and two people just don't disappear. |
| 1:24.8 | The FBI called it Murder for Hire. |
| 1:27.4 | But which victim was the intended target and why? |
| 1:31.4 | Listen to Thereon Gond South Street on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your |
| 1:36.6 | podcasts. |
| 1:37.6 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 1:41.0 | Our guest on this episode is Elua Arthur, the most visible and active |
| 1:45.0 | death dula working in America today. She's a recovering attorney and the founder of |
| 1:50.4 | Going with Grace, a death dula training and end of life planning organization. |
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