How to Tell if You're Dying, With Cardiologists Chris Kelly and Marc Eisenberg

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🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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We spend a lot of time worrying about death: our own, and the deaths of those we love. This week we look at our deeply held fears and assumptions about dying and see if we can't lessen some of our anxiety about it. First, we talk with cardiologists Chris Kelly and Marc Eisenberg. Their patients come to them with millions of different ailments, but the one question that patients ask them most often, regardless of symptoms, is "Am I dying?!" Then Zen monk Koshin Paley Ellison talks with us about how we think about death and dying, how we can give care without becoming emotionally and spiritually depleted, and how in talking with people who are dying, we learn a lot about how to live. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the upgrade, the podcast from the team at LifeHacker, where we help you improve your life one week at a time.
0:18.5	I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor-in-chief of Lifehacker. And I'm Alice Bradley,
0:22.5	Lifehacker's deputy editor. So today we're talking about how to tell if you're dying. A cheery topic,
0:28.3	right, Alice? A real day at the beach, Melissa. Well, the show today is called How to Tell
0:32.7	If You're Dying, but in reality, it could also be called how to make sure that you're living.
0:38.3	We spend a lot of time worrying about death, about our own and the deaths of those that we love.
0:43.3	So today we're going to look a little closer at sickness and death.
0:47.0	We're going to look at our deeply held fears and assumptions about dying and see if we can't lessen some of our anxiety about it.
0:53.0	First, we talk with cardiologists, Chris Kelly and Mark Eisenberg.
0:56.8	Their patients come to them with millions of different ailments,
0:59.4	but the one question that patients ask them most often, regardless of symptoms, is,
1:04.0	am I dying?
1:05.2	Yes, definitely.
1:06.9	We all are.
1:08.0	Unfortunately, sorry to break the news.
1:10.2	The question is when?
1:11.8	Then Zen monk, Cotian Paley Ellison talks with us about how we think about death and dying,
1:17.0	how we can give care without becoming emotionally and spiritually depleted,
1:21.1	and how, in talking with people who are dying, we learn a lot about how to live.
1:25.7	You know, the amazing thing about working with the dying is the privilege of that.
1:30.7	And the messages are so consistent.
1:33.9	Like you never hear someone say, oh, I'm so glad I was so crazy, busy all those years.
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