Living and Dying Well with Frank Ostaseski

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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What can death teach us about living well? A pioneer in the field of end-of-life care joins us to explore the fear of death, anger, true courage, and acceptance in the face of it all. About our Guest: Frank is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and advocate for compassionate care-giving. In 1987, he co-founded the Zen Hospice Project, which helped establish a longstanding model for mindful and compassionate care. In 2005, he founded the Metta Institute. Frank is also the author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully, which is one of my favorite books. From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Hardwire lasting change into your mind and heart in just a few minutes a day with Dr. Rick Hanson's new program: Just One Minute. Use the code BEINGWELL at checkout for 10% off the purchase price! Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Key Topics: 2:00: Frank’s recovery from multiple strokes. 5:30: Fear and choice. 10:00: What death can teach us about ourselves. 12:20: Supporting caregivers and spreading kindness. 16:40: The fear of death. 23:30: Coming to terms with the deaths of those we love. 27:00: Allowing. 32:00: Meeting our defenses. 36:30: Removing judgement from anger. 43:00: Bringing wisdom to anger. 44:45: Courage in the world. 47:15: Coming together and falling apart. 54:45: Accepting each other as is. Connect with the show: Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome to Being Well, this is Forrest. I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hansen.
0:09.4	And today we have the pleasure of welcoming a very special guest to the show, and this is an episode that I've actually been looking forward to for a long time.
0:18.0	There are many experiences that unite us all as people, but perhaps none more so than the reality of our own inevitable
0:26.0	passing. And I think it's natural for in this time of pandemic, our minds to turn to questions of our own passing and the passing of those that we love.
0:37.0	Those questions can be really challenging and even disturbing for many people.
0:42.0	As regular listeners of the podcast will know,
0:45.0	this question of our own mortality
0:47.5	and of how to interact with that mortality
0:50.0	in the course of our everyday life
0:51.0	has been really fundamental for me.
0:53.6	So I'm so looking forward to today's conversation with a true pioneer in the field of end of life
0:59.6	care, Frank Oz deseski.
1:02.1	Frank is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and advocate for compassionate caregiving.
1:07.0	In 1987, he co-founded the Zen Hospice Project, which helped establish a long-standing model for mindful and compassionate care.
1:15.2	In 2005, he founded the Meta Institute, which has trained countless health care clinicians
1:20.3	and caregivers in how to provide kind, spiritually informed service
1:25.0	while also building a national network of educators, advocates, and guides
1:29.6	for those facing a life-threatening illness.
1:32.2	Frank is also the author of The Five Invitations,
1:35.3	Discovering What Death Can Teach Us about Living Fully, which is honestly one of my favorite books,
1:40.6	and his work has been highlighted on Oprah featured on PBS and honored by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
1:47.0	So to make this absolutely clear, if it hasn't been made clear already,
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