What Happens When We Die | Hospice Nurse Julie McFadden
Dying Laughing with Jessimae
Jessimae Peluso
4.6 ⢠650 Ratings
đď¸ 3 February 2026
âąď¸ 65 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We spend our whole lives trying to not think about death. |
| 0:03.5 | And then when it shows up, we're completely unprepared. |
| 0:06.4 | We don't know what questions ask. |
| 0:07.8 | We don't understand the system. |
| 0:09.8 | And most of what we think comes from movies, fear, our worst case scenarios. |
| 0:15.6 | Well, today's episode is about replacing fear with clarity. |
| 0:19.1 | My guest is Julie McFadden, a palliative care and hospice nurse who has spent years caring for people at the end of their lives |
| 0:26.3 | and helping families navigate what is often the most overwhelming moment they'll ever face. |
| 0:32.5 | We'll talk about the real difference between palliative care and hospice |
| 0:35.6 | and why a comfortable death is often a privilege |
| 0:38.2 | tied to access and timing and what dying actually looks like in real life, not the dramatized |
| 0:44.3 | version we've all been fed. We also talk about how to help your loved ones die more peacefully |
| 0:50.0 | and what actually brings comfort at the end and why death itself is often far less scary than the fear surrounding it. |
| 0:58.8 | This conversation isn't morbid, it's grounding, |
| 1:01.7 | and if understanding death a little bit better helps us live with more intention, |
| 1:06.4 | that's worth having, I think. |
| 1:08.4 | This is dying laughing. |
| 1:10.4 | I hope you guys enjoy this episode with one of the coolest, most informative people I've ever met. Hospice, Nurse Julie McFadden. I hope you guys enjoy this episode of Dying Laughing. Let's get into it. |
| 1:27.2 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to Dying Laughing. |
| 1:29.6 | Today is a special episode. |
| 1:31.3 | We have a guest. |
| 1:32.4 | I love when we have a guest, especially someone who is in the realm of death and dying. |
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