Ep. 385 End Well: Shifting the Culture Around End of Life with Tracy Wheeler

End-of-Life University

Learn how End Well brings together fresh and diverse perspectives on the end of life from art, design and other non-medical fields.

My guest Tracy Wheeler is the executive director of End Well, an organization dedicated to transforming how the world views end of life. Tracy has a background in art, education, culture and politics, which inform her commitment to shining a light on how we might make end of life a part of life. She discusses the mission and work of End Well since its founding and what lies ahead in the future, including the new End Well Podcast. Learn more at the website:

www.endwellproject.org

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This episode includes:

• Why the end-of-life movement needs to expand beyond the perspective of the healthcare industry
• Why End Well is working with Hollywood to get more stories written about the end of life
• How the Netflix series From Scratch portrayed very accurately a true story of serious illness and end of life
• What the first season of the End Well Podcast consists of
• About Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, the founder of End Well, and what inspired her to create this organization
• Why end-of-life care issues cannot be fixed within the medical system that helped create those very issues
• The End Well Conference planned for 2024 and how to sign up for the mailing list
• Why psychedelic assisted therapy will be part of the wave of the future
• The fear of death that exists within the medical profession
• The impact of COVID on how healthcare approaches death and dying

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