Episode 153: Kathryn Mannix - Lessons From The Dying

Kathryn Mannix is a palliative care doctor and the author of With The End In Mind.

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(00:00) Regret, mistakes, and living fully

(02:05) Hospice work and “encountering death”

(04:40) Early medicine: oncology training and dying patients

(07:20) Falling out of love with oncology research culture

(10:10) The hospice “statement from fate”

(13:05) Ordinary dying vs Hollywood’s scary version

(16:05) Living while dying: love, family, relationships

(19:05) Practical “sadmin”: sorting life before death

(22:10) Why regret gets a bad rap

(25:30) Doing the work: turning wounds into scars

(28:55) Dying environments: people and mood matter most

(32:10) Nana’s wisdom: losing familiarity with dying

(35:40) Medicine “kidnapped dying” and death taboo

(38:50) Values-based planning: “what matters most to me”

(41:55) Death education, pets, and breaking secrecy

(44:10) What dying looks like: hearing and breathing changes

(47:25) Trauma from misunderstanding dying sounds

(50:35) Comfort meds, guilt, and what happens after death