Dying of Laughter

Dean is a military brat who moved 18 times in 17 years. Today we discuss the loss of Dean's son, Adam. Adam was a USMC Corporal who served in Afghanistan and died by suicide a year after coming home at age 24.  www.lovealwaysproject.org

Today my good friend Meryl is interviewing me. She is an established comedian, not to mention one of my funniest friends. We discuss the differences between our breakups, dating in LA, and we then deep-dive on almost every date I've been on in the past year. So to tie this into grief, we are grieving our past romantic selves. Close enough! Part 1 gives the context, and Part 2 gives the tea. YODO!...

Daniélle Hill is a Social Media Manager for small businesses and creatives. She help business owners simplify their video marketing so that they can get lead clients and customers and have an amazing time online. She is also a podcaster that has #reallife heart to hearts laughter and guest interviews all centered around the importance of connection and normalizing real life and the human experienc...

It's a new year. It's a new you. Or is the same you? Girl, let's get your money together. I have 3 credit cards that I'm obsessed with - and I will share them here! Plus a little bit of dating tea... Bilt Mastercard Referral Link: https://bilt.page/r/FIYP-4RJT   Amex Referral Link: https://americanexpress.com/en-us/referral/CHELScmRvc? XLINK=MYCP - Would you like to nominate a guest? Have feedback...

Today we explore Mackenzie's poetry, informed by their own losses. Their brother was killed in a car accident at 19 and their mom died 5 years later from breast cancer. Mackenzie is an associate marriage and family therapist, certified iRest Yoga Nidra meditation teacher and trauma informed yoga teacher. They specialize in working with grief and loss, having served the bereavement department of Pa...

▶▶ Welcome back to Dying Of Laughter! In this episode, I'm re-sharing the first episode I ever launched...  This is the story of my parents getting sick: my dad's journey with ALS and my mom's journey with breast cancer. Happy holidays! Okay, that ended a little too jolly. If you're feeling holly this year, go off; if you're feeling unhinged or unwell this year, go off. You can be holly, jolly, or...

The holidays can bring all the feels. Join me for a quick hang discussing death, dogs, and deals. And yes, that does rhyme and yes, I care that you noticed. Deals: Lyft/Amazon: While supplies last, you can earn a $15 Amazon promotional credit when you spend $100 on one or more Lyft gift cards purchased through Amazon when you use code "LYFT" at checkout. You can receive a $25 Amazon promotional cr...

Today we are chatting with food writer & podcaster, Skylar Harrison. We talk about her dad dying of throat and tongue cancer in 2001, what it's like losing at parent at age 11, and how her food writing intersects with grief. Skylar runs a grief and mental health instagram called No Crying In Cooking covering grief, recovery, and self-compassion. Check out her podcast, Bob's Credits (@bobcredits on...

Where Have I Been...All My Life? (Sung to the tune of Rihanna.) On today's episode of Dying of Laughter, we explore where I have been for the past year. (Do you we love how we're saying we, as if it's not like... just me?) Last year I became single, birthed a dog, and started a new life! This season we will explore themes such as American funeral customs, the intersection of grief & body image/foo...

Zeahlot Lopez  an international speaker, author, and coach who retired as a psychotherapist after helping thousands of people heal over the years. She then went on to establish and build multiple 7-figure businesses: the most notable being her premiere online coaching program, The Vida System, where she guided hundreds of struggling therapists to scale their practices. Today we discuss the loss of...

Kelsey Chittick is a writer, comedian and inspirational speaker. Over the past 14 years, she has performed stand-up comedy all over Los Angeles and speaks at events around the country.  She is the author of the best seller "Second Half - Surviving Loss and Finding Magic in the Missing."  This book is about the sudden death of her husband in 2017 and her journey back to Joy. She was married to Supe...

Today we discuss losing your dad, navigtaing when your mom has borderline personality disorder, moving to Alaska, being born a fifty year-old woman, and all of the other comedy things. Internationally touring comedy star, Jessica Michelle Singleton just released her second comedy album to high praise from comedy fans and her comedic peers, reaching #1 on both iTunes and Amazon comedy charts, makin...

Ahmed Al-kadri is a Yemeni-American comedian based in Los Angeles. Ahmed works as an Accountant but his immigrant parents are forcing him to be a comedian. He has performed in Comedy Festivals across the country and opened for DeRay Davis. You may recognize him from Tik Tok and Fox's Love Connection. Today we discuss the loss of his dad to Covid-19. @ahmedlovesbread - Say hi! @dyingoflaughter_podc...

Holly   Eve  is the founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Madame Lemy, a natural and sustainable luxury body care brand. Synthesizing both of her passions, she speak regularly on entrepreneurship and mental health to a wide range of audiences and is a contributing writer for multiple publications including Forbes and Foundr.  Holly  is passionate about animal advocacy; she lives a vegan lifestyle...

Gianna DeMedio is a podcast host and grief expert who works in media relations for hospital systems. Her podcast, So Sorry For Your Loss, is not your average grief group! Humor and laughter encouraged, awkwardness accepted. Death is a strange topic, but it shouldn't be. Today we discuss the loss of her dad to a heart attack in 2017 when Gianna was 27. @sosorrywithgianna - Say hi! @dyingoflaughter_...

Kyla hails originally from the sassy and saucy streets of New York City, which explains her sarcastic, snarky, and sometimes savage sensibilities. In search of sunshine, Kyla sallied-forth to Los Angeles, where she smells sea shells by the sea Schoer. Kyla loves wordplay, silliness, and chutzpah. With a BFA in msical theatre from The Hartt School (University of Hartford), Kyla holds a deep appreci...

Kyndra  Crump is a comedian from Atlanta, GA who is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University. She works as a kiosk attendant, whose mission is to bring great customer service, while putting a smile on people's face. She is the author of "Diamond in the Rough" available on Amazon. Today we discuss the loss of Kyndra's father, a former marketing producer for Sony and Warner Brothers, to prostate cance...

Emily Trio is an award-winning editor and digital producer based in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor of Arts in Documentary Film Production and was hired shortly thereafter at BuzzFeed in Los Angeles. Emily has edited two award-winning narrative short films, worked as a Development Executive in unscripted television, and was the Lead Editor for InStyle Ma...

Wise guy, consultant and performer Rabbi Sydney Mintz (she/they) has served as the Rabbi of the historic Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco for the past 25 years. In 2022, Rabbi Mintz was awarded her honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree by the Hebrew Union College.  As a Performer/Writer, Rabbi Mintz's one woman show "You May Think I'm Funny, But It's Not" premiered and sold out at the Marsh Theatr...

From homeless to hero, Michael Unbroken is the founder of Think Unbroken, best-selling author, award-winning speaker, podcast host, coach, and advocate for adult survivors of childhood trauma. Since 2016, Michael has empowered over 100,000 trauma survivors to get out of The Vortex, learn to love themselves, and become the hero of their own story. Michael has spoken in over 80 countries, won invest...

Today we sit down with Rebecca Soffer, cofounder of Modern Loss. Modern Loss is a global movement offering creative, meaningful, and practical content and community addressing the long arc of grief.  @modernloss **This is our season finale - yay! Dying of Laughter will return in August.** Her brand new book, THE MODERN LOSS HANDBOOK: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your R...

Two weeks ago I threw a (Jewish) Funeral-Themed Birthday Party, because of course I did. My friend Brenna Guinan is interviewing me all about it! Yes, it was weird...no, I didn't die. Come for the food, stay for the tea. Brenna is a licensed mental health counselor, certified rehabilitation counselor and the host of the Real Fckn Talk Podcast. @real.fckn.talk - Say hi! @dyingoflaughter_podcast / D...

DARA KURTZ, after being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of forty-two, left her twenty-year career as a financial advisor to focus on writing and speaking. Today her personal blog, Crazy Perfect Life (www.crazyperfectlife.com), reaches over 200,000 followers. Dara is the author of three books, her most recent being: I am My Mother's Daughter: Wisdom on Life, Loss, and Love. Dara's goal is t...

Popping in to say hi and to remind you that less is more. We know this, yet we forget this. In Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less , Greg McKeown reminds us that less is more in an inspiring, relatable, and digestable way! I am reading this book for the third time. Yes, you heard me. So I'm just going to leave that right there... "Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you s...

Miles Adams and Max Lemper-Tabatsky co-founded their company, Oaktree Memorials, after a personal loss revealed that unique and high quality, modern urns were difficult to come by. Death is a natural cycle of life and Max and Miles honor this with environmentally-friendly manufacturing and ethical practices.  "We founded Oaktree after experiencing firsthand how difficult it can be to find modern m...