Bury Me In NJ

In this episode of the show, we speak with Steve Reiter, founder & president of the NEVER Alone Project. His organization is dedicated to helping pass legislation to change recently implemented visitor restrictions due to COVID-19. This initiative was started after his wife, Elizabeth, died alone in a Colorado hospital.  Produced by Nick Rumaczyk. Theme music, "P to the A" by Anonymo...

The first episode of our third season features Installation Artist Casey Middaugh who explores ways to sonically acknowledge the unspoken work associated with grief in her piece, For Whom the Bell Toils. We discuss the personal experiences she had with grief that inspired this project, the stories and lessons she's gathered from others who've interacted with her piece, and the other ways...

Bury Me in New Jersey is back at it offering you conversations focused on grief, death, love, and everything in between. Season 3 will be launching next Tuesday, 11/24 , featuring different guests sharing their personal and professional points of view.  You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll learn all about the beauty of an Advanced Directive Disco!  You can find us on all major podcastin...

Our final episode of Season 2 finishes with a very raw and honest conversation with my good friend Elizabeth Grace Wolf, as we both share the ways we’ve both evolved in grief as we’ve dealt with our parents’ Alzheimer’s diagnosis--for me, my mother, and for her, both parents, just six months apart. During our conversation, Elizabeth and I talk about the ways that we’ve evolved with our grief exper...

This week's episode features hospice nurse and clinical manager at Hospice of the Chesapeake, Monica Hastings. During our conversation, Monica explains the services that hospice offers patients and families towards the end of life, the misconceptions/fear surrounding this field, and how working in death work has totally changed her outlook on life. Produced by Nick Rumaczyk. Theme music: &quo...

My guest today is Diana Muñiz, a chaplain at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital and for Accredited Hospices of America, both in Houston, Texas. During our conversation, we discuss the experiences she's had as a chaplain, her current studies with The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death, and some of the more sacred--and taboo--aspects of caregiving. Please be aware that this episode con...

In this week's episode, we'll be speaking with author Heather Quinlan, who explores both the changing and persistent attitudes about death and illness as it relates to widespread plague and pandemics in her upcoming book, “Plagues, Pandemics, and Viruses, from the Plague of Athens to COVID-19.” In addition to discussing the learnings she took away from the extensive research she did for...

In today's episode, we speak with hospital chaplain and author Joan Paddock Maxwell who's worked with hundreds of patients with life-threatening illnesses, and was with many of them when they died. We discuss the calling that brought her to this work, the lessons she's learned from her experiences, and the stories that led her to write her book, Soul Support: Spiritual Encounters at...

Our second season opens with a conversation with Heather Paul, who is the assistant director of the Springboard Fellowship for Hillel International and the assistant director of the Milton Marks Neuro-Oncology Family Camp. During our conversation, we talk about the many ways she’s worked in the grief space, which most recently includes her work on creating Virtual Memory Circles, and her current e...

We're off this week, but here's a quick update on what we've got going on and what to expect for next season, which rolls out next Tuesday, August 25th. Learn about how you can support the show, some bonus content we've got going on, and what to expect to hear starting next week!  Get full access to Bury Me in New Jersey at burymeinnewjersey.substack.com/subscribe

We close out the first season of Bury Me in New Jersey with Taryn Schulke, a Grief and Bereavement Specialist at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX. During our conversation, Taryn explains the work she does to offer support in first moments, weeks, months, and sometimes years after a patient's death.  Produced by Nick Rumaczyk. Theme music: "P to the A" by Anonymous Novel...

In this episode of the show, palliative care social worker Claire Crawford discusses the personal experiences that led her to pursue a career in medicine, the unexpected way she ended up in pediatric palliative care, and how she's learned that profound grief can only be experienced after experiencing profound love.  Produced by Nick Rumaczyk. Theme music: "P to the A" by Anonymous N...

What's it like to help families and individuals navigate incredibly difficult healthcare decisions they never dreamed they'd have to make, especially when the patient is a child?  Palliative Care Social Worker Shannon Barnes explains the ways she and her team at Texas Children's Hospital provide support to patients and their families; the appropriate time to introduce their services...

This week's episode kicks off our series of interviews with members of the palliative care team at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX. The conversation starts with Dr. Jared Rubenstein, a pediatric palliative care physician.  During this discussion, Rubenstein explains what palliative care is; how he and his team introduce palliative care to families and colleagues; and ways he&apo...

In our premiere episode of Bury Me In New Jersey, host Sara Wuillermin kicks off the show by being interviewed by Book Apart CEO and Leadership Coach Katel LeDu. In addition to Sara explaining what led her to pursue this project, Katel shares her own experience with grief.  Produced by Nick Rumaczyk.  Theme Music, "P to the A" by Anonymous Novels. Get full access to Bury Me in New Jersey...

BuryMeInNJ.com is excited to announce the premiere of its podcast, launching July 14, 2020! This show is about grief, death, dying, love, and everything in between. In our first season, we'll be speaking with members of the palliative care team at the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX. Check out our teaser for a taste of what to expect in upcoming episodes and check back on July 1...