Another meaningful conversation with Ben Leroy about avoiding falling on the double edged sword of internal pressure to be and do everything and external pressure to be and do more. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.…

A brief episode this week. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.By Sean Jeung

In this episode Ben and I are talking about things we can all do to alleviate some of the difficulties so many people face when a loved one has died with nothing taken care of. It was a rich discussion when we started to record it so it begins a bit abruptly. We will re-visit this topic soon. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be…

In this episode we begin to look at the varying ways grief is altered when someone dies as a result of suicide. If you have never known anyone who died from suicide, you may not understand and if you have, you absolutely will. This was not an easy episode to write. And in recording it I realize there is so much more we can talk about when talking a…

In this weeks 17 minute episode I am joined again by Ben LeRoy to talk about the way hospice experiences and trainings can carry over into a world that feels chaotic and unstable. We explore the possible benefits for daily practices that help keep us grounded as we leave our homes to do whatever it is we need to do. Thank you for listening to Where…

In this 11 minute episode, I share my personal and private thoughts about time. How I see it, how it impacts my daily life and I wonder aloud if I am alone. And, I don’t think so... Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.…

In this 12 minute piece I am speaking about the state of the world and whether or not it is better or worse than we found it when we were born. Offering some ideas about how we, as individuals, might effect change and how we, as communities, already do. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your…

Is it ever too late to make amends with somebody? To say the thing that is on your heart? What if our bucket lists weren't filled with trips to far away places, but in making sure we've made our peace with the people in our lives who have had an impact? Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your…

I'm excited this week to introduce another new visitor, my friend and producer Ben LeRoy. It's a 26 minute conversation about how to be present for family and friends who are in a Hospice experience. This episode is also available on Youtube. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. …

This 12 minute episode explores the place hindsight can have in our lives when we are processing loss. Those things we wish we’d done or not done and what we do with that awareness. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.…

In this episode I am recalling an exquisite moment of beauty and grace in the middle of the worst possible nightmare. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.By Sean Jeung

This is an exciting episode for me because it will also be published on You Tube. Shelby joined me to talk specifically about Medical Aid in Dying, referred to here as MAID. What it can do for a person's peace of mind and what the process of bringing a family on board can look like. The right to die is something I feel deeply passionate about and s…

Today we dive a little more deeply into that big black cauldron of stuff called grief. I've had people request that I speak more about my work as a grief counselor. It isn't something that can be covered all at once so we'll put our toes in the water and see how it feels. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wh…

Today I'm talking a bit more about how animals respond to us when we are grieving and how beneficial it can be to align with one when we are sad. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.By Sean Jeung

This 40 minute episode welcomes special guest, Akaljeet Khalsa, who joins me to talk about her work as a Life Coach and Death Doula, how she came to the work, what it looks like and what she does. We explore the three main components of her work being: Planning, Active Death Care and After Death Care. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows…

This piece came as a result of feedback from listeners that not all deaths are like my mom’s. I already knew that, but hadn’t written about it. Today, I do. Not all death is graceful. Dying can sometimes bring the very worst of who we are out into the open. Caring for someone when they are at their worst can be a challenge. If they are someone we l…

This relatively short episode is an experience I had very early in my work as a hospital chaplain. It is about the honor of sitting with this gentleman. And how a brief sighting the night before helped set the groundwork. I was not then and I am not now ever very surprised by the way things seem to unfold. I have had very good teachers. Some of the…

‘Grannie’ was 100 years old. I never saw her out of bed so I don’t know if she was short or tall, lean or heavy. She had a cat who loved her fiercely and all of us knew that cat was unpredictable and cruel in her punishment if she thought you were trying to do something to Grannie. The cat’s name was Precious and I remember how Grannie smiled when …

There are always waves in end of life work. In hospice work, we know going in, that someone is going to die. But not everyone understands what that really looks like. Sometimes, people think they want to work in hospice but the emotional costs turn out to be too high. I guess I was lucky. I came to it because it had come to me in the most magical w…

If there is magic in the time we spend with those who are dying, it is in the listening. It is in the revelations and the epiphanies and the secrets they may tell us. It is in the way their lives spiral inward to reveal the truest beauty in the smallest detail of how we show our love. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to…

Where and why I hide. Not wanting to assume that this applies to anyone else, I will just own it right now. This is about me. Maybe it's about you too. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.…

Four minutes. Four minutes to think about new beginnings, family traditions, and resolutions. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.By Sean Jeung

Grief and Loss do not take days off. Death comes without regard to what day it is or what the day might mean to us and Christmas is no exception. This is a short 7minute episode speaking to all of us as a way to help hold the light steady for those whose lights have been temporarily diminished. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. …

On November 26th, if you listened to that episode, you met Gabriel. Today, you will get an inside-behind-the-scenes glimpse into his mom, (a 26 year old mother of 3 boys) after she made one of the hardest decisions of her life and had the youngest of them cremated after his death. And just a couple of other details about that time in her life that …

I have found very little in my life that has taught me as much or taught me as well what it is I believe than sitting with those who are dying. What we believe in, where we hold our faith, how we manifest surviving loss, are all, in my opinion, layers of how we grow and expand our humanness. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be …

This episode describes the fist grief support group I ever led and the impact it has had on my life. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.By Sean Jeung

This story is sweet and tender. It is beautiful in its sadness. It is a memory I will carry forever. With grateful grace and humility. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.By Sean Jeung

This is the final piece to the story I started 3 weeks ago. It wraps all those pieces together around what happened to keep me home when we had a 3 week road trip all planned out and how the world brings what we need and gives us what we didn't know we wanted. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you g…

I decided to slip this in as soon as I could. It interrupts the final episode of the saga about my recent personal life but I felt it was important to try to offer these few words to those who might be grieving as we enter the next few months. The possible landmines that lie waiting don't have to catch us off guard. Thank you for listening to Where…

After recording the episode published on Oct 29th about resiliency, I stayed in the closet and recorded todays episode. There were so many things happening bam bam bam in our lives and it just felt necessary to continue the train of thought. I am already composing next weeks episode as a sequel to this and then I promise I'll be done. We'll get bac…

Todays 15 minute episode looks at the desire we often have to reclaim the life we were living before some event took us sideways through the river (and then through the woods) while also opening the idea that it can sometimes be just one more way we prolong the suffering when something uninvited and unwanted falls from the sky. Thank you for listen…

In this weeks episode, I talk about the connection between pushing away those things we don't want actually making them grow. I often say in my work with those who grieve, it's in the 'againstness' to what is, to what has come, that we suffer the most. It's a lot to ask someone who has been assaulted by loss to ever believe they can make friends wi…

This short 7 minute episode recounts the recent moment when I realized I do not need to carry all the details of my experience of someone's story as much as I need to carry the gift their story left me with. I don't need to remember names, dates and places so much as needing to remember what the experience may have taught me. But in learning this, …

This is a piece I wrote about an experience I had in trying to make room on my bookshelves for new books. It's kind of funny and eye opening. It translated into all kinds of areas in my life. A parallel process of epiphanies and awakenings. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Fo…

We tend, at times, as care providers to camouflage or deny our feelings when the ones we are caring for are a 'job'. Even when it isn't our job, we sometimes don't know what to do with emotions that come up. After all, we are going to be fine, the one we are caring for is dying, so why should we get to be sad? This is the story off how one woman he…

In this episode I talk about the parallels between my Montessori work life and my work with those in Grief. Exploring the necessity to sometimes 'go back' before we can more successfully move forward. And how in going back, we find a deeper understanding and appreciation for what lies ahead. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be …

The piece missing from the story of my mom's death is what she wrote to us in her legacy letter. The story she told, after 32 years of silence, about an event we shared during one summer vacation. It is, in large part, responsible for my decision to leave teaching and start down this road of working with people at end of life. Thank you for listeni…

Just the mention of the word Hospice can sometimes cause great distress to a family. But when someone is appropriate, in other words if their illness qualifies them for Hospice services, NOT mentioning it is wrong. Generally, all people know is that Hospice means someone will die. And that is true. So, how do we make friends with that reality? How …

I have mentioned how I came to be doing this work. And when asked, if someone has the time, I will tell them this story. It was a pivotal time in my life, as one can well imagine, a time of great change and growth. And, it's a very sweet memory. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcast…

The title of this piece kind of says it all as far as what the subject matter might be. It's a very short 7 and a 1/2 minute slice of my life.... Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit seanjeung.com.By Sean Jeung

Grief is something we all know. It is not something we necessarily know what to do with. This episode is a sort of beginners guide to knowing how to be with someone else who is grieving, while hopefully also addressing what each one of us can do for ourselves when we suffer a loss. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to su…

I realized, when I listened to this, that some of what I say sounds harsh. When I wrote it I was on a soap box for reform and expansion in the way things happen when someone is diagnosed with a life-limiting disease. I know I wear my comfort with talk of death sometimes too loudly, and I am choosing to publish it anyway, with this caveat: I have re…

Part Two of a two part piece on sitting with someone who is actively dying. In this 19 minute episode we continue the conversation on what it looks like to be in the home of someone who is actively dying and what happens at the moment of and the moments after death occurs. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin. Be sure to subscribe w…

This two part series is based on a training I did for hospice volunteers interested in sitting vigil with people actively dying. As Death Doula work gains popularity here in the US. it feels appropriate to take the opportunity to talk about what it looks like to be in someones home when they are dying, or to sit with someone in a facility who is ac…

We hear a lot about 'balance' these days; the necessity for it in all areas of our lives. In this episode, we take a look at how the compartmentalizing of our various roles in life can make our heads spin when we think we have to try to balance so many hats; and how the possibility of seeing ourselves as all we are all the time can actually help us…

This episode was the result of someone in a grief group asking, 'What do the rest of you do with regrets?" and the amazing conversation that followed. When I was asked shortly after that to be a guest speaker at a local church I said I would if I could talk about Regrets. This is what came forth. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin…

This story took shape after a particularly challenging week in our cancer center. Staff shortages and a wave of deaths among our patients helped teach me how a small group of individuals can pull together to see one another through. And, a week that showed me the toll it can take in the process. Thank you for listening to Where the Veil Grows Thin.…

This story was written in 2014. It was one of the first I wanted to record for this website. I think it was because this experience became a driving force behind my passion for what hospice can bring to a family. Even if the loved one in question never signs up. In rural communities like ours, connectors become vital for optimum outcome. At a certa…

I cannot recall a time in my life lived without a dog, or multiple dogs. Animals are the closest we ever come to unconditional love in this life. They are the very best therapists for those who grieve. This story, even though it involves tragedy, is beautiful for all the reasons anyone who loves animals already knows. Thank you for listening to Whe…

I was asked once to sit in a busy cafeteria with an older gentleman who had just been told his cancer did not respond to treatment, and he chose to go home with hospice care. It could have been awkward and uncomfortable, but somehow, he made it easy. We felt a protective bubble around us and we just talked, uninterrupted, and as though we'd known o…