Why you should start thinking about death (w/ Alua Arthur)

为什么你应该开始思考死亡(与亚瑟一起)

How to Be a Better Human

自我完善

2024-01-22

34 分钟
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There’s a saying about two things that are inevitable in this world, and Alua Arthur wants to help you think about one of them with less fear. No, she’s not a tax professional – she’s a death doula, a person who supports dying people and their loved ones. A former lawyer, Alua shares what we can all learn when we purposefully think about the end of life, whether that is our own or someone else’s. From finding joy in our everyday lives to navigating the emotional, legal, and spiritual decisions that arise around, Alua’s wisdom will inspire you pursue to live, and “go”, with grace. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts
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  • Ted audio collective.

  • You'Re listening to how to be a better human.

  • I'm your host, Chris Duffy, and this.

  • Is the first episode of season four of our podcast.

  • Thank you so much for listening.

  • We are really excited to be back.

  • On today's episode, we're going to be talking about an experience that every single human being on the planet is going to experience, but one that we often avoid acknowledging or discussing openly.

  • I'm talking about death.

  • One of the first times that I ever really contemplated death was when I was a little kid and my pet hermit crab named Crappie died.

  • I had unfortunately decided without my parents knowing it that I was going to bring crabby along on a trip that we were taking to the beach.

  • But when we got to the parking lot, I got really excited about the beach and I forgot that I had brought Krabby in the car.

  • And so when we got back after a long day at the beach, the car had been really hot and crabby melted.

  • He'd melted right into the floor mat.

  • It was disgusting and horrific.

  • Not a good way to go.

  • I'll feel guilty about that for the rest of my life.

  • Krabby, if you can hear me, I am so sorry.

  • Now, I think we can all agree that none of us want to go out like crappy, but how do we.

  • Actually want to go?

  • All kidding aside, refusing to think about our plan for death just makes it less likely that things at the end of our lives will go the way.