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EPISODE · Mar 10, 2025 · 35 MIN

A Conversation About Death

from Before You Go · host Abode Contemplative Care For The Dying

Our guest today, Colleen McCool-Pierce definitely turns heads and inspires conversation wherever she goes.  Whether she’s pulling up for gas in her hearse or wearing a bright and colorful clown costume, Colleen is the epitome of living life to the fullest.  It doesn’t surprise us that she embraces life so exuberantly due to her lifelong contemplation on death.  In today’s episode, Natalie chats with Colleen about her outlook on life, her son who she named Coffin, and how she inspires others to contemplate death so they can live as full of a life as she does.  She’s the friend you want to have at your dinner table, she’s the friend you want to have in your life.  She’s the ultimate death doula.Read more about Colleen here (and check out her death-friendly reading list): https://www.colleenmccool.com/Learn more about ABODE here: https://abodehome.org/Learn more about Natalie here: https://www.nataliebuster.com/Donate to keep ABODE’s mission going: https://abodehome.org/donate/

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