Death, Dying, and Grief - The Importance of Planning for the End of Life as a Gift to Your Loved Ones with Dr Kimberly Harms

Send us Fan MailIn this conversation, Dr. Kimberly Harms shares her profound experiences with grief and loss, detailing the impact of her mother's and son's deaths on her life. She discusses the importance of processing grief, the role of legacy planning, and how to support others through their grief journeys. Dr. Harms emphasizes the significance of reconciliation, forgiveness, and the need for community support in navigating the challenges of loss. She also highlights the importance of leaving a legacy of love and preparing for death to ease the burden on loved ones.Dr. Harms has been around the block in life.  She has served as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service, a dental school professor,  grief counselor, and death doula.  She is an award-winning, best-selling author and international speaker on the topics of grief, conflict and legacy planning. Her latest book, "Are you Ready, How to Build a Legacy to Die For." Dr Harms has also suffered many personal losses, including the deaths by suicide of her mother and son and the death by broken heart of her husband after their son’s death.  Her most important role now is mother to her two surviving children and grandmother to 6 precious grandchildren.She shared this scripture with us - Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Wordens Four Tasks of MourningHer book Are You Ready? How to Build a Legacy to Die ForDr Harms websiteSupport the showWe very much want to hear your thoughts. Please join us on Substack for our community chat.This podcast helps anyone dealing with loss. It can guide you with end-of-life planning and death-positive resources. Check out our introductory episode to learn more about Annalouiza, Wakil, and our vision/mission to normalize and destigmatize conversations about death, dying, grief, and loss.You can find us on SubStack, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and BlueSky. You are also invited to subscribe to support us financially. Anyone who supports us at any level will have access to Premium content, special online meet-ups, and one-on-one time with Annalouiza or Wakil.And we would love your feedback and want to hear your stories. You can email us at [email protected] want to be transparent that we use AI tools to help us with titles, show notes, editing, and introductions....