Death is Coming, Act Accordingly

The Good Life Reconsidered — Episode 1: Death is Coming, Act AccordinglyWhat if thinking about death could actually help you live better? In this episode, Jeremy and Blaire explore mortality not as something to fear, but as a powerful lens for living more fully and intentionally.Blaire shares insights from years of bedside work with people navigating major life transitions, and Jeremy opens up about two near-death experiences, a capsizing canoe at 17 and a widowmaker heart attack at 37, and how those moments shaped his relationship with death.Together they discuss:The obituary exercise — writing your own obituary annually as a tool for reflection and self-awarenessDeath apps — gamifying mortality to shift how you spend your daysThe living funeral — and why the people closest to us may not be in the same place with death that we areGrief — why it has no timeline and how to hold it as a permanent guest in lifeThe business of death — wills, passwords, and the practical work of making things easier for those we leave behindWestern culture's sanitization of death — and how leaning in, rather than away, can unlock more presence, beauty, and freedomWhere to start: Have death over for tea. Read philosophy. Ask yourself — if I died tomorrow, did I live a good life?