How To Die Well: Dr Merran Cooper on Advanced Care Planning and Living With Purpose

Merran Cooper isn't your typical doctor-turned-entrepreneur. She started medical school at 50 and then founded Touchstone Life Care to solve a problem she witnessed daily: people dying badly because no one knew what they wanted.In this conversation, we explore:The power of ambivalence – How preparing for dying and hoping for the best aren't opposites, but can coexist 100% at the same timeWhat happened when a chaplain used the "D word"; – The conversation that changed everything for Merran and her dying husbandWhy "be a soul, not a role" matters – Especially at someone's bedsideThe sandwich generation challenge – Practical ways to start conversations with aging parents who don't want to talk about deathHow to have "the conversation"; – Using falls, not death, as your starting pointWhy advanced care planning is a love letter – Not a legal documentThe RSL Club test – How one man defined his minimum quality of life in terms his family could actually understandReinventing yourself after 50 – What it's like to become a medical student when your daughter is also in first year uni Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.