Doula umierania obnaża tabu! Czy śmierć boli? Co dzieje się w ostatnich godzinach? | Anja Franczak

Crossing over to the other side is a great taboo in our civilization. We've confined it to sterile hospital rooms, handed it over to systemic procedures, and pretend it doesn't affect us. My guest in this episode is Anja Franczak – founder of the Institute for a Good Death and an end-of-life doula who daily assists people standing on the very brink. In this conversation, we delve deep beneath the surface of social anxiety. We tackle the paralyzing fear of passing away and ask the question we secretly type into search engines in moments of crisis: what do we feel at the very end, and does it hurt? In an incredibly sensitive yet uncompromising way, Anja demystifies the biology of the final hours, showing that the human body has its own plan for shutting down its functions, if only we allow it to. We also touch on the topic of those who remain... We dispel the myth of the stages of grief, ingrained in pop culture, and examine why trying to "cure" pain can be destructive. This episode is about reclaiming old farewell rituals and how deep mourning isn't a mistake, but simply a continuation of our love. In this episode, you'll hear: Does it hurt? What are the natural stages of death and the body's biological process of extinction? Who is a dying doula? Why does palliative medicine need to return to holistic support? How sterile hospitals and the funeral industry have robbed us of our closeness with the deceased, and how can we rebuild our wake rituals? How to embrace loss and allow relationships to change instead of forcing them to close. Materials mentioned in the interview: Institute of Good Death - website: https://instytutdobrejsmierci.pl/ 🎧 You can also listen to the interview on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nSA... ______ The podcast is hosted by Martyna Grzenkowicz Instagram ⁠  / ⁠   Be sure to follow for more materials: Instagram ⁠  / ⁠   TT ⁠  / bez_komfortu⁠   ______ Collaboration: [email protected] Production PLAC360 CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:11 The Mission of the Dying Doula and the Lack of Social Education 00:04:57 Cultural Fear of the Unknown and the Role of Family Support 00:07:51 The Real Picture of the Natural Process of Dying 00:11:48 Persistent Medical Therapy and Allowing to Pass 00:15:12 When a Patient Refuses to Eat During the Body's Extinction Process 00:20:05 Altered States of Consciousness and Visions at the Edge of Life 00:24:02 Hearing as the Longest Active Human Sense 00:29:06 The Concept of Total Pain in Palliative Care 00:32:37 Death Wheezing and Medical Symptom Control 00:36:57 Awareness of the Terminal Patient and Loneliness in Dying 00:39:53 What Patients Want to Talk About: The Need reconciliation 00:43:13 Forgiveness and letting go of anger in the final stage 00:46:06 Artificial intelligence in mourning and the griefbot phenomenon 00:51:20 The future of digital technologies and the concept of a good death 00:56:46 The desire for normality and the intuition of announcing one's own end 00:01:08 The ability to pass away without prolonging the patient's suffering 01:05:05 What does it mean to live life to the fullest in the face of finality? 01:10:15 Daily habits and the most important advice for everyone