We have a very special interview this week. Joe talks to our friend Ruth about how she is facing terminal cancer. She talks about focusing on what matters, about the normality of death, and about the importance of talking about grief, loss and mortality. There is hope. And there is, above all, 'The ever present one who loves me more than I can imagine and who is with me every step of the way.'

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’ | The Guardian
• The Swallow, The Owl and The Sandpiper – Sandpiper Trust
• Cancer is so limited | Robert L. Lynn

We talk about the power of vulnerability, about how noisy fear can be, and about those times when we vent instead of lament. Thanks for all your feedback - it really meant a lot this week!

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• Stevens & Pound
• John Shelby Spong - Wikipedia

We talk about change and the anxiety which often accompanies it. How do we live in that space where one thing is ending, but a new thing has yet to begin? Also, Joe has been listening to frogs and Nick turns out to be a great evangelist for atheism.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Wilhelm Worringer - Wikipedia
• William Bridges | Transitions
• Brad Stulberg | Master of Change