On this week’s episode our guest is Kathryn Mannix, a palliative care doctor and author. Kathryn self proclaims that her Mastermind subject would be death, and in her new book Listen she uses her years of experience to deconstruct our difficulty with difficult conversations. This conversation, on the podcast, isn’t difficult but why is it so hard to talk about death, coming out or even answering honestly when someone asks ‘How are you?’. Please note that this episode does contain conversations around subjects some people may find upsetting.

23 Sep 2021 • 49mins

For this episode Mark Lemon speaks with palliative care physician and author, Dr Kathryn Mannix.Kathryn speaks with Mark about how we can better prepare ourselves when facing the end of life.

6 Sep 2021 • 58mins

Does talking about death freak you out? No wonder, it’s something many of us avoid thinking about and prefer pretending it’s not there. But it’s an important topic, and if we can allow ourselves to sit with the truth that life will eventually end, it becomes a beautiful call to appreciate our lives and the people in them.

And this is why palliative care physician Kathryn Mannix wrote her book, With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denialhttps://www.blinkist.com/en/nc/browse/books/with-the-end-in-mind-en. Having witnessed death many thousands of times, Kathryn has come to a view that there’s usually little to fear and much to prepare for.

In this episode, Kathryn will help you understand what the human organism goes through as death approaches so that you can be less afraid of the process itself. She’ll share how to prepare for the end of your life—both practically and mentally—as well as what you can do if you find yourself on the other side, supporting a loved one approaching the end of theirs.

17 Jun 2021 • 41mins

This episode was a highly personal project, borne out of sitting with my dad as he was dying and realising I didn’t know what to expect. I learnt that night that dying is a bit like birth, but in reverse. It’s a process. Finding out about death and dying really helped me not only understand what was happening but make some sense of it. Here I speak to palliative care doctor Kathryn Mannix who has witnessed many people dying. If you think this might be scary, trust me it’s actually reassuring and strangely calming.

3 Jun 2021 • 44mins

For our Spring Series we bring you quick 20 minute conversations with innovators who make the experience of serious illness better. This episode features Dr. Kathryn Mannix, palliative care physician and author of the best selling book, With the End in Mind. For more information visit: waitingroomrevolution.com

25 May 2021 • 26mins

How do we live knowing that we will die? How can we face death, and how should we prepare for it? Dr Kathryn Mannix has spent her professional life working in palliative care, and the teams she has worked on have been involved in 10-15 thousand deaths.

In this episode, Kathryn shares her insights into what it’s like to die and how we can love and support someone approaching the end of their life. If you struggle with thoughts of death – be it from a generalised fear, a terminal diagnosis, or the loss of loved ones – Kathryn’s calm and honest approach will help.

As well as working as a consultant in palliative care medicine, Kathryn is the author of With the End in Mind: How to Live and Die Well, a collection of powerful human stories of life and death. The book draws on a lifetime of clinical experience to offer advice on facing death and living life in its shadow.

3 May 2021 • 56mins

Episode 31 Learning to talk about death, dying and mental health. In 2017, after a long career as a palliative care Doctor, Dr. Kathryn Mannix wrote a book entitled ‘With the end in Mind’. Her desire was to try and encourage people to better understand death, and the process of dying.  Much like mental health, death is a subject that causes anxiety and awkwardness amongst many people, and is thus ignored as a topic of conversation. We talk to Kathryn about the importance of improving our understanding of death, learning to talk about difficult subjects, and the relationship men and women have with their health.

16 Nov 2020 • 1hr 46mins