Dying To Talk

Dying To Talk 

Tuesday, April 28
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Pacific)

Despite the normalcy and 100% predictability of our shared mortality, talking about death is often avoided. In this dynamic conversation facilitated by IWF NorCal member Juli Betwee with IWF NorCal member, Dr. Dawn Gross, we will explore why death is such a taboo subject in healthcare and what you can do to encourage your doctor to talk straight with you. What do we risk when we avoid conversations about death? What can we gain when we do? How can we engage with people we love who avoid talking with us? What would be possible if we were to uncover a shared reality that we are all actually dying to talk about death?

Date: Tuesday, April 28

Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Pacific)

Location: Webinar via Zoom

Cost: Free, but registration is required to participate (Zoom link and details will be included in the registration confirmation e-mail.) 

Speaker bios: 

Juli Betwee brings a rare blend of corporate management experience, strategic thinking, and entrepreneurial know-how to her consulting work with mid-market firms. Her 40 years of wide-ranging experience give her a keen understanding of the challenges facing CEOs who want to significantly grow and scale their companies. Her work is driven by a passionate belief that business is a powerful force for lasting and constructive social and economic progress. She brings insight and deep human connection to everything she does. Past Advisory Board member and Chapter Chair for Women Presidents Organization. Past Advisory Board member for Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Member of the Sausalito Women's Club and served as Vice Chair of their scholarship fund. Mentoring impact business leaders through Miller Center and promising young women leaders from post conflict countries through SHE-CAN.

Dawn Gross, MD, PhD (aka DrAsYouWish) pioneers revolutionary hospice & palliative medicine. Patient care, scientific curiosity, and storytelling infuse her work as a writer, podcaster, thought leader, and magic wand bearer. Dr. Dawn earned her MD and PhD in immunology from Tufts University and completed her fellowship training in hematology with an emphasis in bone marrow transplant at Stanford University. She transitioned to hospice and palliative medicine after her father died in 2006. Dr. Dawn considers grief an injury and has developed a novel approach to its healing called the “I SEE YOU (ICU) for the Soul.” She is the creator and host of the radio program, Dying to Talk. She has been published in The New York Times, JAMA, Science and Annals of Internal Medicine and is an internationally invited speaker. Dr. Dawn shares true stories from the bedside about what matters most in her 2024 TEDx talk “Ask. The Time is Now” and her first book, Heart Sounds: How a Stethoscope, A Magic Wand, and a Fishing Pole Teach Us to Listen for What Matters Most. Gratefully married for over three decades, she continues to pursue her masters in parenting from her three children. Learn more at: www.drasyouwish.com.