What if death wasn’t something to fear - but something that could teach us how to live?

We prep for everything in life - birth plans, career goals, weddings, house moves…
But the one thing guaranteed to happen to all of us? We avoid it like the plague.
Death.

In a world obsessed with beginnings, no one teaches us how to be with endings.

Death on the Daily’s “Dead Conversations” are here to change that. Gently. Compassionately. And with a whole lot of heart.

My truest and rawest awakening came after the devastating death of our daughter, Ngākau Raiona, 21 weeks into pregnancy. The promise I made in her final days as my heart was breaking - to be fully present for her, no matter what - became my greatest lesson in the transformational power when we are present with death and other painful transitions in life.

My tattoo of grief is lifelong, and I have experienced first hand how grief isn’t just painful - it’s isolating. Not because people don’t care, but because we as a society don’t know how to be with death. Leaving us grievers to suffer mostly in silence.

And it’s not just the death of people who we love. It’s the grief of breakups. Career pivots. Friendships that fade. Life chapters ending. The identities we outgrow.

We’ve learned to numb, avoid, and keep busy - instead of truly feeling and letting go.

But what if death wasn’t the end of the conversation — but the start of something deeper?

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Exploring how death and other endings in life shape us. Sharing stories, reflections and tools for living fully.

Being present with death taught me to how to LIVE by Tanya Wilkinson

My grandad and daughter died within the space of 10 months. How being present with them dying taught me more about living life well than I had learnt in the rest of my lifetime

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Real talk about what matters most in life
and death

Death on the Daily is a twice weekly podcast that brings death out of the shadows and into the mainstream - exactly where it belongs. Through soul baring solo reflections and unfiltered interviews with guests across grief, life transitions, culture, nature, spirituality, social change and more - I explore:

How to navigate death in a world that avoids it
Why death isn’t as scary as we’ve been told
The beautiful reality of being present with life’s many endings, grief and our transformation
What rituals, nature and ancient wisdom can teach us
Tools to be present with endings - big and small