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Jan 30, 2024 • 10min

The Mortal Mingle with Shira Heisler: Say What You Want To Say Before It's Too Late

Shira Heisler is a physician, Zak's wife and the most frequent contributor to TBAS.SAYING THE NICE THING WITH SHIRA HEISLERSPLITTING WITH SHIRASALTING WITH SHIRACRITIQUING WITH SHIRASHOWING UP COMPLETELY WITH SHIRAPRACTICING RESTRAINT WITH SHIRA---***Remembering Sam Woll Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow
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Jan 26, 2024 • 9min

LET'S GO LIONS! & The Devotional Pride of John Aslanian

John Aslanian is a professor, a Sloan Head and a Detroit Lions fan from Metro Detroit. Learn more about the Sloan Heads here.   Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow
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Jan 25, 2024 • 5min

The Mortal Mingle with Resham Mantri: The Art of Endings

Resham Mantri is a death doula, divorced single co-parent and grieving/loving writer and artist who believes in the fertile soil of the in-between spaces for great dreaming and imagination.  She is the creator of The In-Between, an online publication of her heart and mind and the co-creator of The Community DeathCare Digest, a biweekly newsletter that explores how we die in community alongside mutual aid requests. She creates installation and performance art that has been shown in Brooklyn where she lives with her two children, her mother and their dog Freddie.  In relationship grief work, Resham brings all of the tools she has been trained in and practices.  These include many years as a lawyer for the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn Family Court working with children and families experiencing hard transitions, her experience as a death doula, her work within restorative justice practices navigating divorce and relationship work, and her ongoing friendship with her childrens’ co-parent.  Her work as a writer and artist are her foundational dreamscapes which she will bring to this offering through essays, poems, podcasts, and literature.  Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow
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Jan 23, 2024 • 14min

The Mortal Mingle with Nikki Boyer: A Date with Death

Nikki Boyer is a three time Emmy® award-winning TV host, producer, actress, and podcaster. She created, hosted, and served as an executive producer on the award-winning Wondery podcast, Dying for Sex, which won the 2021 Ambie Award for Podcast of the Year---and was named as one of Apple’s favorite podcasts of 2020. Nikki also hosts Near Death and The Daily Smile.  Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow
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Jan 18, 2024 • 7min

The Mortal Mingle with Cyndie Spiegal: Something To Remember Them By

Cyndie Spiegal, author of Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay, is an outspoken speaker, community builder, and business coach on a mission to empower others to refine their mindsets for good, and help them realize their wildest dreams. Her unique blend of straight talk, relatability, sass, and inspiration has made her a sought-after speaker for brands, conferences, and events. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her photographer husband and two overly particular cats. She was last on The Best Advice Show talking about how not to be creepy when talking to strangers.   Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow
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Jan 16, 2024 • 33min

The Mortal Mingle with Zak Rosen: How To Say Goodbye To Your Pet

This episode was originally made in collaboration with Slate's excellent podcast, How To! Like many pet parents, Zak Rosen and his wife lived for years in a state of denial about their beloved dog, Rumi. Then they learned that Rottweilers only tend to live about eight to 12 years, and there was no denying it: Rumi is already in her twilight years. In the not-so-distant future, they’ll have to make some truly tough decisions.On this episode of How To!, Zak seeks out advice about end-of-life pet care from Dr. Ellen LaFramboise, owner of Crossroads Veterinary Hospice, and fellow pet parent Gabby Santos, who shares how she prepared for the death of her 18-year-old miniature pinscher, Bob’i. Their conversation might change the way you think about your furry pal’s final days (and maybe even your own).If you liked this episode, check out “How To Get Your Dog To Stop Barking (Without Barking Back).”Podcast production by Zak Rosen, Rosemary Belson, Derek John, Joel Meyer, and Merritt Jacob. Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow
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Jan 11, 2024 • 10min

The Mortal Mingle with Kathy Benjamin: Planning Your Funeral

Kathy Benjamin has worked as a writer and editor since 2009 for major sites including MentalFloss.com and ‪Cracked.com. She is currently a writer and editor for ‪Grunge.com. Offline, she’s contributed articles to mental_floss magazine and Reader’s Digest. Her specialties are history, royalty, Christianity, and death, but always with a dash of funny.In 2013, Kathy wrote Funerals to Die For: The Craziest, Creepiest, and Most Bizarre Funeral Traditions and Practices Ever (Adams Media). She also contributed to Cracked.com’s publication The De-Textbook: The Stuff You Didn't Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew (Plume, 2013). Her latest book, It's Your Funeral!: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime -- Before it's Too Late (Quirk).Kathy has turned her hand to fiction with the recently completed Area 54, a humorous science fiction novel about disco, drugs, and aliens. She has also written four children's books, which are about absolutely none of those things.She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Simon, and her dog, Briscoe.---Support Zak and the production of The Best Advice Show by becoming a Patron today! Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow
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Jan 9, 2024 • 17min

The Mortal Mingle with Melanie Davenport: A Place For Our Grief

Melanie Davenport is the Abbot of the Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple in Detroit and a therapist with  a psychodynamic, holistic, and mindfulness-based approach to healing.*This series is dedicated to the memory of Sam Woll. May her memory be a revolution.  Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow
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Dec 26, 2023 • 31min

Where We've Been and Where We're Going

Today's episode, a re-run from last year at this time, featured Rabbi Yoni Dahlen, Dr. Erika Bocknek, Michael Franti, Jaye Johnson, Shari Colton, Eric Colton, Caveh Zahedi, Rob Walker, Jessi Hempel, Kevin Kelly, Dan Messé, Ned Specktor, Holly Wren Spaulding, Jo Strausz Rosen, Erica Heilman, Grace Bonney, Rikke Houde, Laura Hawley, Lucy Anderton Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow
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Dec 21, 2023 • 7min

This Advice from an 8th Grader is LITTY

Natalie is an 8th grader living in Texas.---Meal Planning with Dr. Michael StrauszLeavening with Dr. Michael StrauszHow to Achieve Easy Umami Flavors with Dr. Michael Strausz Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

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