Learn about a popular new card game that helps people open up about death and have fun while they’re doing it.
My guests are hospice social worker Lisa Pahl and writer Lori LoCicero. They will share with us how they met and teamed up to create the fun new card game: The Death Deck. Learn all about the game and how you might start incorporating it into your work and family conversations. Learn more about the game at the website:
This interview includes:
- How this writer and hospice social worker teamed up to create a game about death
- How to use The Death Deck
- Why games are helpful to support conversations about the end of life
- How The Death Deck differs from other conversation games
- Why The Deck Deck appeals to unique audiences like college students
- How to use the game to augment special conversations with loved ones about death and dying
- Where to learn more and get the game
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Death Deck Website
- Get the Death Deck
- Art of Dying Author Series with Karen Wyatt MD – September 6, 2019 – Open Center, NYC
- Workshop: Earth Lessons for the Soul – September 7, 2019 – Open Center, NY
- Beautiful Dying Expo – November 2-3, 2019, San Diego CA
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