Conference 2026

RADICALBRAVERY

Journey Journal Edition #1

Essay

Why I update, Every Day I Get To

Tamatha Thomas-Haase, MPA

PROFILE

METABOLIZING GRIEF

John Onwuchekwa, D.Min

ESSAY

WHEN THERE ARE NO WORDS

Meghan Riordan Jarvis, MA, LCSW

cherry blossoms

GUIDE

WHEN GRIEF HITS DIFFERENT: UNDERSTANDING ADHD AND LOSS

Dr. Sasha Hamdani

ESSAY

REINVITING CULTURE INTO HUMAN EXPERIENCE

Joél Simone Maldonado

Flowers

ESSAY

CONNECTING DYING TO LIVING

Samara Gordon-Wexler

floating in space

GUIDE

DYING FOR BEGINNERS

Kathryn Mannix, MD

misty mountains

ESSAY

SMALL QUESTIONS, SACRED CONNECTIONS

Adjoa Boateng Evans, MD

house

ESSAY

WHO AM I WRITING FOR?

J.J. Duncan

rainbow gradient

ESSAY

BEYOND THE RAINBOW: How We Really Speak at the End of Life

Michael Erard, PhD

bruce willis and emma heming willis

CONVERSATION

AFTER BRUCE WILLIS’S DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS, EMMA HEMING WILLIS FOUND HER VOICE

Emma Heming Willis

clouds

PROFILE

LOOKING Differently IS DOING DIFFERENTLY

Teun Toebes

trees

GUIDE

BEING FULLY PRESENT AT THE BEDSIDE

Barbara Karnes, RN

cactus

ESSAY

CARRYING THE WORK FORWARD

Shoshana Ungerleider, MD

prison hospice

ESSAY

CHOOSING TENDERNESS

Fernando Murillo

hands

GUIDE

BEARING WITNESS: BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF CARE IN HEALTHCARE