Begin From the End
Megan Donis
Begin From the End is a podcast about what facing death can teach us about being alive. We all know that our story will end. What if we let that shape how we write the rest?
Hosted by award-winning journalist and certified death doula Megan Donis, the series grew out of an experience that transformed her life: caring for her father as he was dying twenty-five years ago. Today, her work supporting others at the end of life inspires a different kind of conversation about living.
Through intimate, curious, and often surprisingly joyful conversations with practitioners, thinkers, artists, and people confronting their own mortality, Megan starts where most of us would rather not look—and works backward toward what matters. How might making room for death help us live with more intention, compassion, and joy? What could help us meet the end with greater peace? And where can we find meaning, mystery, agency, and even beauty