78: We Are All Just Here To Walk Each Other Home...

The Everyday Awesome Project

This week Coach Sam reveals her new forearm tattoo —"We are all just here to walk each other home." This beautiful conversation is about grief, death and the liberating Buddhist philosophy that everything is impermanent. Together we explore this profound realization and its powerful implications for how we live, love, and eventually leave this world.
Death touches all of us. Whether sudden or prolonged, expected or shocking, the experience of losing someone we love (or facing our own mortality) can be transformative. Yet our culture often keeps these conversations hidden behind closed doors, leaving us unprepared and isolated when grief arrives.
This episode pulls back the curtain on what it means to truly show up for each other during life's final transitions. Coach Polly shares the inspiring story of "Planet Gale," a friends social media account documenting her elderly mother's "aggressive kindness" that has unexpectedly connected with thousands of people worldwide. Through this lens, we explore how documenting someone's final chapter can deepen our understanding of them and of ourselves. With humor, truth and vulnerability we can open up our hearts and minds to the shared human experience where pain and healing merge together.
Ever heard of "grief fatigue"? It's that bone-deep exhaustion that comes after pouring yourself completely into caring for someone through illness and death. Unlike shock, it's an earned exhaustion—a sign you've loved someone all the way home. We discuss how to recognize it in yourself and honor this sacred depletion instead of fighting through it.
Coach Polly challenges the very notion of "loss," drawing on near-death experiences and various spiritual perspectives to reframe our understanding of what happens when someone dies. What if, instead of losing someone, a new relationship begins? The stories we share about continuing bonds with loved ones after death might forever change how you think about mortality and connection.
From planning your own celebration of life to leaving "homework assignments" for loved ones after you're gone like Coach Sam has, we offer practical and creative ways to honor those who've passed while breaking the taboo around these essential conversations.
Whether you're currently supporting someone through illness, grieving a recent death, or simply curious about your own mortality with greater openness, this episode invites you to rip the proverbial duct tape off your mouth and say what matters most—before it's too late. Because in the end, we truly are all just here to walk each other home.
Homework: What conversations do you need to have today?

-Coach Sam and Coach Polly xoxo

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Chapters

1. We're All Just Here to Walk Each Other Home (00:00:00)

2. Planet Gale: Making Memories (00:06:02)

3. Understanding Grief Fatigue (00:15:40)

4. Being Present for Someone in Grief (00:22:37)

5. Creative Ways to Honor Someone's Life (00:29:24)

6. Rethinking Death and Connection (00:34:38)

7. Making Peace: Final Thoughts (00:45:31)