Kickingthebucketpodcast

Kickingthebucketpodcast An episodic dark-comedy podcast driving conversations on senior living and end of life autonomy. Created & hosted by Andee Kinzy. DROPS JULY 2nd, 2025!!

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09/08/2025

This week, we ask: What is death administration and why does it matter?

SPECIAL GUESTS: Emily Kyle & Carrie Costa, Co-Founders of Good Grief, share how death administration brings clarity, curiosity, and even playfulness into conversations about death — and why they believe that even in loss, new beginnings are possible.

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Join our weekly Kicking the Bucket livestreams - bonus content for our fiction dramedy podcast about an elderly couple with terminal illnesses winging it at the end of life. These are the resources Dolores and Howard should’ve had. We’re diving into aging, elder care, Shakespeare, and what it really means to live (and die) on your own terms.

https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

"💬 Join us LIVE with Emily Kyle & Carrie Costa, co-founders of Good Grief, as we explore:✨ Death literacy & the logistic...
09/07/2025

"💬 Join us LIVE with Emily Kyle & Carrie Costa, co-founders of Good Grief, as we explore:
✨ Death literacy & the logistics of loss
✨ Bringing community, curiosity, and playfulness into death conversations (yes, even puns & quizzes!)
✨ How grief can open doors to new beginnings

🗓️ Mon 9/8 @ 3:30 PM CT
📍 Facebook Live + our YouTube channel

Your unofficial guide to aging, autonomy, and all the stuff no one told you.

🎧 Kicking the Bucket is a dramedy fiction podcast about an elderly couple with terminal illnesses winging it at the end of life. These are the resources Dolores and Howard should’ve had. Listen here: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

👤 About Good Grief
Good Grief is a Death Administration company founded by Emily Kyle (CEO/Founder) and Carrie Costa (COO/Co-Founder) to bring clarity, friendly guidance, and a touch of dark humor to death planning and support. They combine startup savvy, product design, writing, and a lifelong fascination with death to make grief education approachable, powerful, and even fun.

🔗 Learn more: https://www.goodgriefrelief.co/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/.co/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/good-grief-co/
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/goodgriefrelief.bsky.social/

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09/04/2025



💬 Join us LIVE with Jinji Willingham, Licensed Professional Counselor & Buddhist Chaplain, as we explore:✨ Showing up to...
09/01/2025

💬 Join us LIVE with Jinji Willingham, Licensed Professional Counselor & Buddhist Chaplain, as we explore:
✨ Showing up to suffering without burning out
✨ Practicing death meditation & cultivating sustainable care
✨ Navigating illness & grief with compassion and clarity

🗓️ Thu 9/4 @ 10:30 AM CT
📍 Facebook Live + our YouTube channel: youtube.com//streams

Your unofficial guide to aging, autonomy, and all the stuff no one told you.

🎧 Kicking the Bucket is a dramedy fiction podcast about an elderly couple with terminal illnesses winging it at the end of life. These are the resources Dolores and Howard should’ve had. Listen here: improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

👤 About Jinji Willingham
Jinji Willingham, M.A., L.P.C., is a psychotherapist, caregiver educator, contemplative-based hospital chaplain, and mindfulness instructor. She brings together relational attachment science, contemplative neuroscience, Buddhist psychology, and embodied somatic awareness to support individuals, families, and caregivers facing life-limiting illness, grief, and trauma.

🔗 Learn more: jinjicounseling.com

Living Fully, Planning Wisely: Your End-of-Life JourneyYou're invited to a FREE community event focused on education, su...
08/30/2025

Living Fully, Planning Wisely: Your End-of-Life Journey
You're invited to a FREE community event focused on education, support, and thoughtful planning for your end-of-life journey.

This is your opportunity to gather helpful information, meet local resources, and explore choices available to you and your loved ones.

Whether you're just starting to think about end-of-life planning or you're looking for trusted resources, this event will help you live more fully and help you plan wisely.

When: Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Where: St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church
Parish Center, Johnson Hall
4800 Convict Hill Rd., Austin, TX 78749

REGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9GrOMTSF32lHAGXSd9tT9MxJ02SJc1J45xj0eknIcNYejTg/viewform

Questions? Please Email: [email protected]

Making moments meaningful…today & tomorrow

Event Presented by:
Caregiving Cafe, Pale Hearse, & Funeral Consumers Alliance of Central Texas

08/21/2025

Your unofficial guide to aging, autonomy, and all the stuff no one told you.

SPECIAL GUEST: Allison Benavides, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

This week, we discuss: rewiring your brain’s response to pain, navigating chronic illness through a sacred lens, and making the body a safer place for your spirit to live.

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Join our weekly Kicking the Bucket livestreams - bonus content for our fiction dramedy podcast about an elderly couple with terminal illnesses winging it at the end of life. These are the resources Dolores and Howard should've had. We’re diving into aging, elder care, Shakespeare, and what it really means to live (and die) on your own terms.

https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

08/20/2025

Where we laugh before we cry.

After tuning in to Kicking the Bucket EPISODE 7: "What's Done is Done," we welcome guest facilitator, Allison Ray Benavides.

✨ Allison Ray Benavides, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Golden Pathos Healing
Allison is a medical social worker who provides holistic telehealth therapy in CA and TX. Drawing on her hospice background and advocacy for pediatric cannabis, she supports individuals coping with chronic illness, pain, trauma, and end-of-life challenges. She integrates approaches such as Pain Reprocessing Therapy, EMDR, Energy Psychology, and Buddhist Psychology into her practice.

💬 Join us LIVE with Allison Ray Benavides as we continue the conversation from our Listening Club! We'll be discussing r...
08/20/2025

💬 Join us LIVE with Allison Ray Benavides as we continue the conversation from our Listening Club! We'll be discussing rewiring your brain’s response to pain, navigating chronic illness through a sacred lens, and making the body a safer place for your spirit to live.

🗓️ Thu 8/21 @ 10:30 AM CT
📍FB + our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/)

✨ Your body holds your story — come learn how to rewrite it with care.

🤓 Join us at Menchaca Road Branch Austin Public Library TOMORROW August 20th at 6pm for the FINAL EPISODE of Kicking the...
08/19/2025

🤓 Join us at Menchaca Road Branch Austin Public Library TOMORROW August 20th at 6pm for the FINAL EPISODE of Kicking the Bucket Podcast! We’ll be tuning in together to either Episode 8A "Round With A Sleep" or Episode 8B "Brave New World" — you decide! — followed by a guided discussion with featured expert guest Allison Ray Benavides. ➡️ Read more about Allison below!

✨ Allison Ray Benavides, LCSW, Golden Pathos Healing
Allison provides holistic telehealth therapy to the residents of CA and TX. An experienced medical social worker, she helps those struggling to manage chronic illness or pain - physical, emotional, or spiritual.

Her work is intimately informed by her experiences as a hospice social worker, and an advocate for pediatric cannabis — supporting families, patients, and children coping with severe chronic symptoms, trauma, fear, and death.

Engaged in sacred and science based interventions, she draws from:

❤️‍🩹 Pain Reprocessing Therapy
❤️‍🩹 EMDR
❤️‍🩹 Energy Psychology
❤️‍🩹 Buddhist Psychology

✅ RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/cc/kicking-the-bucket-4278533
⛔️ Note: Themes include Alzheimer’s, cancer, and death.

Guest speaker and facilitator Wendy Corn with KTB creator Andee Kinzy at our seventh Listening Club. 😍There is only ONE ...
08/18/2025

Guest speaker and facilitator Wendy Corn with KTB creator Andee Kinzy at our seventh Listening Club. 😍

There is only ONE Listening Club session left!! 😱 Our FINAL Listening Club event is happening this Wednesday, August 20th and it's an extra exciting one because YOU, our audience, get to choose how our story ends! Will you pick Episode 8A where Dolores and Howard go out on their own terms, needing no permission, making no apologies? Or will you choose Episode 8B where Dolores and Howard find a way to share their truth, open up, speak their hearts and invite their childern to understand and support them? Join us for our final Listening Club to seal our characters' fates.

More details on our expert guest speaker for this week coming soon.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/cc/kicking-the-bucket-4278533

08/14/2025

Your unofficial guide to aging, autonomy, and all the stuff no one told you.

SPECIAL GUEST: Amanda Fugate-Moss, Creator, "Driving the Daisies," a dramedy musical film

This week, we discuss: transforming grief into storytelling, embracing humor and music in caregiving, and honoring legacy through creative expression.

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Join our weekly Kicking the Bucket livestreams - bonus content for our fiction dramedy podcast about an elderly couple with terminal illnesses winging it at the end of life. These are the resources Dolores and Howard should've had. We’re diving into aging, elder care, Shakespeare, and what it really means to live (and die) on your own terms.

https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

08/13/2025

Where we laugh before we cry.

After tuning in to Kicking the Bucket EPISODE 7: "What's Done is Done," we welcome guest facilitator, Wendy R. Corn.

✨ Wendy R. Corn, End-of-Life Doula and 'Exit Strategy' Filmmaker
Wendy is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and EOL doula whose work has been featured at SXSW and other festivals. Her films explore spirituality, community, and healing, with subjects ranging from laughter-as-medicine to Jewish culture. She has produced and programmed film festivals, served on the SXSW Photography Crew, and worked for MoMA, Miramax Films, and MTV Networks. She is a published writer and photographer.

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