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What I Learned About Life from Death
TEDxMinneapolis, awe agency Featured Dustin Huibregtse TEDxMinneapolis, awe agency Featured Dustin Huibregtse

What I Learned About Life from Death

Jane lost her husband at the age of 47. This experience transformed every aspect of her life. She believes this level of transformation is available to every single person out there. When we don't talk about death and remind ourselves daily, (maybe hourly) that we are going to die, we run the risk of taking this magical gift called life for granted and getting all tangled up in caring about what doesn't matter.

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Be better than fine
TEDxMinneapolisWomen Dustin Huibregtse TEDxMinneapolisWomen Dustin Huibregtse

Be better than fine

In 2014 writer, podcast host and non-profit founder, Nora McInerny, miscarried her second baby, lost her Dad to esophageal cancer and her husband to a brain tumor all within 6 hellish weeks. Bringing humor and insight to modern grief, Nora explores the truth behind the question "How are you?" and the answer "fine.”

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