Featured Discussions

Jack Has a Plan
Michelle was interviewed in support of the film Jack Has a Plan at the Twin Cities Film Festival.
View the video at this link.
“Give Yourself Permission to Keep Trying”
Michelle was featured with Brittany Squillance, MA, LFMT for her Exposing Grief YouTube channel.
View the video at this link.
Joint Project with Rein in Sarcoma
Joint project between Rein in Sarcoma and Bethel College Physician Assistant Students, Jennifer Gribble, Jaclyn Robles, and Taylor Schreier, creating patient and family centered educational videos:
- Caregiver Journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pONmpJF1yak
- Supportive Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mgZUtyTkd0
End of Life Care – A Path of Connection
Michelle joins Pat Benincasa, in conversation for Pat’s Fill to Capacity Podcast.
Listen at this link.

Resources

Read
The titles below have given me perspective as I walk with people through any stage of life.
A Beginner’s Guide to the End, B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger
Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
Loving, Dying and Letting Go, Amy Wright Glenn
Being With Dying, Joan Halifax
A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
A Man Called Ove, Frederik Backman
In Love with the World, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Signs, The Secret Language of the Universe, Laura Lynn Jackson
We Know How This Ends, Bruce H. Kramer, Cathy Wurzer
The Five Invitations, Frank Ostaseski
Anxiety, The Missing Stage of Grief, Claire Bidwell Smith
Wild, Cheryl Strayed
Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed
Our Short History, Laura Grodstein
Mortality, Christopher Hitchens
This is Where I Leave You, Jonathan Topper
The Fault in our Stars, John Greene
Paris, A Love Story, Kati Marton
Listen
Click the links below to tune in to podcasts.
Grief2Growth, Brian Smith, https://www.grief2growth.com/
Terrible, Thanks for Asking, Nora McInerney, https://www.ttfa.org/
On Being, Krista Tippet, https://onbeing.org/series/
Unlocking Us, Brene Brown, https://brenebrown.com/podcast/introducing-unlocking-us/
End-of-Life University, Karen Wyatt MD, https://www.eoluniversity.com/podcast
School of Greatness, Lewis Howe, https://lewishowes.com/sogpodcast/
End of Life Care- A Path of Connections with Michelle Kolling,
https://patbenincasa.podbean.com/e/end-of-life-care-a-path-of-connections/
Watch
Available on various streaming platforms.
Surviving Death
The Farwell
50/50
Six Feet Under
The Grief Walker
Waking Ned Divine

Organizations
Click the links below to expore more about these organizations.

What Are You Reading, Hearing or Thinking About?
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