Aug 27, 2026 · 51 min · 10 segments
**What happens when your family has to make life-or-death decisions, but nobody knows what you would have wanted?** End-of-life conversations are uncomfortable, but waiting until a medical crisis…
Monique NugentHostAmy YonickGuest
Welcome to the Prescription for Admission podcast, where we talk about hospitals and hospital-based care, who you can expect to meet and what you may experience during your time in the hospital, both as a patient and also as a healthcare provider working in a hospital.
I am a practicing hospitalist and also the author of Prescription for Admission, the book, where I talk about many of the same topics.
In fact, this is the first episode of season two, and I'm really excited for our guest.
Amy Yonick is a certified conscious dying coach, doula, and educator, and she's the founder of Leaving in Love.
She is dedicated to helping individuals and families approach the end of life peace, clarity, and compassion.
Drawing from a background in life coaching and nearly two decades in health and fitness, Amy brings a holistic and heart-centered approach to her work.
Her mission is to shift our cultural relationship with dying and help encourage people to be proactive instead of reactive, to plan, reflect, and communicate openly before a crisis arises.
Amy believes that when we are prepared for death consciously and with intention, we can create the possibility of a more meaningful and love-filled final chapter.
And I couldn't find an idea of anybody better to start season two with than you, Amy, because prescription for admission is all about being prepared.
And part of hospital stays, part of the hospitalized experience might include dying.
And how we navigate that I find really starts well before we actually get into the hospital.
So Amy and I are going to talk about difficult conversations and how to have the difficult conversation with your loved ones about their ideas of death and dying, what they would want to know.
their final days to look like before you have to make those decisions in the hospital.
I was once quoted as saying, if I'm looking at you in the hospital to make a decision around death and dying, it's usually because there aren't great decisions left to be made.
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Welcome to the Prescription for Admission podcast, where we talk about hospitals and hospital-based care, who you can expect to meet and what you may experience during your time in the hospital, both as a patient and also as a healthcare provider working in a hospital.
I am a practicing hospitalist and also the author of Prescription for Admission, the book, where I talk about many of the same topics.
In fact, this is the first episode of season two, and I'm really excited for our guest.
Amy Yonick is a certified conscious dying coach, doula, and educator, and she's the founder of Leaving in Love.
She is dedicated to helping individuals and families approach the end of life peace, clarity, and compassion.
Drawing from a background in life coaching and nearly two decades in health and fitness, Amy brings a holistic and heart-centered approach to her work.
Her mission is to shift our cultural relationship with dying and help encourage people to be proactive instead of reactive, to plan, reflect, and communicate openly before a crisis arises.
Amy believes that when we are prepared for death consciously and with intention, we can create the possibility of a more meaningful and love-filled final chapter.
And I couldn't find an idea of anybody better to start season two with than you, Amy, because prescription for admission is all about being prepared.
And part of hospital stays, part of the hospitalized experience might include dying.
And how we navigate that I find really starts well before we actually get into the hospital.
So Amy and I are going to talk about difficult conversations and how to have the difficult conversation with your loved ones about their ideas of death and dying, what they would want to know.
their final days to look like before you have to make those decisions in the hospital.
I was once quoted as saying, if I'm looking at you in the hospital to make a decision around death and dying, it's usually because there aren't great decisions left to be made.
