Why Talking About Death Actually Makes Life "Shinier" | Peri Rigler

You Leave a Conversation About Death and the Sky Looks a Little Shinier In this episode, Peri Rigler, certified death doula, hospice volunteer, brand strategist, and founder of Mostly Death Stuff podcast and Death and Donuts community, joins host Niki Weiss to explore what it means to rebrand death, why human connection is the antidote to death avoidance, and what near-death experiences are telling us about what comes next. CHAPTERS 0:00 You Leave a Conversation About Death and the Sky Looks a Little Shinier 1:15 Welcome Peri: from brand strategist to certified death doula 2:48 The calling: why the death space found her in her 20s 5:09 Death and Donuts: bringing a smile to the most universal human experience 8:30 Why bright branding in the death space is a deliberate strategic choice 10:16 Longevity culture is ignoring the one inevitable thing 13:45 How to bring death to the surface of culture without scaring people off 16:28 The human death rate is 100%: why we still can't talk about it 18:01 Infant loss, miscarriage, and the deaths we are least allowed to grieve 20:47 Mediums, near-death experiences, and what happens on the other side 24:22 What death awareness does for how you live right now 27:15 The best is yet to come: a reframe for what follows death 30:57 How Death and Donuts grew from a Facebook post to a real community 34:03 Peri's takeaways: get curious and get off your phone 36:56 Where to find Mostly Death Stuff and Death and Donuts WHAT YOU WILL LEARN - Why a brand strategist's approach to normalizing death focuses on brightness, quirkiness, and lowering the entry threshold rather than confronting people head-on - What Death and Donuts is, how it grew from 125 email signups from a single Facebook post, and why in-person community around death is filling a real gap - How near-death experience research is shifting Peri's view of what death actually feels like and what awareness it might bring - Why longevity culture creates a blind spot by treating death as the enemy rather than as part of the full human cycle - Why talking about death consistently produces the same side effect: life looks brighter, more connected, and less frightening Start your plan and take the free assessment: https://finalplaybook.com/main-page LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/death-and-dying-in-the-digital-age/id1775499012 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2MQkOgvyPQnLEz1fO9BHkY Subscribe: @DigitalLegacyPodcast FOLLOW US Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/endevo.digitallegacy TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@endevo_digitallegacy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endevo_digitallegacy/ Download the My Final Playbook app: Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=endevo.life.finalplaybook Apple App Store: [link coming soon] #deathandyinginthedigitalage #ENDevo #digitallegacy #digitallegacypodcast #myfinalplaybook Disclaimer: The Death and Dying in the Digital Age channel is for educational purposes only and does not provide medical, legal, or financial advice. Views expressed by the host and guests are their own. Always consult qualified professionals before making decisions. The channel is not responsible for actions taken based on its content. Re-uploads or ANY use of our content is prohibited.