Deathly Honest is an invitation to explore the complexities of aging, dying, death and grief.

Join Kelli Lyles, grief counselor, gerontologist and certified death midwife, as she gently (and sometimes hilariously) holds space through every experience.

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Leanna’s Story

Meet your host, Kelli Lyles—a grief counselor, gerontologist, and certified death midwife—as she embarks on a deeply personal journey that was always within her. In this debut episode, Kelli shares the inspiration behind Deathly Honest and her mission to create open, unfiltered conversations about death, dying, grief, and aging. Her goal is simple: to bring honesty, compassion, and understanding to the topics we so often avoid.

Kelli is joined by her first guest, Leanna, who gets deathly honest about losing her dad to cancer.

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Welcome to Deathly Honest

Here's what to expect from Kelli Lyles–grief counselor, gerontologist, certified death midwife, and the host of Deathly Honest.

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Kelli Lyles Gets Deathly Honest

Meet your host, Kelli Lyles—a grief counselor, gerontologist, and certified death midwife—as she embarks on a deeply personal journey that was always within her. In this debut episode, Kelli shares the inspiration behind Deathly Honest and her mission to create open, unfiltered conversations about death, dying, grief, and aging. Her goal is simple: to bring honesty, compassion, and understanding to the topics we so often avoid.

Meet your host, Kelli Lyles—a grief counselor, gerontologist, and certified death midwife—as she embarks on a deeply personal journey that was always within her. In this debut episode, Kelli shares the inspiration behind Deathly Honest and her mission to create open, unfiltered conversations about death, dying, grief, and aging. Her goal is simple: to bring honesty, compassion, and a little levity to the topics we so often avoid.

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