Wisdom and Practice
Aspen InstituteNo one has all of the answers—but isn’t our quest for meaning what makes us human? Wisdom & Practice opens the door to insights from traditions across the philosophical and spiritual spectrum. Every two weeks, author, educator, and host Simran Jeet Singh sits down with thought-leaders, creatives, and philosophers to uncover what we can learn through exploring life's greatest questions. Starting with: How can we all cultivate more meaning, purpose and growth in our own everyday lives?
Through curious and open-minded conversations, each episode illuminates different means of practice guests have taken to discover new awareness of themselves. And in doing so, Wisdom & Practice invites you to reflect and find deeper understanding for yourself, too.
No one has all of the answers—but isn’t our quest for meaning what makes us human? Wisdom & Practice opens the door to insights from traditions across the philosophical and spiritual spectrum. Every two weeks, author, educator, and host Simran Jeet Singh sits down with thought-leaders, creatives, and philosophers to uncover what we can learn through exploring life's greatest questions. Starting with: How can we all cultivate more meaning, purpose and growth in our own everyday lives?
Through curious and open-minded conversations, each episode illuminates different means of practice guests have taken to discover new awareness of themselves. And in doing so, Wisdom & Practice invites you to reflect and find deeper understanding for yourself, too.
Viewing Death as Part of Life with Adrianna Prosser
How might facing our mortality help us cherish the beauty in each moment?
This week, Simran sits down with death doula Adrianna Prosser for a heartfelt exploration of life’s most universal—and often avoided—truth: death. Adrianna opens up about her deeply personal journey into death care, shaped by the trauma of her brother’s suicide. These moments became the catalyst for her calling: to hold space for others at the end of life, and for those left behind in mourning.
Now working as a death doula, Adrianna offers emotional and spiritual support to individuals and families moving through the dying process. She shares how grief shows up in many forms—and why acknowledging it is an essential part of healing.
In a culture that often turns away from death, we’re invited to lean in: to honor the messiness of grief, to accept death’s inevitability, and to meet each other with compassion in life’s most vulnerable moments.
This conversation is a gentle reminder that death, far from being the opposite of life, can be a powerful teacher—one that calls us to presence, to love, and to truly live.
Resources:
- Adrianna’s website here.
- Check out Simran’s work on his website at simranjeetsingh.org.
Wisdom & Practice is produced in partnership with PRX and the Aspen Institute, with support from the John Templeton Foundation.
Music by Raj Kanwal Singh.
This episode was produced by associate producer, Serena Chow, producer, Rithu Jagannath and senior producer, Morgan Flannery. Our project manager is Edwin Ochoa, our show is mixed by Tommy Bazarian and the executive producer of PRX Productions is Jocelyn Gonzales.