Say What You Want. While You Still Can.
Dying Golden is a podcast for women 55+ ready to say the things about death, dying, decline, and loss that no one ever asked them to say out loud.
No experience needed. You can stay anonymous. Every woman who submits receives a complimentary Golden Babe membership — whether or not her story airs.
Why This Show Exists
The dying, hospice, and legacy industry has spent years telling women what to do. This show listens instead.
Most people say they'd rather die at home. Far fewer expect they actually will. Death is a subject most of us are taught to avoid, and very few adults have ever documented what they actually want for their own end of life.
That's not because women don't know what they want. It's because no one built a place for them to say it — without being corrected, redirected, or sold something.
Dying Golden is that place.
What This Show Is
Real women. Real stories. No outside experts.
Her story, her words.
When life feels emotionally overwhelming — before you spiral, before the pill, before the drink — you come here. Available 24/7.
A technique, not a verdict.
Hosts Kathy Tarochione and George Jerjian introduce the Golden Method™ technique that supports her story — never advice, never correction.
No pressure, ever.
No hospice directors. No estate attorneys. No grief counselors. No sales pitch. No urgency tactics.
Meet the Hosts
Hosted by two people who've lived this, not studied it.
Kathy Tarochione
Founder and CEO of The Golden Life Community and creator of The Golden Method™. Kathy grounds the show in her own lived experience — her own health decline, and her own fears about dying alone, being in pain, or ending up somewhere she never chose. She speaks about it plainly, from experience, not theory.
George Jerjian
Founder of Retirement Rebellion and creator of The DARE Method®. George brings a lens on courage and reinvention — an entry point for listeners who aren't ready to hear the word "dying" yet, but are ready to face hard truths.
Neither host is here to correct or direct you. Their job is to receive your story with respect, then hand you one concrete tool you can actually use.
Inside an Episode
What happens when your story is shared
Her Story, Her Words — your story, shared largely as given, minimal editorializing. (~12–15 min)
The Move of the Week — Kathy and George name which of the Four Moves your story lives inside, and introduce the specific Golden Method tool that supports it.
Unfiltered — a few minutes of Kathy and George's own honest, sometimes differing, unscripted reactions.
You're Invited — every episode closes with an open invitation to any woman 55+ listening: a complimentary Golden Babe membership to The Golden Connections, and a standing invite to the Dying Golden Gatherings.
The Four Moves (Season Structure)
Every story lives inside one of four moves
Move One: The Fear Naming
For the fear you've carried for years and never said out loud. Paired techniques: The MUD Room™ and the Dying Golden Circle™.
Move Two: The Wish Declaration
or finally telling someone — a spouse, a child, a friend — what you actually want. Paired techniques: Golden Conversations™ and The Golden Declaration™.
Move One: The Fear Naming
For home hospice choices, advance directives, and decisions about final remains — made and owned by you. Paired techniques: The Dying Golden Technique's planning page and The GOLDEN Breath™.
Move Four: The Witness and Celebration
For who you want in the room, and how you want to be remembered, on your own terms. Paired techniques: the Dying Golden Circle™ and Golden Legacy Forever™.
How to Submit Your Story
Your story takes five minutes to submit
Tell us your name — or stay anonymous. Share your story in your own words. Let us know which of the Four Moves it feels closest to. That's it.
What you get, guaranteed: Every woman who submits a story receives a complimentary Golden Babe membership to The Golden Connections and a standing invitation to the Dying Golden Gatherings — whether or not your story is ever shared on the podcast.
You've carried it long enough. Say it while you still can.
There's a community waiting on the other side of every episode, for any woman ready to finally say what she's been carrying.
Dying Golden does not feature outside professional guests, is never a sales pitch, and never uses pressure or urgency tactics. No woman is ever required to appear on air.