Daphne Kempner

After a career in consulting, working first in public health in developing countries and then with large non-profits in the United States, Daphne now spends her time as a hospice volunteer. She was drawn to this work after accompanying several dear friends and family members on their end-of-life journeys. She views it as a privilege to be invited into this most intimate, moving, challenging, and often rewarding time in a person’s life. Daphne is also the keeper of her family’s past, in the form of books, letters, diaries, objects, and stories, and as such, is desperate to learn a thing or two about letting go, throwing out, and winnowing down – all topics that she hopes will be covered in “I Couldn’t Throw It Out” podcasts.