Episode 345 - Everyone Dies, Here’s What Matters with ICU Doctor Adam Rizvi

Critical care physician Adam Rizvi offers a heartfelt perspective on life and death, rooted in decades of bedside encounters and the principles of a Course in Miracles. Reflecting on stories from the ICU, Adam illustrates how facing disease and contemplating death call us to grow personally and spiritually. His cross-cultural upbringing (Catholic mother and Muslim father) and dedication to forgiveness create an enlightening discussion on finding peace within ourselves and with others.


Bio - Adam Rizvi is a critical care physician and neurointensivist whose frontline work in America’s ICUs and decades of contemplative study converge in his book Love Does Not Know Death: Stories of Death, Dying and the Miracles of True Forgiveness, a luminous guide to meeting mortality without fear. Drawing on hundreds of bedside encounters and a clear, accessible integration of non‑dual principles from A Course in Miracles, he translates hard‑won insight into practical tools, especially the discipline of true forgiveness, that help patients, families, and clinicians face loss with courage, clarity, and compassion. Based in California, he leads hospital teams, teaches workshops on awakening and end‑of‑life care, and co‑hosts the spirituality podcast Letters to the Sky, inviting readers into a grounded, loving community devoted to transforming grief into peace and remembering love’s enduring presence.

Adam’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Does-Not-Know-Death/dp/B0FP47WL7X

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