Deborah Bickel is the founder of Be Well San Miguel, a membership-based patient advocacy services provider in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.

I spoke to Deborah about the challenges expats face navigating the Mexican healthcare system and the complexities around advance directives in Mexico. We discussed why expats, despite having financial security, often struggle with appropriate end-of-life care due to social isolation and lack of a support network.

Wilka Roig, MA, MFA, PLC, is a death activist, death doula, grief worker, and transpersonal psychologist who is passionate about advocating for green burial for reforestation in Mexico and beyond.

I spoke with her about her involvement in Mexico’s ‘first-ever’ green burial in San Miguel de Allende and the possibility of replicating this model throughout Mexico. As we discuss in the episode, it’s complicated.