One valuable question for us all to ask ourselves is: When does the performance stop? For you, really. Maybe a more specific question is: When are you not performing? Dr. Sara Schneider is interested in questions about the human body, the way it moves, how people adorn their bodies, how we express, and what is the road less traveled when it comes to expression of the body, be it acting, singing, etc. She began exploring these questions more deeply as she contemplated the window displays on 5th avenue in NYC circa 1988, one artists romantic nights on the town with a mannequin, when art and life flow together in a seamless whole. We discuss death and dying, death and cultural differences, the relationship between grief and love, how we attend to the sick and dying as a culture, anticipatory grief, hospice care in Western culture, the healing nature of story and storytelling, we explore how Dr. Schneider maps Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey into gaming theory, storytelling, end of life transition, and the meaning making mechanism in groups. This process helps family and other systems experience conversations that would otherwise not typically happen.