A hospice nurse who has seen many deaths says that everyone says the same thing before they die, but it’s not what you’d expect.

With more than 2.5 million followers on all social media platforms, including more than 1.5 million on TikTok, hospice nurse Julie real name Julie McFadden has amassed a sizable following.

Julie, who specializes in end-of-life care, has discussed many elements of death with users in an effort to lessen the stigma associated with dying.

The medical expert has already discussed a number of deathbed phenomena, including warning indications that a patient may be near death, and even her reasons for believing in the afterlife based on her extensive experience working as a hospice nurse.

But even with her widespread online celebrity and her best-selling book, Nothing to Fear, Julie still has much to teach us about dying.

The expert was a guest on Rob Moore’s ‘Disruptors’ podcast, which was published on July 15.

Julie revealed that during her career, she has witnessed “hundreds” of deaths, and that those nearing the end of their lives frequently lament that they did not devote so much of their lives to their work.

However, she tells host Rob that it’s far simpler to do than that, so that’s not the most talked-about topic.

Julie explained, “The main thing people say, that I don’t hear a lot of people mention, is ‘I wish I would have appreciated my health’.”

To put their teachings into practice, Julie makes a “gratitude list” every night that includes things that everyone takes for granted, including sight, the ability to walk, and other blessings for which she is thankful.

“I like the fact that I can breathe, I’m walking around, I can feel the sunshine – little things like that,” she shared.

“I think the biggest thing I hear from people [who are] dying is that they wish they would have appreciated how well they how well they felt before.”

Julie says that being grateful for the ability to smell or taste again after being sick makes it sweeter.

She has spent a large portion of her career dealing with death, which she discusses in her book, having worked in an intensive care unit prior to specializing as a hospice nurse.

The nurse went on to say, “I believe that people should know about the dying process before they’re actually going through it with a loved one or themselves.”

The American health expert admitted that she too takes life for granted sometimes, explaining, “I think because of my job it’s easier for me to see how how uh once in a lifetime this is fact that everything works together in our bodies to make us live and grow um and I see that in depth too I see how our bodies are biologically built to die.”

Julie thinks we all have to recognize that dying is a normal process and nothing to be afraid of, but she also talked about how certain US residents will die cruelly.

“Generally speaking it helps to have money to die well which I think is really unfortunate,” she admits.

Because hospice care isn’t free in the US, working class seniors frequently receive care at home in their final days.

Julie emphasized that although family members can provide round-the-clock care, they are not qualified to do so, and those who are struggling to make ends meet will find it difficult to pay for someone to receive end-of-life care.

“Only people with pretty extreme wealth can do that, which I think is really unfortunate. So I don’t think money does make you happy, but it helps it certainly takes stress off of the situation,” Julie stated.