Mary-Frances O’Connor is a neuroscientist at the University of Arizona where she studies the impact of grief on the brain. Her work helps...

After a terminal brain cancer diagnosis, Cynthia Clark’s husband chose to have a medically assisted death when his treatment stopped...

Stefanie Green, MD, was one of the first providers of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada, when it became legal in 2016. Her...

Claire Bidwell Smith knows grief well. When she was 14, both of her parents were diagnosed with cancer at the same time. Her mom died...

Julie Metzger has been teaching families about puberty for over 30 years. Her book, “Will Puberty Last My Whole Life?” and her course,...

ALS is a heartbreaking disease. Just ask my guest Rachael King. Her husband, health care activist Ady Barkan, recently died from...

This episode is all about how to talk to kids about death. Experts Elena Lister and Michael Schwartzman both have decades of experience...

Leslie Gray Streeter tells it like it is. Her husband, Scott, suddenly died one night when he was just 44 years old. Leslie chronicles...

Sunita Puri is a palliative care doctor who chronicles her journey through medical school, fellowship and finding her specialty in her...

This week, we’re re-releasing one of our earliest episodes, and still one of my favorite conversations. Author and activist Valarie Kaur...

The latest episode of the Peaceful Exit podcast features my fascinating conversation with editor-in-chief of the Copper Canyon Press,...

Michael Wiegers is the Editor-in-Chief at Copper Canyon Press, an independent nonprofit press that publishes award-winning poetry. Under...

In the labyrinth of life,  Mira Ptacin  has journeyed through the harrowing terrain of loss, facing unfathomable grief from learning her...

In her memoir, Poor Your Soul, Mira Ptacin explores the grief associated with losing a baby which is often hidden behind closed doors....

Losing a parent and life partner to cancer can shake the family foundation. Leaving the remaining widowed co-parent to navigate their own...

Don Rosenstein and Justin Yopp are both psychiatrists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They started a support group...

I recently had an illuminating conversation with journalist and end-of-life planning advocate  Katy Butler  on the Peaceful Exit podcast....

Katy Butler is a journalist and author of two books, who spent years listening to hundreds of people’s stories of good and difficult...

Bestselling author and fundraising trailblazer Lynne Twist proposes reimagining our relationships with money in her recent Peaceful Exit...

After decades working with dying patients, Dr. Edward Creagan has cumulated many tidbits of hard-won wisdom, which he shares in his new...