As Sarah looks forward to the future of a Peaceful Exit, we take a look back at some memorable moments of the past year with some of her most impactful guests, including:

Katy Butler who wrote “The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life” based on her own life experiences and countless interviews. Sarah’s compelling interview with Katy touched on what Katy learned from each of her parents’ deaths, what she wants at the end of her life, what the research says most people want in their final chapters.

Louisa Zondo who grew up in Apartheid South Africa and helped write the country's constitution. In our interview we talked about her experiences as a young mother, her high-profile career, and the heartbreaking loss of her son Rikhado to suicide in 2022, which she shares in her book “Dearest MaRiky: A Mother’s Journey through Grief, Trauma and Healing.”

Mary-Frances O’Connor is a neuroscientist at the University of Arizona where she studies the impact of grief on the brain. In this informative episode, we covered how grief is really the brain learning to imagine a life with the absence of a loved one.

As a writer, mother, widow, daughter and friend, Leslie Gray Streeter chronicles her heartbreaking experience and the depths of her grief in her book, “Black Widow: A Sad, Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like ‘Journey’ in the Title.” In our interview we discussed why humor is so essential for navigating grief, how you can’t take anything too seriously, what NOT to say to a grieving person.

Michael Wiegers is the Editor-in-Chief at Copper Canyon Press, an independent nonprofit press that publishes award-winning poetry. In this episode, Michael gave us a masterclass in poetry. If you’ve ever felt that poetry is unattainable, Michael will convince you otherwise.