Exit Interview

Mary-Frances O'Connor

Neuroscientist explains the grieving brain

Alix Strauss

Probing our collective loneliness.

wisdom, podcast, podcasts, author interview, ei podcast, exit interviewCaren MartineauFebruary 14, 2024Alix Strauss, Journalist, culture change, Taboo, New York Times, death literacy, death, loneliness, loss, book, funerals, sex, six feet under, sex in the city

Angela Morris

Grief is a skill that requires practice.

author interview, exit interview, podcast, ei podcast, podcastsCaren MartineauJanuary 15, 2024Bereavement, grief, loss, memoir, healing, Love Notes to Grievers, book, interview, love letter, love, Rumi, self care, author interview, complicated grief

Francis Weller

Grief is feral and must be witnessed

Nancy Slonim Aronie

Write your messy (gorgeous) life

William Peters

The shared journey

Sigrid Nunez

Surrender into the experience

Joanne Jacobson

Human resilience relies on language.

exit interview, wisdomCaren MartineauJune 1, 2021cancer, Personal Memoirs Life Stages - Later Years Death, Grief, Bereavement, Documentary, Narrative non-fiction, University of Utah press, American Literature, University of Iowa, Yeshiva College, Middlebury College, University of Illinois Urbana, academic, author interview

Barbara Becker

Nature’s resilient heart

Diane Rehm

Champion of the truth

exit interview, wisdomCaren MartineauFebruary 28, 2021cancer, Personal Memoirs Life Stages - Later Years Death, Grief, Bereavement, NPR, Radio Host, Right to Die, Documentary, Compassion and Choices, compassionate communities

Lydia Dugdale

Reviving death’s lost art

Alexandra Vassilaros

Language awakens the capacity to heal.

John Leland

Lessons from the oldest old.

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauMay 27, 2020New York Times, The New York Times, Metro Section, Journalist, Retirement, Religion, old age, aging, Ask a reporter, American columnists, author interview

Suzanne O'Brien

Meet the RN who catalyzed the end of life doula movement

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauApril 11, 2020doulas, end of life care, hospice, compassionate communities, interview, dying at home, author interview

Dr. Ira Byock

A clarion call for well-being.

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauFebruary 18, 2020dying, hospice, Palliative Medicine, medical director, physician, dying well, four things that matter most, the best care possible, author interview

Dr. Sunita Puri

Examine your priorities.

Koshin Paley Ellison

Sensei’s guide to fulfillment.

exit interview, wisdomCaren MartineauNovember 11, 2019book, death literacy, Boomers, Anti-aging, culture change, contemplative care, new york zen center, Zen Hospice, zen practice, end of life care, Buddhist practice, love, Buddhist teaching, wisdom, Wholehearted, author interview

Ashton Applewhite

Ageism has a spokesperson and a movement.

exit interview, wisdomCaren MartineauOctober 7, 2019NYT, book, death literacy, Ageism, Longevity Economy, Aging in place, Boomers, Anti-aging, culture change, TED talk

Michael Hebb

An unlikely invitation.

exit interview, wisdomCaren MartineauSeptember 14, 2019end of life, death literacy, Michael Hebb, Round.glass, Gatherings, Celebration of Life, TED talk, Food, impermanence, Death education

Barbara Coombs Lee

A good death is possible.

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauMay 9, 2019end of life, compassionate communities, death with dignity, dying at home, hospice, death literacy, author interview