Exit Strategy

Grief is one of the most universal human experiences, yet we often struggle to talk about it. We worry about saying the wrong thing, don’t know how to support someone who is grieving, and may feel pressure to move on long before we are ready. On this episode of Exit Strategy, I speak with Rebecca Soffer, cofounder of Modern Loss, a community and platform dedicated to changing the way we talk about death, grief, and life after loss. Drawing on her own experiences of losing both parents, Rebecca

What happens when the life you imagined doesn’t unfold the way you expected? For many individuals and couples, the journey to parenthood can be marked by infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, unanswered questions, and profound grief. Yet these experiences are often surrounded by silence, leaving people to navigate some of life’s most painful moments feeling isolated and misunderstood. On this episode of Exit Strategy, Exit Strategy host Stephanie Garry speaks with Dr. Aimee Baron, a pediat

What happens to a mother when her daughter dies? There are no easy answers to that question — and Danielle Crittenden doesn’t pretend there are. In this deeply personal episode of Exit Strategy, Danielle joins Stephanie Garry to talk about the death of her daughter and the complicated, unpredictable landscape of grief that followed. Drawing from her writing, Dispatches from Grief: A Mother’s Journey Through the Unthinkable, Danielle speaks with remarkable honesty about the experience of losin

What if understanding where we come from can help us better understand who we are? In this episode of Exit Strategy, Stephanie Garry speaks with Rabbi Andrew Mandel, a passionate genealogist, about the power of uncovering our family stories—and the deeper connections those stories can reveal. Together, they explore what happens when we look beyond names and dates to discover the lives, journeys, struggles and dreams of those who came before us. Because genealogy isn’t simply about looking bac

What if preparing for death could also be an act of love? In this deeply moving episode of Exit Strategy, Stephanie Garry speaks with filmmaker Ilana Trachtman and fiber artist Rachel Kanter, whose story is at the heart of the documentary Shroud. Rachel is making her mother’s burial shroud. For Rachel, a fiber artist accustomed to working with her hands, the process of creating the shroud becomes something far more profound than an artistic project. It is an intimate way of preparing for her

What matters most when we are faced with illness, aging, loss, and the end of life? In this episode of Exit Strategy, Stephanie Garry speaks with Diane Button, author of What Matters Most, about the questions that often become clearer as we confront mortality — and why having these conversations before a crisis can make all the difference. Diane shares insights into living with greater intention, identifying what gives our lives meaning, and creating space for honest conversations about what w