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The Good-Bye

by Moonpie Media

Mental Health Society & Culture

Season 1

Introducing: The Good-Bye

Welcome to The Good-Bye, a new podcast from Anna Marie Precythe and Moon Pie Media. In this series, we explore the transformative power of grief and loss—how it breaks us, reshapes us, and what it eventually makes of us. Full episodes available now.

Michael Boffo Jr.: The Goodbye That Started It All

In the first episode of season one, host Anna Marie reflects on the month her younger brother Michael Jr. was given thirty days to live. For the first time since, she sits down with Michael's best friend, Zach Bonar, to revisit that month-long goodbye—part wake, part celebration—and explore how loss can break us open, shape us, and teach us to live with intention. For more information about Michael and The Good-Bye, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.

Megan Young: The Wedding That Became a Funeral

When life coach Megan Young lost her sister Courtney in a tragic accident, everything unraveled. Megan, who had been helping plan Courtney's wedding, now suddenly found herself planning a funeral instead. In this episode, Megan reflects on grief, healing, and the unexpected wisdom she found on a pilgrimage to Ghana—where death is honored with presence, ritual, and celebration. For more information about Megan and her work as a life coach, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.

James Hardin: The Tin Man

When James Hardin was diagnosed with a rare heart condition at 32, it forced him to confront his mortality—and everything he believed about self-worth, love, and resilience. Two open-heart surgeries later, he’s still here, still healing, and finally learning to live with an open heart. A story about survival, transformation, and the courage to begin again. For more information on James and his journey, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.

Laurel Lewis: Cracked Open

Content warning: This episode contains discussion of suicide. After losing her husband in a tragic helicopter crash, Laurel Lewis’s life was shattered. But in the years that followed, grief became her greatest teacher. Through hospice work, spiritual study, and radical self-love, Laurel transformed pain into purpose. A story about healing, identity, and learning to live—truly live—after loss. For more information on Laurel, her journey, and her work, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.

Betty Guadagno: You Are Worthy of All the Love in the Universe

Content warning: this episode contains themes of suicide, drug use, and addiction. After surviving a traumatic childhood and years of addiction, Betty Guadagno died from an overdose—and came back transformed. In this extraordinary conversation, Betty shares her near-death experience, what she saw on the other side, and how it led her to healing, recovery, and a new sense of purpose. A story of spiritual awakening, radical self-forgiveness, and the long road home to self-worth. For more information on Betty's work, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.

Natalie Street: When Grief Comes Again

In the final episode of season one, host Anna Marie sits down with her sister Natalie to reflect on the recent loss of their father, almost ten years after losing their brother, Michael. What began as a show about grief becomes a lived experience all over again. Together, they talk about anticipatory loss, sudden death, and the complicated ways grief shapes families over time. A raw and intimate conversation about love, legacy, and learning to stand without your anchor. For more information, visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.

Season 2

The Good-Bye Returns July 14: Stories of Grief, Loss, and Meaning

Season 2 of The Good-Bye returns with six new conversations about loss, in all the forms it actually takes: a diagnosis, an addiction, a transplant, a trauma that changes who you thought you were. Each episode, host Anna Marie Precythe sits down with someone who has lived through it and rebuilt a life on the other side, often turning what broke them into the very thing they now use to help someone else. New episodes begin July 14.

The Grief That Has No Name | Cole Imperi

Content warning: discussion of miscarriage and assault. Some losses come with a funeral, a death certificate, a community that gathers. And some losses happen in silence — without a name, without a ritual, without anyone to say: I see what you've lost. Cole Imperi has spent nearly two decades building language for that second kind. Cole is a thanatologist, researcher, and the originator of Shadow Loss Theory, the idea that the death of something, not someone, deserves the same recognition as any other grief. She's also the founder of the School of American Thanatology and a pioneer in Thanabotany, the study of how humans use plants to navigate death and loss. In this conversation, Cole talks about why grief isn't the enemy (the loss is), what composting can teach us about healing, and why she, a multi-credentialed grief expert, is still figuring it out herself, all these years later. Grief is the Way Home, Cole's forthcoming book, is available from Penguin in 2027. Learn more about her work at coleimperi.com or visit thegoodbyepodcast.com.