Goodbye Moon

Sara Zoldan
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Goodbye Moon is a podcast about death, dying, love, legacy, and the conversations we often leave unsaid. Most people will talk about almost anything before they talk about death. But underneath the silence are questions we all carry: How do we say goodbye? How do we honor the people we love? What do we want to leave behind? What would it look like to celebrate a life while someone is still here to experience it? Hosted by Sara Zoldan, The Jewish Death Doula, Goodbye Moon explores the stories, traditions, fears, and unexpected beauty found in the end-of-life experience. Through honest conversations with guests from all walks of life, we explore grief, legacy, spirituality, medicine, culture, and what it means to be human. Because death is a part of life. And the way we say goodbye matters. ______________ Hosted by Sara Zoldan, The Jewish Death Doula. Learn more about Sara and her work: thejewishdeathdoula.com Connect with Goodbye Moon: @jewishdeathdoula Explore The Goodbye Experience — meaningful, personalized experiences designed to honor a life, share stories, and create space for the conversations that matter while we’re still here: thejewishdeathdoula.com/goodbyeexperience/

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    If I Die Tonight, I’ve Lived Enough

    Nothing prepares you for a conversation about death quite like falling off a horse and hitting your head on a stone wall. When I invited my friend Lily onto Goodbye Moon, I had no idea she had done exactly that… and in this week’s episode we talk all about it. Lily works with family constellations and horses,  and is quite possibly the most wonderfully woo person I know. Our conversation goes everywhere from what horses seem to understand that humans don’t, to what happens when the dead are forgotten in a family system, to spirituality, God, healing, and the relationships we have with the people and animals we love after they’re gone. We also talk about what it means to get to a place where you can genuinely say, If I die tonight, I’ve lived enough life — not because you don’t want to be alive, but because you’ve created a life you’re no longer afraid of living. Because maybe grief doesn’t start when someone dies. And maybe saying goodbye isn't only about a final moment. Maybe part of learning how to say goodbye is learning how to fully be with someone while they're still here. If this conversation moved you, follow Goodbye Moon for more honest conversations about death, dying, love, legacy, and the many ways we say goodbye. And if it made you wonder why we wait until someone is gone to say the things that matter most, that question is exactly why The Goodbye Experience exists — creating meaningful goodbye gatherings while the people we love are still here to experience them. Explore The Goodbye Experience:https://thejewishdeathdoula.com/goodbyeexperience/ Connect with Sara:https://www.instagram.com/jewishdeathdoula/ Work with Lily and the Herd:https://www.lilyroth.org/ Connect with Lily:https://www.instagram.com/lilyroth_31/

    If I Die Tonight, I’ve Lived Enough

  2. Aug 11

    My Mom Didn't Die, She Graduated

    In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Aleeza Ben Shalom, the Jewish matchmaker from Netflix’s Jewish Matchmaking, for a conversation about love, loss, family, and the people we choose to walk through life with. Ten years ago, Aleeza lost her mom, whom she describes as her best friend and one of the most loving people she’s ever known. In this conversation, she shares what it was like to be beside her as she died - or, as Aleeza puts it, as she “birthed her soul.” We talk about: What it was like to witness her mom’s final breathWhy Aleeza still talks to her mom ten years laterThe pieces of the people we love that continue to live through usHow her parents shaped the way she thinks about love, family, and soulmatesWhy the person you choose isn’t just who you want to celebrate with — it’s who you want to struggle withOne surprisingly powerful question to ask yourself when dating: Would I want this person giving my eulogy?And maybe thinking about death can tell us something about who we want beside us while we’re still living. If this conversation moved you, follow Goodbye Moon for more honest conversations about death, dying, love, legacy, and the many ways we say goodbye. And if it made you wonder why we wait until someone is gone to say the things that matter most, that question is exactly why The Goodbye Experience exists — creating meaningful goodbye gatherings while the people we love are still here to experience them. Explore The Goodbye Experience:https://thejewishdeathdoula.com/goodbyeexperience/ Connect with Sara:https://www.instagram.com/jewishdeathdoula Connect with Aleeza:https://www.instagram.com/aleezabenshalom/

    My Mom Didn't Die, She Graduated

  3. Aug 4

    Death Is My Favorite Conversation Starter

    Welcome to the very first episode of Goodbye Moon. I’m joined by my best friend, Channah Sarah Gabler, for a conversation about grief, gratitude, legacy, and the things we often leave unsaid. After her grandmother entered the final stages of her life, Channah Sarah had the opportunity to sit beside her, share memories, express gratitude, and say goodbye while she was still here. Together, we explore what happens when we choose to have the conversations that matter — and how those moments can bring healing, connection, and peace. We talk about: * The people who shape us and the pieces of them we carry forward * Why we often look for inherited trauma but forget to look for inherited beauty * How saying the things we feel can change the way we experience grief * The power of creating meaningful goodbye experiences while we still can Because goodbye doesn’t have to only happen after someone is gone. Sometimes, we have the opportunity to gather, celebrate, share stories, and say the things that matter most while we are still together. Welcome to Goodbye Moon. If this conversation moved you, follow Goodbye Moon for more honest conversations about death, dying, love, legacy, and the many ways we say goodbye. And if this conversation made you think, “Wait… why the heck do we wait until someone is gone to say the things that matter most?” -- you’re not alone.  That question is exactly why The Goodbye Experience exists. Sara helps people create meaningful goodbye gatherings while they’re still here — a chance to celebrate a life, tell the stories, say the things we’re usually too uncomfortable to say, and create a goodbye that feels unapologetically you. Learn more about Sara and her work: thejewishdeathdoula.com Connect with Goodbye Moon: @jewishdeathdoula

    Death Is My Favorite Conversation Starter
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Goodbye Moon is a podcast about death, dying, love, legacy, and the conversations we often leave unsaid. Most people will talk about almost anything before they talk about death. But underneath the silence are questions we all carry: How do we say goodbye? How do we honor the people we love? What do we want to leave behind? What would it look like to celebrate a life while someone is still here to experience it? Hosted by Sara Zoldan, The Jewish Death Doula, Goodbye Moon explores the stories, traditions, fears, and unexpected beauty found in the end-of-life experience. Through honest conversations with guests from all walks of life, we explore grief, legacy, spirituality, medicine, culture, and what it means to be human. Because death is a part of life. And the way we say goodbye matters. ______________ Hosted by Sara Zoldan, The Jewish Death Doula. Learn more about Sara and her work: thejewishdeathdoula.com Connect with Goodbye Moon: @jewishdeathdoula Explore The Goodbye Experience — meaningful, personalized experiences designed to honor a life, share stories, and create space for the conversations that matter while we’re still here: thejewishdeathdoula.com/goodbyeexperience/

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  • Creator
    Sara Zoldan
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Sara Zoldan
  • Show Website
    Goodbye Moon