Kathie Melocco

I recently sat down with Helen Callanan for The Listening Project Podcast to discuss a role many people have never heard of — yet once understood, feels instinctively familiar. Helen is an end of life doula trainer. Not medical. Not clinical. Not there to replace doctors, nurses or palliative care teams. An end of life doula sits alongside that care. Someone who accompanies people and families through one of the most profound transitions in life. Someone who understands what may be unfolding...

I have known Dr Kerrie Noonan for many years and was pleased she was able to make time to speak with the podcast, The Listening Project for our upcoming series on grief and loss. Kerrie has spent more than three decades working across palliative care, bereavement, research and community life. We spoke at length about what would change if we were better equipped to face death — not as a medical event, but as part of being human? Modern life has become strangely uncomfortable with death,...

We recently interviewed Matthew Horder for our upcoming podcast - The LIstening Project. It was a beautiful discussion, honouring the memory of his parents and sharing how he has tried to find hope admidst the unimaginable tragedy that struck his family. In July 2014 when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board — including Matthew’s parents, Matthew and his family's lives were changed forever. We spoke with Matthew not only about...