Media
Preparing the Way is happy to speak with the media and community about the importance of end of life doula care services and training.
Here’s a collection of our media and community appearances and how to get in touch with us.
Preparing the Way is happy to speak with journalists, community news and organisers, podcasters, bloggers, and other media outlets. We’re also available for workshops, presentations, and panels.
We can:
- Answer media enquiries about Preparing the Way and end of life doula care training and services
- Provide a spokesperson for interviews
- Provide an educator for community talks, workshops, and panels
- Provide research and statistics
- Draft articles or opinion pieces for publication
- Provide photos, social media tiles, and other branded or co-branded materials
Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can assist in any way.
Last Breath is a short documentary exploring the role of end of life doulas in Australia and the growing movement to bring more compassionate, informed support to people and families at end of life. Through conversations with experienced practitioners, the film examines what end of life doulas do, common misconceptions about the profession, the importance of planning ahead, and how doulas complement existing health and palliative care services.
Featuring:
- Helen Callanan – Founder, Co-owner, Managing Director and Lead Educator, Preparing the Way
- Catherine Hutton – Co-owner, Director and Chief Finance Officer, Preparing the Way
- Shannon Beresford – Director, Your Path Guide; Chair, HELD Australia
- Ben Gibson – Funeral Director, End of Life Doula, Funeral Celebrant, Life Rites
Elsa Pritchard, Director, Editor, First videographer.
Ruby Pierce, Producer, Interviewer, Second videographer.
Elsa and Ruby are University of Technology Sydney (UTS) final-year journalism students and contacted us at Preparing to participate in this documentary they were submitting.
Preparing the Way in the media
Preparing the Way has been featured on ABC NewsRadio, Channel 9, Studio 10, The Project, and more. Watch below.
TV and radio
Death doulas helping people plan the end of their life, ABC News In-depth, 14 October 2024
How doulas are changing our relationship to death, ABC Story Stream, 22 July 2024
What does an end of life doula do?, ABC Sydney, 29 May 2024
How death doulas are making end-of-life care more accessible, ABC Newcastle, 29 May 2024
Community talks, webinars, panels, and podcasts
Podcasts
Different Endings, Passing Thoughts, 13 August 2026
Grief in the Workplace – The Conversation Leaders Can’t Afford to Avoid, GRIEFWA, 30 April 2026
How to Prepare for Your Death, The Overexamined Life, 28 April 2026
To make gentle the effect of death, 50/50 Podcast, 9 April 2026
Living until the Last Breath: Redefining End‑of‑Life Care, 50/50 Podcast, 25 March 2026
Sculpting the Inevitable: Our Relationship with Death and Dying, Relationships Under the Microscope, Episode 7, 26 July 2024
Bringing Life to Death: A candid conversation with end-of-life doula Helen Callanan, Bringing Life to Death, 2 May 2024
The “Toughest” Job You Never Heard Of – End of Life Doula, How to Deal, 8 August 2023
The Divinity of Death #50, Waste Not Want Not, 02 December 2022
Demystifying death with care and compassion, Australian Unity, 21 October 2022
The Death, Dying, Diagnosis and Doulas Podcast by Julie Fletcher, 10 May 2022
Articles
Celebrating the end, Club Living magazine, Issue 5, Spring 2026 (September 2026)
Rochester’s event sparks vital talks, Campaspe News, 21 August 2026
Inside Australia’s emerging death doula profession, DScribe, 10 August 2026
The quiet role helping Australians die at home – doulas want recognition, The Senior, 5 February 2026
A sacred threshold – our new Crossroad Companions pilot program, Catholic Care Diocese of Broken Bay, 2 December 2025
Workshops aim to support region’s carers, Region Riverina, 14 July 2025
What is an end-of-life doula?, HCF, June 2025
Meet the women taking the fear out of death, New Idea, 09 December 2024
What do end-of-life doulas do?, RNZ, 11 September 2024
End-of-life doulas on rise as people seek greater emotional support amid grief, death and dying, ABC Newcastle, 29 May 2024
Preparing the Way, an interview, Heart Connections, June 2023
The Art of Crossing Over, SA Weekend, The Advertiser, 16 October 2021
Volunteers trained to help community with options for dying and death, The Advocate, 02 February 2020
What is an End-of-Life Doula?, Funeral Matters, 08 May 2017
Who do you want with you when you die? The doula helping with end-of-life, The Senior, 2019 February 27
Death Doulas, MindFood, April 2018
Doulas aren’t just for birth – they’re now helping families through death too, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 November 2016
Meet the death doula who will be with you until the very end, MamaMia, 26 February 2016