Bri and Paul's story

Bri and Paul's story

Bri warmly brings you to the journey she and her husband Paul walked in their experience of his cancer diagnosis, end of life planning and decision making. A beautiful story of immense love and honesty, she shares with us their last few months together through treatment, celebrations, challenges and farewells to Paul's death with VAD and the time for her afterwards.

Roy's story

Content Warning - this content discusses suicide and self-harm. Join Roy as he openly shares his story, talking through his journey with motor neurone disease, feelings that his life was disposable and would lead him to take his own life, to his VAD experience after raising this with his health care team. Roy generously explains his new lease on life after being found eligible for voluntary assisted dying and what this has meant for him in his exploration of faith and the value of listening to his own gut, instinct and intuition in determining what choices are right for him. Mental Health Support Services * Lifeline 13 11 14 | Text 0477 13 11 14 | lifeline.org.au * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 13 92 76 | 13yarn.org.au * Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467 | suicidecallbackservice.org.au * StandBy Support After Suicide 1300 727 247 | standbysupport.com.au * Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 | beyondblue.org.au/forums * MensLine Australia 1300 789 978 | mensline.org.au * Butterfly Foundation 1800 334 673 | butterfly.org.au

Lauren's story

Join us as Lauren takes us with her family through the last few days of her dad's life and his VAD journey. Brimming with love, she shares finding joy in the most unlikely of places and finding peace alongside the grief of losing her Dad with the understanding that while his death was inevitable, his suffering didn't have to be.

Gina's story

Join Gina as she shares her love story with her courageous daughter Robbi through acceptance of Robbi's terminal illness and journey to end of life through death meetings, humour, memory making, accessing VAD and final goodbyes. Gina talks us through how they approached this as a family, to ensure Robbi's control over the manner, timing and nature of her death and her capacity to see the beauty in Robbi's gift to her, embracing both joy and sorrow of her story.

Lisa's story

In this episode of 'This is my stop' podcast, Lisa shares her story of supporting her husband, Stephen, with his pancreatic cancer diagnosis just after his 53rd birthday, through to his treatment, hospitalisation and exploration of end of life choices. Lisa talks through the challenges and the firsts they shared along the way, including when Stephen ultimately chose to access voluntary assisted dying and end his life on his own terms, with his 'ace in his back pocket'