Live Well, Leave Well brings death back to life by gently weaving it into everyday conversation. Hosted by Baci Hillyer, the podcast invites you to meet death with courage and curiosity, to prepare for what’s inevitable, and to discover how an end-of-life doula can guide you and your loved ones through life’s final chapter with care and clarity.
As Season One of Live Well, Leave Well comes to a close, I couldn’t think of a better guest to put in the hot seat than my producer, Mikey. Why? Because he’s absolutely terrified of death. And I know many of you will relate. The first time we met to talk about the podcast, I arrived at his office carrying a dead crow. (You’ll need to listen to the episode for more on that one.) He was wearing a Birds Aren’t Real T-shirt. 🤣 He was completely supportive of the vision but upfront about the fact ...
16 May 2026
8 ~ Master Your Energy Master Your Life with Tanya Levy
There are some people who dedicate their lives to helping others return to themselves. Tanya Levy is one of them. For more than three decades, Tanya has worked at the intersection of yoga, meditation, breathwork, intuitive healing, stress management, energy work, and transformation guiding people through overwhelm, uncertainty, grief, burnout, and life’s biggest transitions with compassion, wisdom, and deep practical insight. A Certified Jay Shetty Life Coach, Shadow Yoga teacher, intuitive h...
21 Apr 2026
7 ~ The Death Equation with Zenith Virago
There are very few people who can sit at the threshold of life and death with the kind of steadiness that both calms the room and delivers the truth. Zenith Virago is one of them. For more than three decades, Zenith has served as a deathwalker, celebrant, educator, and spiritual elder, walking alongside individuals, families, and communities through some of life’s most tender, raw, and sacred passages. Her path into this work was not gentle. It was a baptism of fire, forged in the heart of th...
21 Jan 2026
6 ~ Meet KING IV - The Modern Day Psychopomp
There are very few people who can sit comfortably in the presence of death without flinching, and fewer still who can make that space feel alive, honest, and strangely liberating. In this episode of Live Well, Leave Well, I am joined by Cheyenne Harper, known artistically as KING IV, a musician, performance artist, and modern psychopomp working at the intersection of music, ritual, and transformation. Through her work, including the album Psychopomp, the new track The Other Side, and the imme...
19 Dec 2025
5 ~ Heartfelt - Giving the Gift - with Gavin Blue
Gavin Blue is an award winning photographer, humanitarian, and the President of Heartfelt Australia and New Zealand. For more than a decade, Gavin and his extraordinary team of over 320 volunteer photographers have quietly and reverently stepped into some of the most intimate and devastating moments a family can experience. Together, they offer free photographic memories when a baby dies before, during, or shortly after birth. This is work done with deep presence. With humility. With radical ...
12 Dec 2025
Storytime 1 ~ You are Enough!
Every second week, I’ll be sharing a short Storytime. Five to ten minutes to pause and reflect on something that’s stayed with me. Sometimes it will be thoughtful, sometimes funny, sometimes tender. Just musings, reflections, insights, and the occasional gentle nudge. Storytelling is as old as time itself. Long before books or screens, we gathered to share stories, to pass on wisdom, meaning, and memory. Storytime matters because stories keep us connected. They build community. They remind u...
4 Dec 2025
4 ~ Shining the Light on Death Preparation - with Lucinda Light
In this episode, Lucinda and I dive into the beauty of holistic death preparation - the practical, the emotional, the spiritual, and the deeply physical realities of what it means to live well, love well and leave well. Together we uncover, discover, and gently question the parts of end-of-life planning that most people avoid or never even consider. Our hope is to show you that these conversations don’t need to be clinical, dark, or intimidating. They can be curious, heartfelt, honest, someti...
20 Nov 2025
3 ~ Responsible Dying Meets Responsible AI - with Matt Kuperholz
As AI rapidly reshapes how we live, work, and relate, it’s also beginning to transform how we die, how we are remembered, and how our legacies, both personal and digital, are preserved. Matt joins me to explore where machines meet mortality, memory, and meaning. With decades of experience at the forefront of AI, ethics and future technologies, Matt is helping shape how the world thinks about humans and machines evolving together. But this isn’t just a conversation about death and data or what...
6 Nov 2025
2 ~ The Heartbeat of VAD Reform in Victoria - with Jane Morris
As life expectancy grows and our relationship with death evolves, conversations around voluntary assisted dying (VAD) and its role in society are becoming more crucial than ever. Our guest Jane Morris is a true trailblazer in this space. As president of Dying with Dignity Victoria, she has been a strong advocate for VAD, working tirelessly to ensure compassion, autonomy, and justice are at the heart of end-of-life care. In this episode, we discuss the need for VAD reform in Victoria and...
22 Oct 2025
1 ~ Elevating End-of-Life Doulas to Essential Care - with Helen Callanan
Despite being a universal experience, death remains poorly understood, planned for, and supported. As the ageing population grows and hospital systems are stretched thin, it is time to recognise the vital role of end-of-life doulas. What if having an end-of-life doula was considered as usual and as necessary as having a GP, psychologist, accountant, mobile network or a hairdresser? I sit down with the extraordinary Helen Callanan, who’s been instrumental in making that vision a reality....
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