Rod Macleod | Honorary Professor at the University of Auckland and Associate Consultant at Hammondcare

In Episode Six we speak to Professor Rod Macleod, a longtime Palliative Care Physician who is currently an Honorary Professor at the University of Auckland, an Associate Consultant at Hammondcare and the Chair of Violet's Clinical Committee. Rod chooses one of the 15,000 conversations he's had over…

Jo Wood | Palliative Care and Social Worker

In Episode Five we talk to Jo Wood, a Palliative Care Social Worker. Jo reflects on a series of conversations between herself, an elderly woman with dementia and her husband.

Rose Dillon | Manager of Experience and Engagement, Violet

In Episode Four Violet's Manager of Experience and Engagement, Rose Dillon, shares her experience talking to her mother about advance care planning.

Terri Soller | Managing Director at Conversus Leaders

In Episode Three we talk to Terri Soller, Managing Director at Conversus Leaders, whose expertise include executive coaching and leadership capacity. Terri revisits a conversation with her father after he refuses further medical treatment.

Dr Imogen Mitchell | Intensive care specialist and Dean at ANU Medical School

In Episode Two Dr Imogen Mitchell, Intensive care specialist and Executive director for research and academic partnerships at the Canberra Hospital and Dean at ANU Medical School talks about a conversation that she wishes she had approached very differently. 

Dr Kathryn Mannix | Palliative Care Physician and author

We open the podcast by welcoming co-creator of Violet's 5 Questions, Dr Kathryn Mannix. A palliative care physician who has had her fair share of daunting conversations, shares a personal conversation with us about grief, and what she learned from silence.