Meet the Contributors

After her son was stillborn, Tanya’s grief was compounded by an inadequate workplace response to her grief and loss, leading her to leave teaching. Today, she draws on her experience to teach organisations trauma-informed approaches to leadership, grief and mental health.

Helen Callanan is the founder, co-owner and lead educator of Preparing the Way, an Australian organisation specialising in end of life doula education. She has more than 35 years’ experience supporting individuals and families through serious illness, dying and after death care and grief.