THAT DAY Podcast
Eleven women. Eleven days that changed everything. Thank you to every guest who trusted us with their story, and to everyone who listened. Season One of THAT DAY is complete.
Everyone has a day they never forget
In 2026, I co-created and co-hosted That Day is a limited-season podcast, with writer, Kylie Orr, where midlife Australian women shared the day everything changed, and what came after. Some stories will shock you. Others might make you cry. All of them reveal the courage it takes to start again.
As a coroner, I spent ten years sitting with the worst days of people's lives. I know, more intimately than most, that none of us are promised tomorrow and that a single day can split a life into before and after. That Day was born from that knowing: a space for women to tell the truth about their turning points, without polish, or performance.
Episode One (below) is my own story. The day I my soul screamed and I walked away from the Coroners Court, and from the version of success I'd spent twenty-five years building.
I'm extraordinarily proud of this podcast, and endlessly grateful to the women who trusted us with their stories.
Episode 1: The Day Jac Hawkins Quit Being a Coroner
Until October 2023, I was Victoria's Deputy State Coroner. It was my dream job. High pressure, high profile, deeply purposeful from the outside. But on the inside, my soul was screaming. This is my story of walking away from everything I thought defined me, and figuring out who I am becoming.
Episodes
Episode 2: The Day Kylie Orr Made a Report to Police
When does silence stop being an option?
A national tragedy collided with a trauma carried for decades, and a decision was made that risked everything. A reclaimed voice that was once silenced. A story about rage, resilience, and standing up.
Episode 3: The Day Kylie Eklund-Denman Lost Her Husband
Episode 4: The Day Vikki Petraitis Was Called Into The Boss's Office
Told she wasn't qualified enough, true-crime author Vikki Petraitis expanded instead of shrinking — a PhD, an award-winning novel, and a TV adaptation later, her value was never up for debate.
Episode 5: The Day Jodie North Got The Text
A fresh start shattered within days by a breast cancer diagnosis. This is not a story of pink ribbons — it's about grief, determination, and starting again when you thought the hard part was behind you.
Episode 6: The Day Anne Freeman Began Life Support
At 22, a GP appointment booked to shut down workplace jokes delivered an unthinkable diagnosis. A story about living with vulnerability inside a body that demands constant attention.
Episode 7: The Day Casey Nott Found a Lump
Newly married and trying to start a family, Casey felt a lump on an ordinary morning. A story about fear, resilience, and the strange way life gives back what you thought you'd lost — after changing you completely.
Episode 8: The Day Tennille Gould Left a Toxic Workplace
Twenty years of corporate success that looked good on paper — and the day Tennille chose a life that actually felt good to live.
Episode 9: The Day Chrissie Bellbrae Put Her Health First
A breast cancer diagnosis stopped everything — and became the beginning of courage, community, and quiet transformation.
Episode 10: The Day Mary Howley Trusted Her Intuition
Solo in Athens, in what she believed was a taxi, Mary's intuition became the difference between danger and escape — a story she carried silently for years.
Episode 11 - The Day Caroline Hales Surrendered
On her 18th birthday she survived a near death experience. From that moment, everything felt different — and over the years that followed, eventually meeting the man who would become her husband, and her dream of motherhood.