WARNING: This episode discusses the difficult journey of organ donation, which may confront some listeners – we urge listener discretion before tuning in to this special three-part series.
In this deeply personal and provocative three-part special, Sara, Trajce, and Alan traverse beyond the usual boundaries of work dynamics leading to work health and safety case law. They enter the territory in which values, courage, relationships, healthcare institutions, and government frameworks intersect in messy fashion.
At the heart of the series is Sara’s experience as a living kidney donor. Pre-emptively, her nine-month decision-making journey that tested her resolve and made her confront both her values and capabilities. Unexpectedly, her decision confronted many of her friends, colleagues, and family, while testing the institutions, providers, and government support designed to support people through extraordinary choices.
This series doesn’t romanticise donation. It sits honestly with the discomfort:
- Being confronted by strong opinions and projected fears,
- Navigating a public hospital system under strain,
- Discovering the near absence of employer, insurer, or structural financial support,
- And learning, sometimes the hard way, who can hold space, and who cannot.
In the latter episodes, the series is joined by Clinton “CJ” Harding, the kidney recipient, whose presence reframes the experience from sacrifice to shared humanity. Together, they explore what it really means to care at work, in friendship, and in life when the stakes are life and death – very real.
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