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24.01.2022 Our Victorian community is required to self-isolate at the moment to help stop the spread of Covid-19. Please know that people who are choosing to leave a viol...ent relationship, are able to leave their house to seek secure and safe accommodation. In the event the ACT moves back to self-isolation to help stop the spread, and you are impacted by violence within your relationship, we encourage you to reach out to us so we can support you. We can provide support to people via telephone, virtually, by SMS, email or online chat. Even if you have Covid-19, we still want to chat with you about how you can enhance your safety. Please reach out to us on 62 800 900 (24/7), via SMS to 0421 268 492, email to [email protected] or via online chat or our confidential contact form at www.dvcs.org.au

22.01.2022 Wholeheartedly agree with this...

20.01.2022 Yes, yes, yes! Another one that hits the mark!

20.01.2022 An amazing example of modelling self soothing, emotional regulation and self love for young ones. Beautiful!

20.01.2022 Waking up to choices and patterns which have led to destruction can feel terrifyingly painful. Even if we're the one leaving the situation or relationship we us...ually become so aware of decisions we could've made differently and perhaps even that we could've left earlier. * Whatever the space you're at in your life offer yourself compassion for the choices you made when you didn't know what you know today. Pain, is information. And hindsight offers us so much great perspective as to all of the times we were at war with our hearts and intuition.... But yet, still kept going down the seemingly painful path towards destruction. * You are human. You are learning. You are allowed to make mistakes. The catch is, you must stay committed to growing and learning from those mistakes so you can continue to offer compassion for all of the new lessons that will come your way... * Recognize that the wars we fight within are usually due to the painful space between what we know we should do and what we're actually doing. When we close that gap and choose actions from our hearts, we are no longer at war because we love our decisions, and in the end, ourselves. #createthelove See more

17.01.2022 Via The Calm Classroom xx

16.01.2022 My day got away from me today so I apologise that this is late. Here I talk with Karin from Karin H Counselling about the hidden nature of grief. It is a very relevant chat as we are all experiencing grief in various forms this year. This however, is specific to the grief that is socially uncomfortable.

16.01.2022 Karin H Counselling

15.01.2022 My chat this week is with the awesome Kate Diggle. I'll be uploading very shortly! Go take a look...

14.01.2022 DVCS together with the ANU Respectful Relationships Unit are excited to launch their 16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence Online Training! Each session... is only 30 minutes and focuses on a different area including Being a Bystander, Domestic and Family Violence, Responding to Disclosure and Sexual Assault. Register now and join us from your desk or kitchen table: https://dvcs.org.au/get-involed/education-training/ If you are a student or employee at ANU, please contact the Respectful Relationships Unit to access your unique code to attend free of charge.

12.01.2022 This a fantastic resource! Not just for today but everyday. Please have a watch

10.01.2022 Too often, we automatically address children’s behavior as intentional or willful, trying to talk and reason with kids to change their behavior when what they r...eally need before they can do things differently is to feel #safe. In her book ‘Beyond Behaviors’, Mona Delahooke, Ph.D. makes a distinction between bottom-up behavior that is rooted in our senses and unmet subconscious needs, and top-down behavior that is mediated by our intentional thought processes. It is only top-down behavior that is susceptible to conversation, consequences, and logic, which is why so much of what we do with chronically challenging kids just doesn’t work. Conversation, consequences, and logic assume a level of self-regulation the child doesn’t have, and isn’t targeted at the underlying causes that are bottom-up. Because #stress derails the capacity to reason, it is essential to start by ensuring a child feels safe. The foundation of behavioral change is relational security. Nothing is possible without that. In her book, Dr Delahooke shares dozens of case histories from her decades of working with challenging #children and their families. In all these cases, she shows how misbehavior is usually an adaptive and unconscious response to an internal reality for the #child. That reality is often hidden from the adults in the child’s lifemasked by their own anxiety or annoyance at the behavioruntil they begin to ask themselves why the child is doing what they’re doing, and how that particular behavior helps the child cope. Using #neuroscientific understandings and clinical experience, Delahooke explains that misbehavior is very often the body’s response to stress, and not intentional: When we see behavior that is problematic or confusing, the first question we should ask is NOT ‘How do we get rid of this behavior?’ but rather ‘What is this telling us about the child?’ https://cstu.io/4cb780 #neurochild #childdevelopment #biologicallife #empathy

10.01.2022 This week my counselling conversation is Josh Vaughan of Mengineering. It’s a fantastic chat exploring ways to nurture relationships between Dad’s and their boys and helping them find ways to connect with each other and their emotional worlds. The chat will be available on the Arena Facebook page this Friday.

09.01.2022 Check out my chat with Sam Sellers which will be up on the page shortly! Anchored Counselling Services

09.01.2022 By genuinely asking Are you OK? and being prepared to have regular meaningful conversations you can help someone who might be struggling to feel supported whe...n confronted with challenges in life whether at home, work, school or on the sporting field. You don’t have to be an expert to keep the conversation going, learn what to say next in our FREE conversation guide available at www.ruok.org.au/how-to-ask

08.01.2022 I really hope you enjoy this conversation I had with Josh, from Mengineering. Josh is insightful as he is giving and it was very gracious of him to share his story and the work he does for the community.

08.01.2022 The upside of parenting teenagers...

07.01.2022 (And feel way better). XX Madhavi Nawana Parker Via @powerofpositivity

07.01.2022 We’ve all made ‘em. xx Madhavi Nawana Parker Via @motivationwishing

05.01.2022 Be you, bravely.

05.01.2022 Super excited about upcoming Self Care Workshop : Date: 19/9 Time: 1-3pm AEST Fee : $50 Register your attendance at :... [email protected] See more

05.01.2022 This week I chatted with Sam Sellers from Anchored Counselling Services. Among other things we explore the importance of finding a therapist who is formally qualified and registered. Enjoy!

04.01.2022 Having such an established online capability and being plugged in has been a lifesaver in so many ways this years yet with it comes significant risks. The danger of online platforms is amplified.

01.01.2022 My chat today is with Kate Diggle of Kate Diggle Counselling Services. I really enjoyed this chat today and I'm excited to be able to share it. I am still learning in my journey as a counsellor and I am humbled to be able to have the experience of discussing this work with other practitioners.

01.01.2022 Ironically, I started getting my nails done during a pandemic. Don’t ask me why but thankfully where I am in Australia it is mostly safe to do so Anyway this post isn’t about me. It is, instead, about the two ladies who were beside me while I got them done. The lady getting her nails done was elderly and seemed relieved to have a chance to sit comfortably and be pampered. The other was the lady doing her nails; and she did so with grace and respect. As we all sat there these... ladies started to talk quietly with each other about their past. The lady doing the nails told her story of living in a refugee camp for three years and the difficult things she experienced and witnessed in this time. The elderly lady gently listened, empathised and quietly expressed her awe for her journey. In time, she then shared her story of being displaced from her home as a young girl after WWII when her country fractured. She knew on a deep level some of what the other lady had experienced. For me, it was a honour to witness these two ladies share their stories but more than that, it was a privilege to witness how they honoured each other as they shared their stories. It was humanity on display. Doing this work I am privileged to witness people’s stories each day which regrettably highlights for me how little people take time to really listen and hear the stories of those around them. It is a fracture in our cohesiveness, compassion and community. Witnessing what I did yesterday warmed my heart and reminded me that in small pockets everywhere goodness, kindness and humanity still exists. #lifeisforliving #becurious #bebrave #vulnerability #permissiontothinkdifferently #innerwisdom #intuition #love #meaningfullife #mindfulness #inthearena #choosehappiness #counselling #traumainformed #resilience #bounceforward #posttraumaticgrowth #wisewords #lifelearning #bravery #selfleadership #kindnessmatters #seewithin #holistictherapy #holisticwellness #mindbodyconnection #breathe #slowdown #wearecbr #canberra