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22.01.2022 Lets Connect Talking with some colleagues and friends of mine yesterday, Kelly Humphries and Holly-Ann Martin did Kelly conclude that she believes one of the key’s to overcoming trauma is connection. The idea of community comes from the sense of responsibility we have for each other. Maintaining connection with our fellow humankind is the way to ensure we live in a thriving community. Kent Hoffman recently gave a TEDx talk and shared that he learned his most valuable life le...sson in five seconds at university from a message on the blackboard from his professor that said Every person you will ever meet has infinite worth. Kent and his colleagues are known for their development of the Circle of Security. Their work has taught us the importance of how to raise resilient children who are able to go and explore the world and allow them to come back to organize difficult feelings, share and delight in their experiences so they want to go out and explore again. So as we live in the light of the knowledge of the infinite worth of others and ourselves, our sense of responsibility for one another arises. We can choose to live life and grow ourselves and share what we have learnt with others or we can choose to stay safe, and not explore our fears which leads to a stagnation of the cycle of giving and receiving in life. John Bowlby, said this about attachment: "Intimate attachments to other human beings are the hub around which a person's life revolves, not only as an infant or a toddler or a schoolchild but throughout adolescence and years of maturity as well, and on into old age. From these intimate attachments a person draws strength and enjoyment of life and, through what he contributes, gives strength and enjoyment to others. These are matters about which current science and traditional wisdom are at one." (Bowlby, 1980). Kent Hoffman said, The gate of heaven is everywhere. Even in the mirror you’ll be looking back into later today. So as you enjoy exploring this gate still in this world with friends, family, neighbours, colleagues, someone who you meet on the street, in a micro moment of a warm smile or heart to heart connection will healing arise. Barbara Frederickson in her latest book In Love 2.0 states Love, as your body experiences it, is a micro-moment of connection shared with another. And decades of research now shows that love, seen as these micro-moments of positive connection, fortifies the connection between your brain and your heart and makes you healthier. Let’s connect often, and bind ourselves with others as it will be a life well lived that will make all the difference.

18.01.2022 Talk and Tell with Holly and Kel- Live wth Cher McGillivray!

06.01.2022 "TRIGGER WARNING" Please join Kelly Humphries and I while we chat about grooming. I also share a beautiful young mum's story that she shared with me and gave co...nsent to share, in the hope it will help others. Her story was that she wasn't told to keep quiet, she wasn't threatened, she just knew to keep quiet. There were other family matters she couldn't talk about, so knew not to talk about this too. This is why our program is so important, teaching children 'they can talk with someone about anything', otherwise we are making it easier for children to be groomed. We both hope you get a lot out of this chat.

03.01.2022 My letter to Federal MP Julian Simmonds: Dear Julian Thank you for extending JobKeeper. Whilst this is important, the issue that is rea...lly affecting thousands of women and children throughout Australia currently is the failure of child protection systems to protect children from men who are sexually assaulting their own children. I am the mother of four adult children. I have never been a party to any Family Law case. As you know, institutions were for many years harbouring known child sex offenders and protecting them from prosecution. Thankfully institutions have prevented many child sex offenders from having continued access to children. However this has not meant that child sex offenders have disappeared - they are just finding children In different ways. One of the ways that offenders gain access to children now is by targeting a woman, love-bombing her, getting her pregnant and having a child, in order to sexually assault that child or children knowing they will have access via the Family Court, to the child, despite their abuse. You may not see many of these cases in the media. This is because of secrecy clauses in the Family Law Act which make it an offence for any party in a Family Law case to identify themselves as even being in a Family Law case. Current decisions made by the Family Law Courts are routinely disbelieving children who report child sexual assault, just as bishops and archbishops have done for decades, leaving victim children trapped with offenders and under their control. Women who try to protect their children from known violent men are routinely dismissed as ‘alienating parents’, or mentally unstable. Children who report are also forced to attend psychological brainwashing where a psychologist is paid to convince the child the abuse did not happen. I have personally met several children who have disclosed abuse and reported to Police but who have been handed over to their fathers by the Family Law Court, and who have been subsequently sexually assaulted. The damage to these children’s lives is incalculable. Much of the harm being done now is a result of the 2006 reforms by the Howard government. Federal legislation to protect children Is urgently needed, in addition to the many State law reforms that are underway. The Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse recommended a reverse onus of proof in cases where children disclose abuse in institutions. Institutions are required to immediately protect the children, believe the children and prevent the suspect adult from having any further trusted contact with children. Legislation that would do the same in the Family Law scenario is urgently needed. A child of any age who reports sexual abuse should be believed and immediately protected from the adult that the child alleges is doing them harm. The current presumption that it's in the best interests of the child to have a meaningful relationship with both parents is extremely dangerous. It is never in the interests of a child to have a relationship with a person who sexually assaults them, whether or not that offender is their parent. There is no other situation that I know of, where a victim of crime is ordered to be under the control of the person that they have alleged has offended against them. I realise there is a current Senate Inquiry. I am not requesting any information from you about all the things your Government is doing. I am only interested in knowing when children are going to be protected by the Family Court, from men who are sexually assaulting their own children. If you wish to discuss this further with me, please phone me. I look forward to your urgent reply. With thanks Amanda Dr Amanda Gearing See more