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25.01.2022 Another day in beautiful Canberra talking all things Vicarious Trauma. We really have to look after our workers. If you are exposed to trauma of any kind you are at risk of Vicarious Trauma. Be kind to yourself and look out for one another. If your struggling reach out #awareness #vicarioustrauma @blueknotfoundation #work #toolsofthetrade #traumainformed #mentalhealth #canberraagain #sunisshining #itscold #grateful #lifelonglearner #universityhouse #anu x

24.01.2022 Trauma absolutely smashes the shit out of people. It changes their brains, it changes their body and it makes at times the simplest of tasks impossible. Yet I watch everyday those who have survived the unsurvivable challenge the world, live despite the stigma and be all they can be at any given moment despite the feeling of wanting to check out. I am constantly in awe of those around me who choose to ‘take it on’, life that is, and know that each of you inspire me to be bette...r and do more. The voice of trauma needs to be heard, but not in how we think, it needs to be heard for the strength of adaptation, the courage in survival and the bravery in turning up every single day, thank you each and everyone of you #awareness #traumainformed #survivors #mylife #healing #strength #courage #bravery #work #voices #yarning #storiesmatter #complextrauma #timeforchange #adaptationisstrength #vulnerability #growth #stigma #myfamily #soproud #yougotthis #alwayshere x See more

24.01.2022 I have been involved in supporting individuals, families, communities and organisations support those experiencing trauma and family violence for many years now and I always come away learning something new. Today at the @barwon_health forum on the health services response to family violence I was struck by one fact. When the Geelong Cats lose Family Violence rates locally rise. When a large sporting event, mainly footy, is on, family violence rates rise. This is crazy to me.... What kind of society do we live in, am I raising my kids in when a game, yes that’s what it is, a game, causes more women and children to be hurt! I truly believe this is due to the culture of masculine driven toxicity in these clubs. Footy clubs of all levels, local, state, AFL have a role here. Campaigns with a few pics and a few posters isn’t going to cut it. Step up, change the culture. As the male police officer today said, if men or men led organizations are offended, get over it. The facts don’t lie so step up and make change NOW! The services today are gearing up for a busy weekend, WTF! I am grateful these services exist for support but nothing is going to change until these environments change who they are, what they do and how they do it. For anyone at risk this weekend, reach out, we are here #awareness #familyviolence #safv #orangedoor #timeforchange @afl @aflbarwon @geelongcatscommunity @vflfooty @torquaytigerscricketclub @surfcoastsuns #stopwithdefenceandstepup #atrisk #community #morethanacampaign #now #stopviolenceagainstwomen #itsimportant #itsallourresponsibility x See more

23.01.2022 Today did not feel like a courageous one, today hurt. Today was one of pain. Pain in grief. Pain in watching someone I love hurt so much. Pain in loss of what was. Pain in the uncertainty of what is to come. Pain in the triggers of my past. What helped me today was my friends seeking help for their pain. What supported me to keep going is knowing others have survived because they have told their story. What helped me today was feeling it all. Every single moment of the pain. It’s OK if you are having a ‘feeling’ day, a day where you can get on with the tasks of life, but not the caring of life. Tomorrow will bring courage. I am OK. #awareness #gratitude #painful #hurt #mentalwellbeing #grief #loss #trauma #survivor #vulnerable #authentic #brave #courage #strength #feelingitall #family #connection x

20.01.2022 I am sick of hearing the sound of absolute privilege. No one is immune to the language we all use. I know I use strong language, I use it to defend, to explain, to express emotion, to deepen understanding and I know it affects people. The absolute privilege of thinking that what you say ‘not being the issue’ is privilege at its finest. Yes you may be a great tennis player, yes you may hold a position of ‘power’, yes you may be labeled an ‘expert’ but none of these offer you t...he right to ‘say whatever you want, no matter what’, especially if that achievement, that ‘expertise’, that ‘power’ offers you a platform. A platform for speech doesn’t allow you to hurt others, it just doesn’t. So here I use my language carefully, @margaret.court you removed the right to demand your privilege be upheld when you chose to use your platform to tell my child they are less than, that who they love is not ok, and that how they choose to live their life is wrong, so step away, take your privilege and ........ To my beautiful rainbow community, your voice is what is heard, your name deserves to shine, your love is what matters #awareness #love #marraigeequality @amequality #removehername #languagematters #bekind #dontbeanarsehole #lgtbiqa #notohomophobia #mychild #myfamily #equity @tennisaustralia #makethisright @rodlaverarena #timeforanewname #youareloved #youmatter #itsimportant https://www.instagram.com/p/B4jRcyMgtCj/

14.01.2022 We are all offered the gift of ageing but it is not always respected and understood. It’s hard when you grow up to have, at times, ‘difficult’ relationships with the elders in your life. Not everyone grows with support and unconditional love. But even amongst that pain and confusion can come respect for those who grow older. Today I took what this incredible organisation works so hard to teach us and had more understanding of what my own relationship to ageing means but also ...to what it means for those relationships that aren’t always smooth. To celebrate ageing for me is to understand our own role in those relationships. It’s about what we can all do to honour those who have come before, respect that their needs and lives matter, and to take what the past has offered and trust that what we can offer now is what matters. Thank you @celebrateageing and my amazing friend CB for teaching me that. https://www.celebrateageing.com x #awareness #celebrateageing #itsimportant #family #respect #understanding #anewway #anewlove #yourockCB #gratitude #thankyou See more

09.01.2022 For my children, each and everyone of them in their own unique and at times tough journeys. You are enough and you are and will always be loved and safe here with me, always #awareness #children #daughters #son #family #love #community #alwayshere #meandyourdad #loveyou #dyslexia #thedclub #smartestbrain #survivor #hairdresser #mentalhealth #strength #bravery #thefuture #trans #perfectasyou #beyou #support #enough #safe #loved #always x

08.01.2022 Hey it’s been ages since I made a connection here. Why? Not sure to be honest. Think maybe it was because I had my own confidence knocked out of me in many ways. Maybe it was my own expectations or maybe it was simply the reality. Anyway I am back. This week has changed that, moving away from what was and towards what is. Connection is what this is about, not work, not expertise, not a role or a title but connection. Wonder what that will look like? Let’s see...... #connection #opportunity #iamback #humanity #exploration #listening #searching #learning #unusualvoices #comealongfortheride x

06.01.2022 Tonight my mind is full and my heart is broken. Broken for those lost way too soon, for those who feel pain again due to colonization and racism being alive and well, for those who are surviving violence in their own home, for those young minds who feel no other way, for those survivors who are tired. My mind is full of those who lean in. It is full of those that even though things are uncomfortable, they stand up, hold space, listen and love with open hearts. Tonight my mind... is full of what is to come. The opportunities ahead and the discomfort that offers me learning and courage. What is your heart and mind full of tonight? #gratitude #love #connection #friendship #ripayman #myfriend #blacklivesmatter #survivors #redress #anewway #work #youngpeople #vision #stopfamilyviolence #wearestrongertogether #queercommunity #mystory #yourvoice #kindness #intersectionality #connection x (image: @tinybuddhaofficial) See more

05.01.2022 Trudy, Mhelody, Kazzandra, Helena, Skye, Selma and Kim. 7 names, 7 faces, 7 daughters, sisters, friends, all gone. Women taken by people they know. Family violence took these women’s lives. It’s about all of us, speaking up, challenging systems, breaking down the patriarchy. It took just over a week for these 7 women to be killed, it’s time to stop this, all of us!!!! #awareness @ourwatch #violenceagainstwomen #change #safety #genderequalitynow #somanylives #familyviolenceawareness #timeforchange #community #everyoneofus #responsibility #shrtfv #education #training #work #RIP x

05.01.2022 At the @barwon_health forum talking about the health services response to family violence. An interesting conversation bringing local services together to continue the conversation about how we can support our community within the context of family violence and child wellbeing. Well done @barwon_health #awareness #familyviolence #health #moreneededfortransandgenderdiversecommunity #barwonregion #orangedoor #childandfamilyservices #safv #vicpol #mywork #mypassion #thisisacommunityissue #allourresponsibility #itsimportant x

04.01.2022 I have been told a lot recently, I am worried about you and how busy you are. I am often asked how do you do everything you do? I am often told to look after myself more. These conversations are talking about the ‘work’ I do, and yes I do a lot of it. I am very rarely doing ‘nothing’, I am quite often away from home, I have a mind that is constantly thinking about new ideas, and yes I work long hours. I love what I do, I am grateful to choose the work I do. I do it all ...by being grateful for my service to others, by creating connections and community around me, and by having an incredible small but important tribe around me. I look after myself in every aspect of my life, I have to. Yes I get tired but it’s usually has nothing to do with the hours I work, but everything to do with my commitment to that work. I manage this by leaning on those I need to, by seeing gratitude in the small things, by not giving myself a hard time when it doesn’t go right or my tiredness gets the better of me, by apologizing to those I need to and thanking those who help me. We live in a very individualistic way of looking at the world. We are not on this planet simply for us, as individuals to be ok, we are on it to create connection and community. So when you see me being ‘busy’ know that what I do and how I choose to do it is offering me the strength, the safety, the connections and the love that I need everyday. And when it doesn’t I have a partner and children who get it, who leave their own fear alone to truly show me love and connection and that is how I work and live the life I do. Being vulnerable and authentic in life is my passion and my whole being, yes that means lots of ‘work’ at times, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Find what you love to do, do that, live that, and life will never be busy, it will simply be a series of moments that create the life you want #awareness #mytribe #grateful #work #survivor #mother #wife #friend #community #lifelonglearner #mentalhealth #health #seelifewithlove #healthpromotion #notsimplycrisis #mylife #daughters #son #husband #myloves #passion #love #doesntmeanitdoesntgethard #struggle #vicarioustrauma #prevention x See more

03.01.2022 We have the ability to BE GREAT. This is my hope, my hope for a world that those I love know they are a gift to this world. Whether it be my partner in life who knows his gift but is overcoming what he was taught he is. My child who struggles with a past that was never hers to own and will never define who she is to become. My child who continues to outshine the system that wants her to be dull. My child who is becoming who he was meant to be and finding his voice. ... And for me, a new way of being, with new opportunities and a reckoning of what has been, what was shown, and the lessons it has taught me. It’s time for us all to lean in, listen, uplift those that need a voice and stop. Stop and understand the impact of us and do better and be great x https://youtu.be/_FCWRuiZ25g (go to 13.10 poem wow) #awareness #begreat #add #dyslexia #traumahealing #neurodiversity #transrocks #survivor #strength #courage #family #mentalhealth #connection #wegotthis #tribe @elizabeth_gilbert_writer #thankyou x See more