Healing while parenting, parenting while healing isn’t easy but it is possible. The first Personal Development workshop I went to I was in my mid-30s and was a single Mum of 5 children. I was still searching for happiness and peace and while I know…
Did you know your brain will always choose the familiar over the unfamiliar? Your brain associates familiar with safe and unfamiliar with unsafe. The problem is, is that for people who have experienced trauma in childhood, adolescence and/or adulthood their brain identifies pain, anger, sadness,…
I’ve done it. I’ve created my first digital workshop for victim/survivors of Domestic Violence which offers the information, knowledge, tools, strategies, resources and process to create a life after Domestic Violence. It’s a 5 module video workshop in which I talk openly and honestly about…
Domestic Violence isn’t an argument every now and again or even semi regularly. Domestic Violence is an ongoing pattern of abusive behaviours where one person attempts to control the other physically, emotionally, mentally, sexually, financially and/or socially. Domestic Violence does not discriminate between age, gender,…
My posts reference my lived experiences of female victim/male abuser however I acknowledge that men can be victims too. Men experience hard times and are allowed to take a time out. Healing is not a privilege for any one group of people. Healing is everyone’s…
If you’re walking through the jungle and you come across a lion your entire body will immediately and automatically go into survival mode. Within a matter of moments fear of the lion causes stress which activates your fight or flight response. Adrenaline is released, your…
I end most of my posts with ‘You are significant because you are and I love you because you exist’ and I want to explain why. For many people, love feels conditional in some form or another. You may have felt loved, appreciated and valued…
Through my work, my learning, my own trauma experiences and healing journey I have come to believe that underneath anger is a whole lot of pain. Hurt people hurt people as the saying goes. Pain that isn’t allowed to be expressed stays suppressed until it…
It can be very hard for anyone to choose a counsellor or therapist. It can be especially challenging if you were abused or traumatised as a child. You may wish to call Blue Knot Helpline on 1300 657 380 to speak to one of our counsellors. The…
Have you ever heard that saying ‘Teach your daughter to shoot because a restraining order is just a piece of paper”? Apprehended Violence Orders or AVO’s are your legal protection from someone who you believe may or will harm you and/or your children, property, pets,…