Resilience – one of the tools I used to rebuild my life.
When I left my relationship due to domestic violence, I went straight to a shelter I had two bags of clothes, one bags of toys, $33 and more debt than I care to mention. It was daunting, scary and I truly believed I did not have what it takes to rebuild my life. I...
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I didn’t realise I had been homeless
When completing the census in 2011 the following question about being homeless threw me completely. Have you been homeless in the past five years? - including time spent in refuges, shelters and other crisis accommodation - I am paraphrasing a bit here, but that it...
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Why I love International Women’s Day
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and for me, it is a day to look at my life and celebrate how far I have come. Healing and rebuilding my life after a lifetime of abuse has been a difficult and at times lonely road. We have come so far! As a businesswoman, I am...
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I am excited to share an extract of my upcoming book.
My book is due for release this year, it has been a work of passion and I am proud of the work I have done because I know the difference it will make. This extract is the end of the chapter where I explain the Cycle of Violence including its impact on businesses...
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Victim Blaming
One of the ways abusers exert power over those they abuse is by twisting the truth and blaming their victim for the abuse. From the outside, victim blaming it is hard to understand why anyone would possibly believe they were responsible for somebody else abusing them....
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Financial Abuse, sometimes I still feel ashamed!
I am in the process of completing my book 'Domestic Violence, Changing Culture, Saving Lives' and I need to add content about financial abuse. When I am adding content to my book, before writing first I look back on other articles to see if I have covered this...
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Workplace Domestic Violence Training, is it safe?
When my children were young I was a Personal Trainer and Health Coach. It enabled me to work around my responsibilities as a mother and combine my love of training and Marathon running. I first started running as a way to help deal with the with the depression and...
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Why aren’t more people disclosing domestic family violence in the workplace?
A question I get all the time is. 'We have had a policy for a while and yet so few people are disclosing, in our workplace, why?' The answer to that question is complicated. There are many reasons, but I believe without addressing these three issues it will not change...
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When mission and passion collide
For me 2018 is going to be a year when my mission and my passion collide. I am proud of the work I do. Deciding to share my story for a living was not an easy decision. The temptation to put the past in the past and let it rest was strong. But, I decided to use my...
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Taking time to relax this holiday season.
Like many of you I have worked hard this year and i am looking forward to the holiday season. I have had my share of success and my share my failures in 2017. This has been a year when my health has been challenging. I couldn't train because of injury, exercise is my...
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