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Description Join Karen Treisman and Lisa Cherry in a conversation on 14th December at 7pm, recorded for the Podcast, on all things Trauma Informed Culture Change. Where do we go next? How do we get there? How do we layer the change that will see services and systems...

The Beginning Back in the Summer of 2022, Lisa wrote a tweet highlighting an emerging finding in her doctoral research regarding relationships that 'saved my life' and were 'a game-changer'. The response on Twitter was immediate and a subject that people really wanted...

You may have noticed that I have a slight obsession with coffee and you wouldn't be wrong. This can be a challenge as a UK resident as I often need to try a few cups in each area I am in before I find a good coffee blend, a machine that is cleaned properly every day...

One minute you're in a large hotel in the centre of Melbourne at a 3000 strong conference and the next, you're in an empty guest house in the middle of nowhere. That takes some adjusting I can tell you! This situation offered me a good opportunity to think about how...

And just like that, the conference was on it's last day. From the story of healing, to First Nations healing, through to the vulnerability of executive functioning with a deep dive into trauma, compassion and recovery, Friday had arrived. The day offered a number of...

Having given two presentations at the conference on Wednesday, I had the absolute honour of sitting on a women's panel as we collectively brought our heart energy into the room and shared some deep connection time. One of the questions the audience asked the panel was...

It's Tuesday at the Australian Childhood Foundation Trauma Conference 2022 and it's been yet another full day! There were several speakers that I had the pleasure of listening to today but I'm going to share the learnings from Louis Cozolino and Judy Atkinson as their...

After yesterday's gentle conversations, we launched into a full day Masterclass at the conference. There were several going on throughout the day and I chose to spend the day with a First Nations panel which was a first for the conference. For me there is so much...

A gentle start to a week long conference designed to create a somewhat calmer space for 3000 people to register across a Sunday afternoon, opens with a conversation and you know how much I love conversations!  I'm going to share the wisdom from the first conversation...

During a time, not that long ago, way before ‘trauma informed’ fully entered (almost) the mainstream lexicon for schools, services and systems in the UK, I had a dream. Before Brexit, Johnson and the biggest onslaught on our preventative services otherwise known as...

I recently had an experience that I felt so strongly about that I wrote publicly about it. The post was called "Trauma Informed Practice; How Do We Walk The Talk" and looked at what happens when a relationship breaks down with an...

In this short series of exploring trauma informed ways of being, we are being invited to think about developing what it is that sits behind was has been termed Trauma Informed Practice (TIP). #1 started us off with sitting in a place of love and curiosity, not fear...