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Affirmations - What are affirmations, why do they work, how do they work, how are they useful for a domestic violence survivor
Affirmations are simple (but powerful, we’ll get to that later) tools that involve repeating positive statements to encourage a...
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Sep 8, 20243 min read


What is Self-Care and Why Do Domestic Violence Survivors Need to Learn Self-Care Tools?
It is crucial for survivors to seek out self-care practices to break this cycle and promote long-term healing and overall well-being.
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Sep 1, 20244 min read


Embracing Self-Care: Moving Beyond Feeling Stuck
It's Self-Care Sunday, and I want to take this opportunity to talk about a feeling many of us know all too well: being "STUCK".
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Jul 7, 20242 min read


Empowering Journeys with Broken to Brilliant's Support Walk
The Broken to Brilliant's Support Walks in West Chermside Brisbane and Mackay are filled with laughter, healing, gratitude, and community co
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Nov 22, 20234 min read


Our Open Day and RESTORE Experience
The RESTORE Program is a specialised initiative designed to empower women survivors on their journey to healing.
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Oct 25, 20233 min read


Spreading the Message of Care, One Bag at a Time: St. Rita's College Students' Take Action
Care and Compassion Packs In a world often marred by challenges, it's inspiring to see young minds taking proactive steps to make a...
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Oct 18, 20233 min read


Dear Money: My money relationship
I learned strategies to help manage our money. A key one to get started with was to determine our limiting beliefs and blocks with money.
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Apr 26, 20232 min read


Using Regulation Tools to sustain peace after DV
I’d had a really big day and was tired and agitated when we had the Broken to Brilliant lesson on tools for regulating our emotions.
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Apr 19, 20233 min read


The Handbag Reminder
This day was different.
The counsellors explained that the bags had been donated and prepared for women who had left domestic violence
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Apr 12, 20233 min read


Planning Self-Care
I now see that planning self-care is essential. It makes me feel good and helps me to be more organised. Making self-care a priority is...
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Apr 5, 20233 min read


Finding the time to be active
Our self-care challenge was to include more activity or exercise to improve healing. My first response was: when am I going to fit more...
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Oct 30, 20223 min read


Relieving DV stresses through Tapping or Time Out.
Starting the tapping activity for this blog, was a reminder of when I used this method years ago. Positioning myself for Tapping...
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Oct 23, 20223 min read


Being active after Domestic Violence
I was so excited about making changes to better my life and to introduce activities that I could continue with regularly. I made a simple...
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Oct 16, 20222 min read


Climbing the summit in search of support
You can’t deal with a domestic violence crisis or the long and hard healing journey alone. Broken to Brilliant strongly recommends that...
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Oct 9, 20223 min read


Do the Work: The long term impact of abuse
A key process to rebuild your life after abuse is to ‘Do the Work’. Now this is not as easy as it sounds. You may think it is just doing...
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Oct 5, 20223 min read


Self-care towards healing after Domestic Violence
When I learnt about self-care using the illustration of a fenced corral, I could only see a wide open space. The thought of fencing in my...
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Aug 1, 20222 min read


How I get enough sleep
If you’re reading this blog, I guess it caught your attention because you’re looking for ways to get a better night’s sleep.
I’ve been look
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May 19, 20222 min read


How I tackled anxiety and nightmares to heal my sleep
Trauma impacts sleep, and it caused significant challenges for me.
When I reflect on how much my sleep has improved now, I feel proud of my
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May 1, 20222 min read


You deserve to rest
I haven’t slept much for such a long time that I hadn’t thought about how it could be affecting me.
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Apr 28, 20222 min read


Fill your self-care cup… with sleep!
The road to healing from trauma includes filling up your own cup, taking time to look after yourself, and putting into action self-care...
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Apr 24, 20223 min read
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