1. Turn your inner voice up Turn it up REAL LOUD! Listen to your own thoughts and your own feeling on matters. Dull the chattering voices, you don’t need to look to others to hear what have to say. It’s time to start looking within. The voice is there, it may be quiet, you [...]
“WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY!!” I overheard the tired frazzled mum yelling at her boy as he threw himself on the floor in a tantrum next to the shopping centre ride. Coming from a family of 6, I heard these words a lot growing up. It seemed we never had enough money for anything and [...]
RESEARCHED AND COMPILED BY Leigh Fraser-Gray B Social Work / Social Welfare, Dip H & CS, CERT IV WTA, VOC Post Grad FDR Social Welfare, Dip H & CS, CERT IV WTA, VOC Post Grad FDR *** Names, places and insignificant minor details changed to protect confidentiality *** Domestic Violence IS REAL. I have been carving [...]
So, it’s my birthday today – and normally I ask Kristy if I can put up posts, but — SURPRISE! It’s my birthday! So I can do what I want right?!?! *grins* I use this line a lot on my special day… do you? Hubby has the day off work (best present EVER!) and he [...]
The image above is quite a confronting image for me as it looks exactly like my son’s feet. This is not a photo of him, I have lots of photo’s, I do wish I had one like this though. Don’t say NOTHING - Please don’t pretend it has happened and say nothing.. Just say - ”I’m sorry [...]
Depression is very common. Over a million people in Australia live with depression and 160,000 young people live with depression each year. On average one in five females and one in eight makes will experience depression in their lifetime. Even though so many Australians suffer from this illness there are still many people that don’t understand [...]
On the Imperfect Mum, we get a lot of questions about sleep. I often take a big breath when reposting these, as we normally end up with a big battle between these two sides, with each side passionately believing they are right and best. Firstly, I want to clear up I am not an expert. [...]
1) I am very passionate about Women and the Issues we face. 2) I don’t like rude people. 3) I love to connect, connection to another human is very important to me. 4) I value friendship and hold my friends very close and dear. 5) My gift is that i’m quick- quick thinker, quick talker, quick [...]
About the Author: Leigh Gray Qualifications: VOC GRAD DIP, Family Dispute Resolution and mediation (2011) B. Social Work (2008) CERT IV WT & A CERT Suicide Intervention – First Aide / Assist 2006 B Social Welfare (2003) DIP Human and Community Services (1998) Social Injustice, bigotry, Bugs n slugs, mess. BEST. QUOTE. EVER: You must [...]
Due to the starkness of yesterdays post, I have decided to write a nice heartwarming story. My family owns a couple of small business in Cairns in one of the business we have an employee who is quite high on the spectrum and in result does not speak. In fact, in the last 5 years he [...]
