Self-care

Sep 83 min read

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 14 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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Jul 72 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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Nov 22, 20234 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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Oct 25, 20233 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 18, 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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Apr 26, 20232 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 19, 20233 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 12, 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 5, 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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Oct 30, 20223 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 23, 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 16, 20222 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 9, 20223 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 5, 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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Aug 1, 20222 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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May 19, 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 1, 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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Apr 28, 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 24, 20223 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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