Petrea King (Quest for Life) talks with the Queensland Rural Women’s Network about trauma, loss and grief. She provides practical guidance about how these affect children, adults and communities and what we can do to ease the pain and difficulty, for ourselves and others. This information takes the form of video discussion and interview. These […]
It was important for me to attend the ceremony today to mark the 10 year anniversary of the Canberra Bushfires. This was an important marker in time for many of us – ‘before’ the fires and ‘after’ the fires. Like others present I remember the day clearly and have my own story of fear, action, […]
Sometimes children and others find comics a useful way to understand or come to terms with a recent disaster like a fire. The oatmeal.com/comics provides a short comic strip about a boy and one of the family cats – particularly when the family’s house burns down. This might be useful as a […]
Having spent the past couple of days at the South Coast of NSW on annual holiday, I am only too aware of the fires burning around this state and Tasmania. I’m sure there are others as well. My gratitude and admiration go out to the Fire Fighters and the Emergency Services personnel who are trying […]