Strengths for Our Mob
Short resource about strength, healing and supporting younger generations Source: Trauma & Grief Network
- Suggested for: Communities, Families, Friends & Elders, Young People
- Categories: ∘ Promoting Resilience & Preventing Suicide ∘, ∘ Staying Safe & Well ∘, Information/Booklet
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A series of conversations about promoting social and emotional wellbeing and preventing suicides in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, recorded by Luke Pearson from Indigenous X and featuring: Dr Jackie Huggins AM, Co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Birri-Gubba Juru and Bidjara woman from Queensland Aunty Lorraine Peeters, Managing Director and Facilitator of Winangali-Marumali from the Gamilaroi and Wailwun Nations Richard Weston, former CEO of the Healing Foundation, descendant from Meriam People of Torres Strait Source: Everymind
Uncle Les Coe yarns with young people about reconnecting with their cultural roots to grow proud and strong. Source: Desert Pea Media/WNSWPHN
iBobbly is a social and emotional wellbeing self-help app for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over. Using iBobbly for six weeks has been shown to reduce depression, distress and suicidal thinking. Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and co-designed with young people in the Kimberley, the app helps people to recognise troubling thoughts and responses, and apply more positive thinking and behaviours. Source: Black Dog Institute