Woven Together: Yarns Heal artwork
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This artwork was created by graphic artist Riki Salam for the Yarns Heal – Aboriginal…
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Short resource about strength, healing and supporting younger generations Source: Trauma & Grief Network
This strengths based mental health and wellbeing tool aims to improve culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by offering a holistic, person-centred approach to having a yarn about wellbeing. It is aimed at strengthening connections, goal setting and self-management of mental wellbeing. The interactive tool allows users to select different options or to write down: the people that keep them strong the strengths in their life the worries that can take their strength away the goals that can make change. Abstract adapted from Menzies School of Health Research Source: Menzies School of Health Research
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