13YARN Financial Stress Fact Sheet
Financial stress refers to the anxiety and pressure individuals experience when they struggle to meet their monetary obligations, be it short-term expenses or long-term debts.
Source: 13YARN
Families, Friends & Elders
13YARN Domestic and Family Violence Fact Sheet
Our mob has strong community values and places great emphasis on care, respect, and love, but sometimes things can go wrong. Struggling with domestic violence? There is always a hand stretched out for you.
Source: 13YARN
13YARN Depression in Mob Fact Sheet
Depression is a deep sadness that sticks around for weeks, months or even years. Sometimes, we don’t realise that we’re carrying it, or we don’t yarn about it. With the right support, you can begin healing your way for a better life.
Source: 13YARN
13YARN Anxiety in Mob Fact Sheet
This fact sheet shares some types of things that might make us worry or feel ‘anxious’, and ways that respect our culture for dealing with these worries and feelings.
Source: 13YARN
Yarn Up
Yarn up is a safe space for First Nations young people to connect with community, hear from others, and access wellbeing resources and support. It has been co-designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and young First Nations people, and includes:
– videos about social and emotional wellbeing and community connection
– strategies for self-care when people are feeling not good
– cartoons for younger kids.
Many of these resources are also included individually within the Manual of Resources.
Source: ReachOut Australia
Keep yourself healed
This short film describes simple ways for Aboriginal Health Workers to look after themselves, including strategies to sustain and enjoy working in Aboriginal health so they can continue to support their communities.
Source: VACCHO/beyondblue
Words for feelings map (Ngaanyatjarra or Pitjantjatjara)
Illustrated poster to help people find the right words to express different feelings, and be better equipped to ask for help.
Source: NPY Women’s Council
Speak Up
Eliza Packham has learned to speak openly about the trauma in her life, saying no to shame and sharing her experience to grow stronger and encourage others to do the same.
Source: Desert Pea Media/WNSWPHN
Lighting the Dark
Short video documentary featuring Indigenous NRL players, community leaders and people with lived experience of suicide.
Source: Queensland and Aboriginal and Islander Health Council
Yarning about Mental Health – English
Yarning about Mental Health
These videos from Menzies School of Health Research, contains strength-based messages around mental health and wellbeing. It also highlights the importance of culture, family and community in maintaining good mental health and provides tools that can be used to promote wellbeing. The video was developed with First Nations Australians in the Northern Territory.