Share your story - What strengthened your SEWB?

Yes I'm extremely proud of my girl and my youngest daughter [edited by moderator] is finishing year 12 I'm proud of all my children ❤️ thank you @rav3n & @Lila3

That's wonderful @Yuinblackduck73, it sounds like you have a lot to be proud of with your girls, what an exciting time.

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@rav3n 
Thanks for making this post. Thanks to everyone who has shared. Been short on time but glad I could get to this one now. 
I picked two Domains.

Healing and Body. 

Healing for me really started when I  worked up the courage to access services I had been scared tp do in the past. But I was brave and strong and I went and put myself first.  It was the first stage of healing. I could talk about my family and some of the things I had never spoken about. This link to people who understand me and help me connect with elders locally but also support me to connect with my own culture has meant a lot of me. 
Through  this I have worked up the courage and skills to dig deeper in my healing, finding out more about my family, my history and a way forward. 
The next one I picked was Body. 
Being active. I run often and spend a lot of time with my family outside including family walks with my babies and even taking them for runs too. 
Looking after my body helps my emotional wellbeing too I feel better when I have spent time exercising 

I notice it when I havent taken that time. I also never run  with music or headphones, I prefer to listen and take in the world around me, I run through the tracks in the bush sometimes or along our favourite place in some cliffs above the water on a path 

I am trying to cut down on drinking and previously I had smoked and used substances to cope but I feel better for not using those as strategies anymore 

love what you've shared @ArraDreaming. learning and understanding the past can be so important in supporting our healing journey.

i also like how present you are when you run - no headphones and really taking in your surroundings is such a great practice. ✨

that's so true @ArraDreaming music definitely has it's time and place too, but yep i agree we all need that 'switch off' time - reading your post, i've realised it's something i need to work more on

Hi All @ArraDreaming @rav3n @Yuinblackduck73 @Lila3 @Captain24 @Oaktree 

Back from sport comp - was good catching up with people from all around Australia

On the second day we had a non-competitive social endurance event on beautiful country. So honoured to meet a lady from the local mob. Had a great yarn at the social dinner - so lovely to hear some local mob story.

So I suppose with my sport @ArraDreaming Body is one of my domains (apart from mind), but now also culture speaking to this lady.

I did some practice for general fitness by doing long bushwalks on a very nearby country. I felt connected because it's also a saltwater country that has similar flora and fauna to my country. I also never have any sounds except for sounds of country, which is mainly waves hitting the cliffs and rocks, but also the birds. I find natural sounds grounding. I wove myself a bracelet to take to comp with me

You sound very talented and creative @Yuinblackduck73 what do you make the skirt from?