by Julie | Jul 9, 2016 | Womens Advocate and Womens Health BDM
Having spent the last twenty-plus years working in a community service that deals almost exclusively with women’s issues, one of the most common presenting issues is relationship breakdown. And while each individual situation is different, there are many common...
by Julie | Mar 4, 2016 | Womens Advocate and Womens Health BDM
I am a veteran of International Women’s Day. When I first started working in women’s health over twenty years ago, I had never heard of it. I was born in the 60’s, and rural Queensland at that time wasn’t exactly caught up in the Women’s Liberation movement. My mum is...
by Julie | Feb 29, 2016 | Womens Advocate and Womens Health BDM
Let It Go! The Power of Surrender Firstly, apologies to everyone who read the title and immediately shuddered. Disney has a lot to answer for, I know. Further apologies if that song is now stuck in your head. Again. I don’t even have small children anymore, and still...
by Julie | Jan 16, 2016 | Womens Advocate and Womens Health BDM
Women are amazing. I know this because I am one; frequently, when I look back at what has been achieved in what feels like a day but is actually a week, I am amazed. Cooking, cleaning, shopping, working, dropping off, picking up – you know the drill. Oh, and can you...
by Julie | Dec 11, 2015 | Womens Advocate and Womens Health BDM
It’s the end of the school year for many, heading towards a break from work, maybe, some time off looming on the horizon. It’s the season for drinks with friends, a time to catch up over a leisurely BBQ or a seafood lunch. It sounds so civilised, doesn’t it? Swan from...
by Julie | Nov 1, 2015 | Womens Advocate and Womens Health BDM
End of year exams, study, part-time jobs, formal, sport, school lunches, clean uniforms, getting a driver’s licence – raising young adults is hard work and often more time consuming and anxiety inducing than raising toddlers. Or juggling knives. Blind folded. But you...