- In conversation with … Heather Kinang … Himalayan Climber, Trekker, Yoga Teacher and Late Discoverer Heather whenever I see a post of yours in social media it usually shows you climbing a mountain, running alongside the Brisbane river or in a complex yoga pose. You do seem to love the outdoors and enjoy physical activity. If we can start with your trekking adventures in the Nepal and Kathmandu mountains what […]
- In conversation with … Angela Barra Angela thank you for offering your time to have a discussion about your adoption experience. Thank you for inviting me to participate in this interview Thomas and to share some thoughts. Approaching your fiftieth year, giving you much time to both live and reflect on your adoption, what has been the most enduring impact of […]
- Living with Adoption: A Quest for Hope, Healing and Happiness I acknowledge the mothers, fathers, adopted persons and their family members who are directly affected by adoption. I acknowledge your loss, separation, pain, and the associated uncertainty you may live with. We all carry and have to deal with our emotional wounds. I offer you strength and patience in doing so. My focus today is […]
- Writing as Therapy I was one of three guest authors invited to talk at a recent Speakers Forum hosted by Counsellors Tricia Dearden and Brooke Bengston at the Post Adoption Resource Centre, Sydney. Alongside Margaret Watson who spoke about her book Surviving Secrets, and Gwen Wilson who reflected on her memoir I Belong to No One, I talked […]
- The Space Between Spits of rain pierce dappled sun under the tall pines. A white marquee, a podium, three huge black rocks wrapped with a very long yellow ribbon, a pack of media, a crowd of mostly women, milling, meeting old friends being introduced to others. A day that had been waited for… Grundy Gardens is behind Adelaide’s […]