Suzie Abrahms

23/07/2026

Under Australia’s new aged care reforms, emotional, psychological and social wellbeing are important parts of quality aged care.
If you are experiencing grief, loneliness, anxiety, depression, family stress or difficulty adjusting to change, ask your Support at Home provider about support from an Accredited Social Worker.
If your request is refused or you are told it is “not included,” ask how your psychosocial needs have been assessed and how your care plan supports your wellbeing, rights and quality of life.
For free aged-care advocacy, contact OPAN on 1800 700 600.
To make a complaint, contact the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission on 1800 951 822.

25/06/2026

28/03/2024

Robyn Gobbel - Trauma, Toxic Stress, & Baffling Behaviors 💕

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09/03/2024

05/03/2024

Robyn Gobbel - Trauma, Toxic Stress, & Baffling Behaviors 💕
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It's perfectly human to want someone else's distressing behavior to stop because it makes us uncomfortable (and sometimes it's dangerous).
Believe me, I feel deeply the pull to manipulate someone else's nervous system so I'll feel more comfortable.

I do it more than I'd like to admit publicly here on social media 😜 You can ask my husband.

But that's not real co-regulation.

Co-regulation has no agenda besides "I'm here with you. I can hold this distress as long as it needed."

I'm definitely not throwing shade (um, my BFF's young daughter recently introduced me to this lingo. Is it hip?? I'm old and never leave the house so I'm outta touch with the lingo...)

Anyway I'm definitely not throwing shade at all the times we are offering co-regulation as an attempt to change someone else.

Like I said. I get it. I do it, too.

We can allow our humanity to be completely wonderfully true AND see if we can increase our noticing and our awareness of when we being present versus when we are trying to get someone else to change.

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17/12/2023

"A dysregulated child does not need a calm adult. They need a connected adult. They need an adult who is able to feel the activation and simultaneously access ventral." - Lisa Dion 💕