Discovering Strength

31/05/2026

Safe travels to Support Worker Noel!!! You are really beginning to make your way around our service!! The kids love you and I am sure will miss you! From one on one support to Basketball group, STEM, Soccer, there isn’t anything you won’t step in and help with! Can’t wait to have you back and share your adventures!! In the mean time, have the time of your life!!!

27/05/2026

To all our Muslim community. The team at Discovering Strength would like to wish you all the very best with your Eid celebrations!! We hope you have had a good day 🙏🙏🙏 (Photo is of two lanterns with their reflections on a river)

21/05/2026

These two stole our hearts this morning, friends from school, who discovered they go to the same service!!! Their parents and therapists were able to witness their conversation skills, asking questions of each other, negotiation and genuine friendship for one another. I can see some play dates happening! We’ve done some shuffling so that they can strengthen their friendship in the same social skills groups. Let’s see how they go allowing others to join!!! (Both pictures are of the two children playing together, backs to the camera).

20/05/2026

When anxiety feels big, grounding techniques can help bring us back to the present moment 💛 This has come up in sessions a lot of late!!

The 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique is a simple strategy that uses your senses to help calm an overwhelmed mind and body.

💙 5 things you can SEE
❤️ 4 things you can FEEL
🧡 3 things you can HEAR
💚 2 things you can SMELL
🩵 1 thing you can TASTE

This can be especially helpful for:
✨ Children and adults
✨ People experiencing anxiety or panic
✨ Neurodivergent individuals, including those on the Autism Spectrum
✨ Anyone feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or emotionally flooded

There is no “right” way to do grounding. Take your time, go at your own pace, and use the senses that feel comfortable for you.

Sometimes calming the nervous system starts with noticing one small thing at a time 🌿

10/05/2026

I hope all of the Mother’s and Grandmothers in our Community had an amazing day today!! Happy Mother’s Day to you all!! Here is a pic of me and my mum!!! So much of our practice is based on how I was raised. Very blessed to have had such a good role model my whole life 🫶🫶🫶

07/05/2026

It’s been a bit since we have run our men’s group!! It will be back!!! I thought I would share this community group in the meantime as I know Dad’s are often missed in terms support!!

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27/04/2026

We celebrated the lovely Khushi’s 21st birthday last Thursday!!! You will see Khushi helping Sam on our front desk, as a Support Worker and hopefully in the future as a budding Psychologist! Great to have you as part of our team!! Hope you continued to enjoy your birthday celebrations lovely!!!

09/04/2026

Our holiday program was a great (and messy) success! On day 1 everyone had a go at activities designed to get energy out and develop motor skills without causing frustration. Day two was all in on sensory regulation - slime, chill out zones and specially designed sensory food interventions got everyone in the mood for trying new things. Almost every child tried a new food and many loved it so much they took leftovers home for parents! We are so proud of how well our clients did today.

28/03/2026

To say we are so damn proud is an understatement!!! Our additional needs karate kids exceeded all expectations. There is no group photo because our kids all graded within the regular Shindo program. We attended three gradings throughout the day. Yes we were there for support, but they literally smashed it and impressed a few people along the way as well! Our program gets results!! This is true inclusion. Can you spot our kids in the group photos 🙏🙏🙏

21/03/2026

Raising Awareness for Men’s Su***de in Eynesbury today. We walked from Eynesbury Primary School to the Homestead where we shared some drinks and hopefully shared our experiences with this tragic reality. Thx to Ben from ‘Get Fenced’ in Eynesbury as well as Brad from ‘Werribee Mitsubishi’ for organising and sponsoring. Thx to our Eynesbury Fire Brigade for the es**rt also!!