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🦶taking me to my happy magical morning place. Simultaneously watching the full 🌚 set over the trees and the 🌞 rise with equal grace over the water.

What happens when even your Zoom catch up needs to be rescheduled 😔 🤷‍♀️?

Despite the rain I felt as bright and happy as this 🌻 👉 today to kick off STEP Virtual with @igssyd for Term 4 👏 A group of enthusiastic students Zooming in from home to chat with @opalhealthcare residents. In a short space of time we had travelled the world with stories of Noel’s 40years as a sailor, and Galina’s childhood in Harbin, China ( known famously today for its #harbinicefestival) and to the mountains of Malta as we discussed Emma’s birthplace as a potential great destination for student Jack’s Rock climbing adventures 🧗

Yippee !!!! Thanks Rebecca Simmis and Wonder dog Roy 🐕 for helping me do my final km’s and reach 63km on the #longwalkhome !!! I am stoked to have exceed the $ goal I set and more than doubled what I thought I would walk. @waysidepastor Jon Owen spoke in this week’s Inner Circle newsletter about #JOMO ( the joy of meeting others in the return to ‘normal’ in the coming weeks) … I have certainly experienced this in sharing this experience with cherished friends - he also wrote though….

This week, I've been walking in the #longwalkhome2021 for Wayside Chapel to support people sleeping rough on our streets...in an average week a person experiencing homelessness walks 28km to receive help, find their next shelter or look for a safe place to sleep.

Ms Berejiklian revealed today that from October 11, residents of aged care homes would be able to receive two fully-vaccinated visitors each day 👏 🤸‍♀️ 🌈

“ Some of the most interesting discoveries I’ve made about this program is it still possible to connect with people, even through a screen. I also learnt that you importance of these connections in relation to my mental health and how staying social is very important for me. “

Thank you Abigail for sharing your amazing artwork and heartfelt letter as part of your Year 9 Community Connect project with @igssyd.

“I’ve been down the darkest alleys, I’ve been running with the wolves, to get to you, to get to you”

A great Zoom session today with students from @igssyd and residents of Annandale Grove Care community talking about everything from favourite meals and what’s good on 📺 at the moment, to some of the deeper questions like who has been there for you when you have not felt ok.

“Years May wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul” Samuel Ullman

Our collective wellbeing is always important, but it is particularly important in dramatically challenging times like we are facing as a society right now. The five ways to Well-being are an important reminder on ways to ensure you are living a physically, emotionally & spiritually healthy life. Please follow along @fitmindcoaching to read more about the reasons why and how you can ensure you are keeping track of your own well being.

Highly encourage you to watch “What does Australia really think about ?” New series on SBS. Tonight’s episode on how older people can feel invisible in society helps promote the important conversation on how we act towards and treat people as they age in our society.

When was the last time you found yourself judging someone who was ‘different’ to you in some way ? As much as none of us would like to admit it, @monash_uni research shows we all have unconscious biases that mean we make snap judgements which can have negative effects.

In amongst the COVID chaos last week, it was so great to kick off our STEP sessions with students again from International Grammar School @igssyd . (Due to a NO ZOOM recording policy for the IGS students whilst at home, we won’t have any pictures of the students on their Zoom calls … we do though have a few of facilitator Sam’s children ( Hugo, Indie and Mika) who joined the call when the students had to leave).

The impacts of COVID are many. The distance we feel from loved ones and uncertainty around when we may see them face to face again weighs heavy on our minds. This photo was part of a lovely introduction letter from one of our @igssyd students to aged care residents explaining how much she misses visiting her overseas grandparents and is thankful for the opportunity to speak with them via video technology.

The aged care industry celebrated #agedcareemployeeday2021 this week.

Anyone feel like they need a good dose of a certain power and calm right now ? We may not be able to get into the @artgalleryofnsw

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🦶taking me to my happy magical morning place. Simultaneously watching the full 🌚 set over the trees and the 🌞 rise with equal grace over the water.

What happens when even your Zoom catch up needs to be rescheduled 😔 🤷‍♀️?

Despite the rain I felt as bright and happy as this 🌻 👉 today to kick off STEP Virtual with @igssyd for Term 4 👏 A group of enthusiastic students Zooming in from home to chat with @opalhealthcare residents. In a short space of time we had travelled the world with stories of Noel’s 40years as a sailor, and Galina’s childhood in Harbin, China ( known famously today for its #harbinicefestival) and to the mountains of Malta as we discussed Emma’s birthplace as a potential great destination for student Jack’s Rock climbing adventures 🧗

Yippee !!!! Thanks Rebecca Simmis and Wonder dog Roy 🐕 for helping me do my final km’s and reach 63km on the #longwalkhome !!! I am stoked to have exceed the $ goal I set and more than doubled what I thought I would walk. @waysidepastor Jon Owen spoke in this week’s Inner Circle newsletter about #JOMO ( the joy of meeting others in the return to ‘normal’ in the coming weeks) … I have certainly experienced this in sharing this experience with cherished friends - he also wrote though….

This week, I've been walking in the #longwalkhome2021 for Wayside Chapel to support people sleeping rough on our streets...in an average week a person experiencing homelessness walks 28km to receive help, find their next shelter or look for a safe place to sleep.

Ms Berejiklian revealed today that from October 11, residents of aged care homes would be able to receive two fully-vaccinated visitors each day 👏 🤸‍♀️ 🌈

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