ResourceYourself

19/12/2025

🌴 Out of Office Alert! 🌴

ResourceYourself is officially taking a break to rest, recharge, and maybe indulge in a little extra connection and sunshine!

We’ll be back on Wednesday, 14th January 2026, ready to connect, share, and keep doing the work we love.

In the meantime:
✨ Take a breath
✨ Enjoy the little moments
✨ Maybe even dance like nobody’s watching 🕺💃

See you in 2026 — refreshed, recharged, and ready for an amazing year ahead! 🎉

17/12/2025

Reflecting on 2025💫💫

As the year draws to a close, Resource Yourself is taking a moment to pause, reflect, and express gratitude for everything 2025 has brought.

This year has been full of connection, learning, and growth. From opening our own clinic space in Caloundra to delivering DDP level 1 in Hobart, PACE in Townsville, Brisbane, Parramatta, Northern NSW and Relational Healing Environments in Wollongong and Cairns, to supporting families, carers, and practitioners, and witnessing knowledge being applied to create real, lasting change — it’s been an incredible year.

We’ve had the privilege of supporting the growth of DDP in Australia and meeting so many inspiring people, sharing insights, and witnessing the power of relational approaches, PACE, and trauma-informed practice in action. Each session, conversation, and “aha” moment has reminded us why this work matters so deeply.

Amid the busyness, we’ve also celebrated the small wins — the moments of connection, curiosity, laughter, and learning. These are the threads that make all the effort meaningful.

As we step into the end of the year, ResourceYourself wants to say thank you:
✨ To the families, carers, and practitioners we’ve worked with — for your openness, courage, and dedication.
✨ To our colleagues and collaborators — for your support, energy, and inspiration.
✨ And to everyone taking care of themselves while caring for others — for showing up and making a difference, day by day.

Here’s to a season of rest, reflection, and replenishment, and to carrying the lessons, connections, and hope of 2025 into a bright and meaningful 2026. 🌿

15/12/2025

In DDP, we often say: “Connection creates the conditions for behaviour to change.”

This isn’t about fixing a person, controlling behaviour, or ticking boxes.
It’s about showing up in a way that honours their story, validates their feelings, and nurtures their sense of safety.
It’s about being a reliable presence, even when the moments feel messy, confusing, or challenging.

Small relational moments matter far more than perfect strategies.
A gentle question instead of a demand.
A calm word instead of a correction.
A pause to really see a child instead of rushing to the next task.

Each tiny moment of connection is like a brick in the foundation of trust, safety, and resilience.
Every connection counts. Every moment matters.

When we focus on relationship first, the rest begins to shift naturally.

11/12/2025

🎄 Friday Fun: Christmas Edition! 🎄

It’s Friday, and we’re officially in the holiday spirit! ✨
With just one week to go before the holiday closure, we thought it’s the perfect time for some festive fun.

🎶 “Name That Christmas Song” challenge — can you guess the song in 3 notes?
🎁 Secret Santa… at your desk or in your head
🕺 Dance like nobody’s watching to all the holiday hits
🎥 Watch all your favourite holiday movies

What’s your favourite Christmas song or holiday game to get you into the festive spirit? Drop it below! 👇

09/12/2025

Human Rights Day 2025 🌍

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, was the first legal document to set out the fundamental human rights to be universally protected. The UDHR, which turns 75 on 10 December 2023, continues to be the foundation of all international human rights law. Its 30 articles provide the principles and building blocks of current and future human rights conventions, treaties and other legal instruments.

Today and every day, we stand for a simple truth: that every person — every child, every family — deserves dignity, safety, respect, and care.

At Resource Yourself, we believe in the power of connection, compassion, and trauma‑informed support to help build lives grounded in human rights — where everyone feels seen, heard, and valued.

On this day, we honour the rights of children, families, carers, and communities to be treated with humanity, kindness, and care. And we commit to continuing our work in creating spaces of safety, trust, and healing.

Let’s remember: respect, empathy, and compassion aren’t bonus features — they’re fundamental.

07/12/2025

Ever noticed how those “tricky moments” with kids can stop us in our tracks… and yet, they’re often the exact moments where the real connection work begins?

When a child or parent is overwhelmed, shut down, explosive or confused, they’re not giving us a hard time — they’re having a hard time.
And this is where PACE gently shifts the whole experience.

PACE isn’t about being perfect or getting it right every time.
It’s about being present enough to meet a child or parent where they are, not where we wish they were.

✨ Curiosity instead of correction — “I wonder what’s happening for you right now?”
✨ Acceptance instead of frustration — “Your feelings make sense, and I’m here.”
✨ Empathy instead of escalation — “This is hard, and you’re not alone.”

These small relational choices create the safety a child needs to soften, settle and reconnect.

A little PACE truly goes a long way…
In homes.
In classrooms.
In resi’s.
In early childhood settings.
In any space where children need to feel safe in the presence of an adult who “gets” them. ✨

04/12/2025

Parenting isn’t just about guiding a child — it’s about connecting and holding at the same time.

In DDP parenting, we often talk about the Two Hands of Parenting:

1️⃣ The Hand of Nurture, Connection & Attunement — empathy, curiosity, playfulness, and unconditional acceptance.
2️⃣ The Hand of Structure, Discipline & Guidance — safe limits, routines, and boundaries.

When both hands work together, children feel understood, safe to explore, and confident to return.

It’s not always easy — but parenting this way builds relationships that are repair-focused, resilient, and rooted in trust. 💛

04/12/2025

A gentle mid-week reminder:
Compassion isn’t only something you give to others.
It’s something you’re allowed to receive, and something you can intentionally offer yourself — especially at this time of year, when everyone is tired, stretched, and carrying more than usual.

As we move toward the end of the year, the pace picks up, the to-do lists grow, and our nervous systems feel that cumulative load.
We’re often quick to extend understanding outward… yet the last to turn that same softness inward.

But your body, your mind, and your whole self deserve that same care — perhaps even more now than ever.

So today, try a small pause:
✨ Take a slow breath.
✨ Loosen your shoulders.
✨ Notice what you need, without judgment.
✨ Let yourself land for a moment.

This isn’t indulgent — it’s necessary.
You can’t pour from a cup that’s constantly bracing, tightening, or powering through the end-of-year rush.

27/11/2025

🗣️ Affective Reflective Dialogue — in a nutshell
One of the core elements of DDP, and one of the most powerful tools we have for building safety, connection and understanding.

In its simplest form, affective reflective dialogue is about:
✨ Staying curious about a child’s inner world
✨ Naming the feelings behind the behaviour
✨ Helping them make sense of what’s happening inside
✨ Showing that their emotions are welcome, safe and understood

It slows everything down…
It brings us out of managing behaviour and into relationship…
And it helps children develop the story of why they feel and react the way they do — without shame, fear, or confusion.

When we stay open, reflective and emotionally present, we’re not just responding to a moment.
We’re building trust, shaping meaning, and strengthening the attachment that makes healing possible.

Big concept. Big impact.
Small moments, over and over again.

24/11/2025

🤍 White Ribbon Day 🤍
Today we stand together to speak out, listen deeply, and commit to creating a future free from men’s violence against women.

White Ribbon Day is a reminder that this work isn’t symbolic — it’s urgent. Violence thrives in silence, in minimisation, and in cultures where disrespect is normalised. Change begins with conversations, accountability, and the courage to challenge harmful attitudes and behaviours.

As practitioners, community members, parents, partners, friends — we all have a role.
To believe women.
To teach empathy, respect, and emotional safety.
To hold space for healing.
And to model relationships grounded in dignity and equality.

Today, and every day, we choose to be part of the solution.
We choose to stand up, speak up, and act.

🤍 Together, we can build communities where safety is a right — not a privilege.

21/11/2025

There are some really great tips and tricks underpinned by DDP in this article on therapeutic caring.

At Resource Yourself, we genuinely believe that if every space supporting children — homes, schools, resi’s, and early childhood settings — used this approach, we’d see fewer behavioural concerns and far more connection, safety, and engagement.

Have a read and see what you think. Always keen to keep these conversations going 💚

What is Therapeutic Parenting? Therapeutic Parenting aims to build safety and security in the child-carer relationship. Find out more.

20/11/2025

🚨 Only ONE ticket left! 🚨
Brisbane is so close to being fully booked for DDP Level 2!

If you’ve recently completed DDP Level 1 and been thinking about diving deeper into Dyadic Developmental Practice… consider this your loud, friendly nudge. 😉

Level 2 is where the learning sharpens, the practice deepens, and the “aha!” moments really land. It’s hands-on, relational, reflective — and built for practitioners who want to grow their confidence in applying DDP Psychotherapy and PACE with complexity and intention.

If you’ve been waiting for a sign… this, is it.
👉 Last spot.
👉 Brisbane.
👉 Don’t miss it.

Secure the final seat and join an incredible group of practitioners committed to healing, connection, and relational change.

Link in below / DMs welcome for details! ✨

DDP Level 2 – 16–19 Jun 2026, Brisbane with Leah Millward. 4-day advanced training incl. 28 CPD hrs, catering & handbook. Level 1 required.