InsideArts Arts Psychotherapy and Clinical Supervision

18/11/2025

If any of your clients are dealing with family estrangement, there are support groups popping up across Australia. https://www.facebook.com/share/1DEBfk9J86/

Care & Connect Estranged Parents Australia is a hub for parents navigating the grief, confusion, and isolation of adult-child estrangement. To sign up for newsletters https://mailchi.mp/329646c68777/care-and-connect-estranged-parents-australia-cacepa

15/11/2025

One of the challenges of being a small business owner - you spend weekends doing your own computer tech-ing! New power charging port installed - red light on. It looks like it's charging, so now we will just have to wait and see. Time for a coffee on the deck.

13/11/2025

Please note that this product has been for sale across Australia with retailers such as Zart Art. Please check your supplies!

**UPDATED WITH EXTRA PRODUCTS & HEALTH ADVICE** The following children's play sand in various colours is being recalled due to possible asbestos contamination.

👉Montessori Sand Tray Writing Activity Set
👉 Kidsplay Crafts various coloured sand and sand art party packs
👉 MIKI Sand Art Set - Model Codes 8369 and 8445
👉 Active Sandtub 14 piece Sand Castle Building Set; Blue Magic Sand; Green Magic Sand; Pink Magic Sand - sold at Kmart and Target
👉 Kadink Sand (1.3kg)
👉 Educational Colours - Rainbow Sand (1.3kg)
👉 Creatistics - Coloured Sand (1kg)
👉 Kadink Decorative sand 10g 6 pack
👉 More brands to come and we will keep you updated.
👉 We recommend you stop using any coloured play sand as a precaution.

The products may cause a risk to health as naturally occurring asbestos has been detected in some samples after laboratory testing.

ℹ The products were sold at Kmart, Target, Officeworks, Educating Kids, Modern Teaching Aids, Zart Art and online .

📅 Available for sale - 1 January 2020 - 13 November 2025

❌ Asbestos is prohibited in Australia ❌

What you should do if you have one of the brands listed:
✅ Stop using the products immediately.
✅ Place the sand in a heavy-duty plastic bag and double tape it securely and keep it out of reach of children.
✅ For safe disposal advice - https://www.productsafety.gov.au/about-us/product-safety-news/news/safe-disposal-and-health-information-for-consumers-with-recalled-sand-products
✅ Contact depending on who you bought the sand from
recalls@educationalvantage.com
Kmart - 1800 124 125
Target - 1300 753 567
MIKI - customerservice@saxint.com.au
Kidsplay Crafts - sales@kidsplaycrafts.com.au

ACCC Product Safety will engage with suppliers and expect all to provide appropriate support to consumers including responding to queries, and providing advice about arranging a refund.

HealthyWA safety advice: https://www.health.wa.gov.au/News/2025/Public%20health%20advice%20after%20recall%20of%20children%20sand%20products

Recall notice 1: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/search-consumer-product-recalls/educational-colours-rainbow-sand-13kg-creatistics-coloured-sand-1kg-and-kadink-sand-13kg

Recall notice 2: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/search-consumer-product-recalls/kadink-decorative-sand-10g-6-pack

Recall notice 3: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/search-consumer-product-recalls/active-sandtub-14-piece-sand-castle-building-set-blue-magic-sand-green-magic-sand-pink-magic-sand-sold-at-kmart-and-target

Recall notice 4: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/search-consumer-product-recalls/miki-sand-art-set

Recall notice 5: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/search-consumer-product-recalls/various-coloured-sand-and-sand-art-party-packs

Recall notice 6: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/search-consumer-product-recalls/montessori-sand-tray-writing-activity-set

12/11/2025

Ooooh! Anyone have a project? A collaboration with Flinders University screen studies unit perhaps?

SBS is calling for bold, thought-provoking factual series — with up to $50,000 in development funding available.

We want innovative formats that push creative boundaries, spark national conversations and embody the SBS Charter (think The People vs Robodebt, The Hospital: In The Deep End). Targeting broad audiences — especially 35–55 — with fresh storytelling, daring experiments, exclusive access, or inventive formats.

Head of SBS Unscripted, Joseph Maxwell, said: “At SBS we are always looking for bold new ideas that push boundaries. We want to work with the production community to deliver distinctive Australian content that matters. Our initiatives consistently deliver landmark shows – most recently, The People vs Robodebt. We are encouraging risk taking and innovation with SBS’s audience and Charter always front of mind.“

Submission details:
• SBS is seeking original factual format ideas ranging from three to eight episodes of up to one hour each in duration.
• Project proposals should be no more than four pages, and submissions must include a title, a logline and a single paragraph synopsis. Please include a short paragraph on how you hope to spend the development funds and a list of deliverables if successful.
• Submissions must be emailed to the SBS Factual pitching portal factual@sbs.com.au - with the subject line ‘New Factual Format Call out’. Please note all submissions will receive an acknowledgement email, but only successful applications will receive a feedback email due to volume.
• All applications must be eligible for state and/or federal documentary funding programs.
• Entries are now open and will close Friday 9 February 2026.

Announcement here: https://tinyurl.com/3nwxefdc

12/11/2025

Are you an estranged parent? This is an extremely challenging and distressing experience for many parents who have been good, (although perhaps imperfect) parents.

It's a hard journey, and you can feel completely alone — and it can really help to connect with others who understand.

I’ve noticed that this age group is where estrangement seems to be most common, yet local, in-person support is very limited. I’m hoping to start small, FREE state-based friendship and support groups for estranged parents around Australia.

If you’d like to be part of this, you can:
🌿 Comment below, and I’ll get in touch, or
🌿 Message me privately if you’d prefer to keep it confidential.

You won’t be asked for any private information — I’ll simply add you to the group, and you’ll be notified when a meet-up is organised in your state.

I am keen to start building some gentle, understanding community support together.

11/11/2025

This is brilliant and in Adelaide for one last screening. Great for all Arts Therapists to see.

Excited to share that SONGS INSIDE will have one final ADL event screening with Q&A on Nov 18 at Palace Cinemas - to celebrate the national cinema release of Songs Inside!

Please come along if you haven’t seen it yet - or experience all the feels again!
Booking link: https://www.palacenova.com.au/special-events/songs-inside-filmmakers-qa

10/11/2025

Be careful who you push away.
Sometimes it isn’t the critic or the stranger you lose
but the one who saw you fully,
who would have stood by you through every storm.

They might not have agreed with you on everything,
but their love was fierce and real,
the kind that tells the truth,
the kind that stays when others fade.

Push them hard enough, though,
and even the deepest heart can close.
Not out of anger,
but because the love was too great,
and the pain of losing you became too much to bear.

Don’t break the heart that would have never stopped believing in you.

06/11/2025

And onto Day 2.

05/11/2025

Excited!

23/10/2025

A Gentle Plea: Rethinking Silence

There’s a difference between having boundaries and building walls.

If you’ve chosen not to speak to your parents, I’d like to gently invite you to think about what that means, not as a judgment, but as an act of reflection.

Boundaries are healthy and important. They allow you to protect your peace while still acting with respect and integrity. It’s possible to maintain distance, to say no, to limit conversations while still acknowledging a message, or saying thank you for a gesture.

Completely refusing contact at all, in many cases, isn’t a sign of strength, it’s a sign of relational avoidance. It suggests that the skills needed to stay present, self-regulated, and kind in difficult relationships haven’t yet been built.

Of course, there are exceptions. For those whose parents were genuinely abusive or dangerous, safety must always come first.
But for many, the “harms” we carry from childhood are not insurmountable. They can often be managed through healthy boundaries, emotional maturity, and compassion both for ourselves and for others.

So perhaps this is a moment to ask yourself:
Is my current behaviour congruent with my values?
Am I acting with integrity and courage, or from fear, resentment, or a desire to punish?
Sometimes, refusing to even say “thank you” doesn’t protect us — it simply keeps us small.

20/10/2025

Interesting!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1378772250428702

10/10/2025

Nurture the bonds lest they fade away to nothing. ❤️