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Parenting Session Post

Figuring Out Families aims to help families to be the best that they can be. We interview experts in the field who provide practical advice and tips to help couples with their relationships and raising their children.

In our podcast series, Parenting Sessions, we are joined by:

Dr Rosina McAlpine.  author, parenting expert and CEO of Win Win Parenting.

Rachel Schofield, Parent Coach, Family Counsellor, and a Professional Member of the Australian Association of Family Therapists 

Robyn Mills who has a PhD in Psychology and 45 years experience as a health professional, including as a psychologist and Life Skills educator. 

In each session we provide valuable advice and tips on how families can manage their lives with more confidence and with less stress, resulting in better outcomes for children and a more peaceful family home.

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Focus Sessions Podcasts

The Focus Sessions are a series of podcasts to help #families be the best they can be. Covering a wide range of issues families face the sessions are designed to give expert advice. We are pleased to have Derek Boylen with us on our Focus Sessions.

Derek is:
Husband and father of eight.
Director of the Centre for Life, Marriage and Family,
A sessional lecturer in the Discipline of Counselling at the University of Notre Dame Australia specialising in couple and family therapy.

Our podcasts are a great resource to help you with your relationships and family life.

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Official prayer for 10th World Meeting of Families

Praying is a way to enter the heart of the Amoris Laetitia Year and the preparation for the World Meeting of Families in Rome in June, 2022. Many families and communities around the world will be eagerly awaiting this event, especially considering the tumultuous times we have experienced during the pandemic. Prayer will hopefully assist families as they prepare for this important gathering.

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A spotlight on veteran mental health this Anzac Day

The Anzac Spirit has continued to develop since the images long past of young men scaling the steep cliffs of Gallipoli or trudging along the harsh Kokoda Track. Courage, mateship, endurance, and sacrifice were hallmark qualities that emerged from those desperate times. The Anzac spirit lives on in today’s service people, and so do the challenges. Veterans have a higher rate of suicide than the average Australian, and a royal commission has now been established to better understand how we can prevent further tragedy.

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Walking With Families

Pope Francis says “the Christian proclamation of the Family is good news indeed.” Laity Family life has shared a list of twelve proposals and suggestions for a commitment to family pastoral care in the light of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation.

The list is an invitation for us to consider which measures could feasibly be developed or implemented in our own parishes or archdiocese.

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