What is your why?

It's kind of shifted across time.

I kind of came from nothing as a child, and so I always had to fight for everything that I've ever had.

I've had to work really hard for everything that I've ever had.

And so I guess once I had children, how do i instill a strong work ethic into my children and for me you know that was work really hard that gives me the opportunities to to provide for them etc etc but i think i took that too far because i grew up with nothing that i've provided my kids with everything and so they've kind of taken advantage of that so i think i've actually done myself a disservice in trying to achieve what i wanted to which was instill hard work ethic and still you know, values within my kids of giving, of gratefulness, et cetera, because they've never actually had to go without.

So one of the things I reflect back on most now is I'm actually really grateful that I grew up knowing what it was to go without.

Where I've failed is figuring out how to instill that within my children, because I, you know, as a parent, I don't want them to go without.

So tell me about the concept of being grateful to your ancestors and how would that translate for like a Western culture type of mindset?

And I, what I'm actually curious about is to hear more about your story, you know? Like, what is it that, what was your upbringing like?

Yeah.

Yaama gabu yada.

I'm Gabuninda, so hi, and, um, yeah, thank you.

You know, it, you know, it means a lot to know that there's, there's people out there that do recognize the importance of, you know, the work that so many of us are trying to do in the social emotional wellbeing space at present, um, particularly given the, the tough times that, uh, we, we seem to be continually trying to navigate, so really do appreciate that.

Yeah, my story is pretty interesting, um, particularly how I, I ended up in this field of psychology and the broader social emotional wellbeing space, you know.

I, I, I guess I'll start all the way back at my childhood, 'cause it really stems from there, and, and, you know, I kind of, I, I experienced a lot of abuse from when I was about the ages of five to 15, and I probably didn't cope with that abuse in the most positive ways, and I guess I was recognized as a, as a delinquent, you know, by the time I was a teenager.

Just because I'm sure there's people listening in that, you know, really wanna be allies in this space for indigenous people.

What was your upbringing like?

Yeah, yaama gabu yada.

I'm Gabuninda, so hi, and, um, yeah, thank you.

You know, it, you know, it means a lot to know that there's, there's people out there that do recognize the importance of, you know, the work that so many of us are trying to do in the social emotional wellbeing space at present, um, particularly given the, the tough times that, uh, we, we seem to be continually trying to navigate.

So really do appreciate that.

Yeah, my story is pretty interesting, um, particularly how I, I ended up in this field of psychology and the broader social emotional wellbeing space.

You know, I, I, I guess I'll start all the way back at my childhood, 'cause it really stems from there, and, and, you know, I kind of, I, I experienced a lot of abuse from when I was about the ages of five to 15, and I probably didn't cope with that abuse in the most positive ways, and I guess I was recognized as a, as a delinquent, you know, by the time I was a teenager, and then by the time I was sort of 15, and definitely by 16, you know, I was couch surfing and, um, had left home and, and had basically turned to drugs and alcohol as a way of trying to navigate the, the experiences of trauma that I'd had, and it took me a really long time to figure out that, um, all that was doing was creating further trauma, both for myself and those that actually did care about me and did love me.

Just because I'm sure there's people listening in that, you know, really wanna be allies in this space for indigenous people.