Petrine McCrohan has spent 17 years working with Indigenous communities in the Kimberleys in Australia, and she has seen first-hand the damage that can be done when Non-Aboriginal people turn up in these communities with their own agendas and un-healed trauma. Today Petrine, who is a Caucasian woman, talks about her own healing journey, the evolution of her work, and what she’s learnt from collaborating closely with Indigenous social entrepreneurs. She is being interviewed by Weekly Service m...

Today’s storyteller is New-Zealand based writer Jackson Payne. Jackson’s story is about the different colours and shapes of family, and in particular how a motorbike accident prompted him to become a sperm donor for his friends' kids. Starting with the story of his own father and unknown half-sister, through the different iterations of family he has helped create, Jackson weaves together personal stories that form rich a tapestry of kinship.

Inbal has three boys who sometimes wear pants and sometimes wear dresses - and she feels pretty good about that. She's undoing oppressive cultural norms of secrecy by talking simply about the child abuse she braved as a teenager, and by creating a new culture in her own family. In her house there's only one rule – think for yourself. Inbal is a member of The Weekly Service and an inspiring human. With a strong will and a quiet smile on her face, she is stepping into her power and deconst...

Abe Nouk is a poet, a community educator, a mentor and a humble human being with an infectious sense of gratitude. In this podcast he talks about how he fled civil war in Sudan to come to Australia, and his journey to creativity and gratitude as a way of unravelling the numbness and trauma he grew up with. He talks about discovering how important it is to be 'available for life', and his daily appreciation of the lavish freedom of living in a peaceful country. He starts and ends by sharing so...