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About the Author

Felicia Djamirze is a qualified counsellor, award-winning businesswoman, and mental health advocate. As the founder and CEO of Neuro Vitality Pty Ltd and the Trauma Recovery Network, she champions the rights of women affected by violence, poverty, and trauma. Felicia has spearheaded a nationwide study on trauma and adverse childhood experiences among individuals with a conviction history and has developed the Growth Focused Trauma Model to upskill practitioners in trauma and PTSD care. With extensive experience supporting victims of Domestic Violence and criminalised women, Felicia is dedicated to driving systemic change and advancing equality through advocacy and community engagement.

In more than 25 years as a journalist, Erin has worked across print, digital, broadcast and publishing media. Her writing has appeared in publications as diverse as The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Good Weekend, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian, Australian Geographic, Marie Claire and Vogue. She has been a producer for the ABC, an editor for SBS, and her radio documentaries have been broadcast on ABC's Radio National. She has been recognised three times in the Australian UN Media Peace Awards for her social issues journalism, and she is a Walkley Awards finalist. Erin is a passionate mentor and teacher, and has two decades' experience lecturing in journalism at universities including the University of Sydney, UTS, UNSW and QUT. She runs a storytelling consultancy, Good Prose Studios, where she helps clients tell their stories across all mediums - including non-fiction books, memoir, podcast, and documentary films. Erin has identical twin boys and lives on the NSW South Coast.