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Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng PhD is the Founder of Aboriginal Women's Business Retreats, Sacred Ceremonials and the First Nations Soul Spirit and Mind Wellness holistic healing practice based in Canberra which provides traditional Ngungkari Medicine sessions, counselling in recovery from dysfunctional families and childhood sexual abuse and trauma recovery.
I'm a Wakka Wakka and Wulli Wulli Traditional Custodian of Central Queensland, a grandmother, mother and at 67 yrs am an Elder in our First Nations traditions.
I am educated as a psychotherapist, social worker and currently studying to register as a psychologist. I am an author and academic with a PhD in sacred leadership theory and how First Nations peoples develop 'sacred leaders'.
I have worked in the USA, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, India, France, UK and Italy as a consultant and conference keynote speaker, facilitating healing workshops and Women's Business Retreats.
Women's Business started as 2 day workshops at Universities around the country for all women to learn about our cultural traditions as women, as part of the process of reconciliation and developed into 1 and 2 day retreats in Queensland in the late 1990's to workshops and Women's Business Retreats for All Women in the ACT and NSW.
I did workshops in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and outside at venues in the bush near Canberra based on requests.
Since then I have been joined by Kerrie Shepherd a Kamilaroi women and Trish Frail a Nyemba Elder both from NSW who come and help faciliate and organise the retreats.
My daughter Arika owns Tukka By the Bush and with her chef partner they provide beautiful bush tucker full catering for our retreats.
We partner with the
Foundation for Indigenous REcovery & Development, Aust. (FIRDA)
which I co-founded in 2000 and our retreats provide income to FIRDAs trauma recovery service
First Nations Therapy Services
which provides free counselling and recovery services for all First Nations peoples.
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Contact
tjanara@aboriginalwomensbusiness.com
and
nationalconvenor@firda.com.au
M +61 458239480
Find us on Facebook and Instagram under Aboriginal Women's Business and Foundation for Indigenous Recovery & Development Aust. (FIRDA)
FOUNDER ABORIGINAL WOMEN'S BUSINESS
TEDx CANBERRA
WHAT IF OUR LEADERS WERE HUMBLE?
FEBRUARY 2021
ABC 7:30
THE MEANING OF THE MARCH 4 JUSTICE
MARCH 2021
PERSONAL EVENT
WHAT SACRED LEADERSHIP MEANS
JUNE 2018
INTERVIEW WITH KEITH SQUIRES
SHARING SACRED LEADERSHIP
MAY 2019
AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF THE ARTS
SELF AS LEADER IN
TIMES OF CRISIS
JUNE 2020
GNIBI COLLEGE, SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
HEALING CIRCLE IN KALUMBURU, WA
MARCH 2016
TALKPOINT INTERVIEW
WHAT IS SACRED LEADERSHIP?
MARCH 2018
TALKPOINT INTERVIEW
WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE AN ELDER
MARCH 2018
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