The ‘Gift of Safety’ is an affirmative initiative for women’s safety this Christmas.  

The Gift of Safety is an affirmation initiative campaign  to help empower women develop a mindset of feeling safe…

whenever, wherever #regardless.

 

 

We have been telling women what not to do to keep  safe for so long that now we have a generation of hyper-vigilant young women who have a general mistrust of men, layered with other violence and abuse that is gendered and disproportionally targeted towards them .  Women are often safer in a dark lane, a car park or walking home from a night club than they are in their own homes.

We support women in creating 

ROUTINES  –  RITUALS  –  RECOVERY  –  RELAXATION

 

            

 

A collective of wellness warriors have combined their life giving strategies and empowered products to increase confidence, remind you of their inner strength and engage in you in brave conversations to feel seen and heard.

#Regardless T-Shirt $29

Candle of Confidence $29

Women’s Program

Meditation and Aroma Oil $29

The Gift of Safety is complimented by education and awareness campaigns for men and other women to help survivors understand what they can do for themselves to make them feel safe. It peels back the unconscious bias and assumptions men have about victims, and  what women need to feel safe around them. It addresses the generational wounds that result in the general mistrust of men in our society. As part of our education we include the teaching and support of our special guests. 

 

The Relationship Circle

Still With Sammy

Nicole Dargie Inside Out Yoga

Nat Cartwright Strategic Potential

  

 

Womens’ Safety, Wellbeing and Change Behaviour Programs. 

 

Strategy 1. The Gift of Safety Starts here…..

In this program you will hear words of affirmation, receive a specially blended aromatherapy roll on oil, inspiring videos and educational activities that build confidence to set boundaries, develop discernment for thresholds and hold yourself accountable to dealbreakers. 

The science behind this active affirmation awareness initiative is about combining the

‘anchors of safety’ with ‘love languages’  

We all want to live in a world where women feel safe, whenever and wherever they are. #REGARDLESS and despite the prevailing circumstances.  Womens’ physical and emotional safety continues to be at risk, embed in the drivers of gendered abuse.  Women’s safety is something women and men create, with respect for boundaries.  Unfortunately there is not a place on earth where women are safe, including their own homes.   Without having these conversations with men, sharing the experiences of women, they will never know what this looks or feels like. What we have learnt is that men are willing and ready to step up and provide that support the changes in attitudes and behaviours.  Men play an intricate role in giving the gift of safety to women who’s sense of safety has been broken, or destroyed. 

So we have taken the objects, behaviours, beliefs and words that associate and stimulate the capacity to feel safe to create an accessible online program. The core foundations of safety include RESPECT, AFFIRMATIONS and TRUST all of which play a role in messaging what it means to be safe.

We know from our research that men are feeling the fear of ‘doing or saying the wrong thing’ right now, and women struggle to find the strategies to make themselves feel safe.  But here’s how anyone can.

The Sense of ‘Safety’

The ‘sense of safety’ is a podcast series of meditations and affirmations that support women experiencing anxiety, trauma, betrayal, distrust and lack of confidence.  Scan the code to listen to the introduction.  

 

 

Strategy 2. The Scent of ‘Safety’

A special blend of Frankincense, Mehr, Lemongrass and Lavender in fractured coconut oil that is used in conjunction with our meditations and interviews to activate new neural pathways of empowerment.  By scanning the QR code on the bottle, you’ll be directed to the podcast platform where you can access affirmative meditations for situations like having to appear at court for a protection order application, preparing and recovering from the process of providing a statement or finding the calm in the chaos separating can create. 

  

Why is Safety a Gift every Christmas?

December 2022 recorded the highest number of women murdered by their intimate partner in Australia. It also marks the annual  

In Queensland, the highest days of demand for police responders to domestic and family violence last year were Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, with 270 and 254 incidents respectively.  There were 8,796 offences in the most recent summer period and 3,109 in December alone, compared with 7,376 throughout winter.

“Gendered violence is the key problem here – it’s up to men to fix it.” Moody’s database has registered 55 deaths of women and children this year, including 11 in the past three weeks. All but one of the recent deaths were allegedly perpetrated by a male.

“I want us to get to Christmas without any more women being killed. For those families, it’s their first Christmas without their loved ones.”  Moody said while there was a clear peak in violence around the end of the year, the festive season was also be a time when women tried to maintain the facade of a happy household.

“It’s never isolated to stress during Christmas but part of a continuum of abuse,” she said. “This is a year-long issue.”

– Journalist Sherele Moody, the founder of the Australian Femicide Watch and the Red Heart Campaign, a memorial to women and children lost to violence, has been documenting the violent deaths of women since 2015.

 

 

Now the  Gift of Safety will not protect women from a physical assault, but combined with the meditations to help with emotional regulation, education and empowering conversations, women can and will learn the skills that will help them to feel more confident to set boundaries and communicate confidently during conflict.

 

With the the Scent of ‘Safety’

We help Women create their own rituals and routines that increase their

sense of safety,

Whether you know someone who is in an abusive relationship or suffering in a domestic violence situation

or

You want to reassure the women in your life that you are a safe space for them.

 

 

Strategy 3. Empowering #Regardless T-Shirt .

We want to affirm to women that they are safe. Whenever, Wherever #REGARDLESS.

T-Shirt for IWD 2023

 

This organic T is a statement piece in The Gift of Safety pack.  A simple reminder for women everywhere.  #regardless is a common phrased used in the context to express that Despite the Prevailing Circumstances, this is possible, I am doing it, I will be ok.  

It is an empowering mantra to forge a movement of confidence in capacity without a certificate of proof. 

Experiencing emotional distress, overcoming challenges and navigating frameworks designed to accomodate and protect men have seen the suppression and abuse of women.  Systems, workplaces and social norms forced women to double the effort to meet what was a green light corridor for men.  #metoo has seen the groundswell of anger and frustration, sweeping and significant changes as well as pushback and resistance to more inclusivity!  

#regardless says, I might not get what I want today, but I will, despite the prevailing circumstances.

Launching and available IWD 2022, on sale in February. In a range of colours, sizes and necklines. Subtle and Bold designs.

 

 

Strategy 3. Education, Meditations & Conversations.

 

A collective of women have come together to provide an endless stream of wellbeing and change behaviour programs.  Online, in group and in person sessions to help you strategise your way through relationship breakdowns, workplace harassment, career changes, motherhood, discrimination, dating again after divorce, conflict and abuse as well as finding yourself after a crisis.  We found a therapist in art, NLP and counselling,  coaches in wellbeing, life, health and relationships as well as specialists in trauma and the workplace who want you to have the strategies and tools that empower you to find your voice, vibe and value in this world.

Nicole Dargie is an international meditation and yoga teacher who runs women and teenage girl empowerment courses. She has collaborated with writer, Pip Rae on safety and wellbeing meditations that give women the practical and spiritual tools for self belief and confidence to remain calm.   You’ll find the QR code to this meditation on the bottle of our Gift of Safety oil, social pages and on this page. It’s free and especially for women who are in a police station or court room waiting for a protections order. 

The Gift of Safety gives you access sessions and programs that will improve wellbeing and increase confidence to make the changes to your life, livelihood, love life and lifestyle. 

You can listen whenever, wherever to empowering podcast series about values admired and virtues envied : The Elements of Empowerment Podcast.

 

 

 

Strategy 4. Safety is a Universal Issue

 

This is a unique and specially designed safety anchor.  A statement piece that reminds her of the strength, persistence courage and resilience she has . The lock represents that feeling of being safe, protected and secure.  It also means that the only key to unlocking her potential and her insecurities is with her. Personal responsibility for our own safety, emotions, beliefs and behaviours is essential to navigating the disruptions and distractions of the world.  We can only change what is in our control, but collectively, we can change the world.   

The bracelet will be available and sent to our existing customers in May – The month of awareness for Domestic and Family Violence. 

 

 

 

The ‘Gift of Safety Bracelet’

affirms

I Am Safe 

I set my boundaries

I unlock my fears

 

Some interesting questions came out of the research into the perception of womens’ safety. 

Have you told her lately that she is safe with you?

Do you just assume she feels safe because you think you are?

Have you had the conversation that affirms there is no risk? 

Have you given her an opportunity to express when she feels vulnerable or unsafe?

Are there situations where she holds fears for her own safety? 

 

Strategy 5. Bingo Card

 

Knowing what it takes for women to feel safe and what women can do for themselves to feel safe, requires the participation of men.  When men know what it takes for women to feel safe around them, they are more likely to change their behaviour, adjust their attitude and belief system.  Historically men have held a sense of entitlement over space and assumed superiority in our patriarchal society.  The framework has seen women excluded from locations, situations and circumstances. Their views, opinions and perspectives dismissed.  Women have had to overcome barriers and navigate obstacles in this frame work of inequality.

Don’t believe me, here is a list of campaigns to improve equality, equity and inclusion along with those asking for safety and protection from these attitudes and behaviours. 

 

It can not be forgotten that women have spent decades requesting change whilst carrying the burden to be prepared to protect themselves and avoid to stay safe.

 

 To disregard women is to say they are less than, less worthy, less valuable or have a certain place in which they ‘belong’.  

Our specialists advisors and leaders in the workplace and public policy provide you with what you need to know to forge a career, with family.

Our consultants and relationship specialists share what is and isn’t acceptable behaviour in the home and marriages.

Our Bingo Card is an affirmative – program, informing you of the ‘GREEN FLAGS’ and providing innovative gifts for those who show you where they are. 

 

 

JUST TO RECAP!

Our Gift of Safety Package includes the anchors and activities that share the words you want to say and those she needs to hear and by pre-order the gift pack before the 25th November 2021 – the first of 16 days of activism to reduce violence against women, you will receive the limited edition #regardless t-shirt, 3 safety meditations by well known women’s mindset, empowerment and relationship coaches, the Universal Issues of Safety braclet and the Bingo Activity card that links you directly to those who are wanting to help you build confidence and give you the support you need to feel safe #regardless. 

Our blend features a QR code label to protect women in are in abusive relationships, giving them direct access to safety links and wellbeing programs as well as practical strategies and resources 

 

A personal declaration for someone you care about to reaffirm she is safe with you.

A thoughtful gift to the woman in your life who is subjected to abuse and needs support.

A Corporate Gift to women in the workplace, reaffirming the commitment to work place harassment policy. 

 

 

Safety is a Universal Issue and often we don’t communicate that message clearly to the people we love.  Listen here how your sense of smell impacts on memory and vice versa.

Our 5 senses are what keeps us safe, there will be reminders of our strengths and boundaries protect us.  

 

 

Pre-Order The Gift of Safety For This Christmas

 

Read the Blog on our The Gift of Safety this Christmas

 

 

The Gift of Safety this Christmas campaign kicks off on the 25 November 2021, which is the start of 

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence,

an annual UN Systems initiative with the 

2020 UNiTE Campaign Theme: “Orange the World End Violence Against Women NOW!”

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. It was started by activists at the inaugural Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991 and continues to be coordinated each year by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership. It is used as an organizing strategy by individuals and organizations around the world to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.