February 2024 - Network Meeting Resources

We had a great group of Own My Life facilitators join our February Network meeting from across England, Ireland & Scotland. It was lovely to connect & share our experiences of delivering or starting out on OML. We also squeezed in some useful tips to help with emotional regulation during the course. For those that missed it, THIS sheet has the details of what we covered. We hope you'll find it useful. Faciltators can book into our next Network Meeting on 26th June via the e-Hub HERE.

Other resources we discussed:

• If you’re getting to know your group better, a website that generates  random icebreaker questions as needed was shared by one of the group-can be used in the beginning or throw them in as & when & switch things up! https://surveysparrow.com/random-question-generator/

• A really tough issue for the women we support is how to navigate the impact an abuser may have on their children, especially with ongoing contact or court proceedings. This is huge and to do the subject full justice would be beyond the scope of the Own My Life course but some useful resources were shared:

  • You and Me Mum course: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/what-we-do/training/facilitator-training/mum-facilitation-programme/.

  • Lundy Bancroft webpage 1: https://lundybancroft.com/resources/about-children-of-abused-women/.

  • Lundy Bancrot webpage 2: https://lundybancroft.com/kids-who-side-with-the-abuser-part-1/.

  • David Mandel's new book HERE.

  • It's Not You book HERE.