The book shares outcomes from a pilot evaluation of the many different outcomes and effects of We Al-li Pty Ltd’s training in Indigenous healing practices and culturally informed and trauma integrated practice over the past thirty years. It shares stories of change from ten inspiring First Nations and non-Indigenous people who have completed training in We Al-li’s culturally informed trauma integrated healing approach and taken it home to their families, communities, and workplaces. Their stories share insightful, honest, vivid, and practical insights into the duality and complexity of healing oneself while co-creating and holding spaces for others to heal from the ongoing effects of historical and intergenerational trauma now and in the future.

Alongside those storytellers’ words, the book offers a series of artworks cocreated by students and staff at Liveworm Studios at Griffith University after they listened deeply to the yarns shared in this book. The book also reflects on key metaphors, threads, and levels of change that were reported across storytellers’ stories. We hope that the combination of visual and written information will inspire and support you in your own processes of healing and your work as an intergenerational leader and change maker in your family and communities.