We want to empower women in their self-care and amplify their voices to demonstrate what is possible when one has a wellbeing literacy.
The Challenge We Face
In Western Australia, a silent crisis is unfolding. Behind concerning health statistics—1 in 3 women classified as overweight or obese, 1 in 5 diagnosed with mental health conditions, 8 out of 10 not engaging in sufficient physical activity—lies a deeper cultural problem. Women have been taught that caring for themselves is selfish, impossible, and always secondary to caring for others.
The Question That Started Everything
Why is it acceptable for women to prioritise caring for others above themselves? And why aren't proactive self-care strategies being taught to change these alarming statistics?
This documentary follows the groundbreaking SheSpeaks project, led by Professor Narelle Lemon from Edith Cowan University, alongside Professor Verena Thomas and Professor Julie Ann Pooley. Together, they embarked on a mission to disrupt the narrative that self-care is impossible for women.
Everyday self-care is achievable.
Addressing the perception that self-care is unachievable for women, our project aims to challenge societal norms and empower women's voices. Through wellbeing education workshops and a podcast, we seek to shift stigma and promote proactive self-care, ultimately fostering a dramatic rise in wellbeing education and positive self-care application among Western Australian (WA) women.
Self-care is often seen as unachievable by women. We need to interrupt this rhetoric.
Our focus
SHE Speaks Podcast
By amplifying women's voices for wellbeing through podcasting we shift the negative rhetoric’s and provide clear pathways for women across generations and physical boundaries of WA.
SHE Speaks Workshops
Proactive wellbeing education workshops that translates the latest wellbeing science through a tangible and proactive self-care framework for WA women.
Community
Building a wellbeing literacy
Language, knowledge, and multi-modal capability and capacity of wellbeing make it possible to intentionally communicate wellbeing for self and others.
Want to know more.
Want to know more about the SHE Speaks podcast and SHE speaks workshops plus other opportunities, connect with us, we would love to hear from you.