The holidays can be a great opportunity to take a break from regular work/study/life and focus on your recovery. Here we’ve listed some key online resources to help you get started.

• Free EDV webinars on self-care, coping skills, emotional regulation and more
• Regular Eating for Recovery tip sheet from the Centre for Clinical Interventions
• Self-help resources for different mental health concerns (including appearance concerns, body dysmorphia, social anxiety) from the Centre for Clinical Interventions
  
• Self-help resources for Eating Disorders from the Centre of Clinical Interventions
• EDV factsheets and resources
• Distress tolerance skills
• Self-compassion practices and exercises
• School of Life articles on emotional skills
• The Polyvagal Theory of the Nervous System for self-soothing
• Smiling Mind on Mindfulness
• Mindful Communication
• Boosting body image from The Butterfly Foundation
• Self-care toolkit for carers and health professionals

• EDV Candid Conversations Podcast
• Butterfly: Let’s Talk podcast
• I Weigh with Jameela Jamil
• Food Psych with Christy Harrison
• Don’t Salt My Game with Laura Thomas
• Body Kindness with Rebecca Scritchfield
• Brain over Binge with Kathryn Hansen 
• All Fired Up with Louise Adams
• Stuck Not Broken with Steven Porges
• The Recovery Warrior Show
• Appearance Matters with Nadia and Jade

• Overcoming Binge Eating by Christopher Fairburn
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
• Musings from the Moon by Jenna Ramondo
  
• The DBT (R) Solution for Emotional Eating by Bedra Safer, Sarah Adler, Phillip Mason
• If Not Dieting, Then What? By Rick Kausman
• Health At Every Size by Lindo Bacon
• Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Rech
• Skills-Based Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder by Janet Treasure (for carers)

• Relax into Deep Sleep with Meg James (she/her)
• Grounding Meditation with Manoj Dias (he/him)
• Gentle Yoga with Isabelle Stoner (she/her)
• Restorative Yoga with Shannon (she/they)
• Orienting, Grounding and Centering with Jo Buick (she/her)
• Written meditation with Musings from the Moon 

If you are supporting a loved one at this time of year, it can be helpful to be think ahead and prepare in advance for stressful situations.

Our Carer Coaching team share their tips for:

• Managing family holidays and long car trips
• Managing unhelpful comments from relatives
• Managing ‘food talk’ and general tips for gatherings

Read the article here

Rainbow Door

Rainbow Door is a free service. You can call, text or email us.

Phone: 1800 729 367
Website: https://www.rainbowdoor.org.au/

QLife

QLIFE is operation 365 days a year, 3pm – 12 midnight. QLIFE provides anonymous, free, confidential peer support, information and referrals to LGBTIQA+ communities, their friends and families Contact with QLife can be made via phone 1800 184 527.

Website: https://www.qlife.org.au/

Preparing for Holiday Challenges to Addiction Recovery

“December is here and opportunities for urges and cravings seem to be everywhere. SMART volunteers have put their heads together to offer some suggestions to help you navigate this month’s challenges.”

Preparing for Holiday Challenges to Addiction Recovery – SMART Recovery

Positive Choices

Where to Get Help for Drug and Alcohol-related Issues – Positive Choices

DrinkWise

DrinkWise. | Support Services

Emergency Service
000
www.triplezero.gov.au

Suicide Line
1300 651 251
www.suicideline.org.au

Suicide Call Back Service
1300 659 576
www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au

Victorian Poisons Information Centre
13 11 26
www.austin.org.au/poisons

Department of Health and Human Services (Child Protection)
13 12 78
services.dhhs.vic.gov.au/child-protection

NURSE-ON-CALL
1300 606 024
www.health.vic.gov.au/nurseoncall

Lifeline (24-hour crisis counselling)
13 11 14
www.lifeline.org.au

Mental Health Foundation of Australia – Mental Health Helpline
1300 643 287
www.mhfa.org.au

Alfred Health Carer Services (Carer Support and 24 Hour Respite)
1800 052 222
www.carersouth.org.au

The Blue Knot Foundation (Adult Survivors of Child Abuse)
1300 657 380
www.blueknot.org.au

Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria (ARCVic)
(03) 9830 0533
www.arcvic.org.au

Beyond Blue
1300 224 636
www.beyondblue.org.au

Bullying Zero Australia
(03) 9094 3718
www.bzaf.org.au

Butterfly Foundation
1800 33 4673
www.butterfly.org.au

Cannabis Information and Helpline
cannabissupport.com.au/

Carer’s Victoria
1800 242 636
www.carersvictoria.org.au

(CASA) Victorian Centre Against Sexual Assault
1800 806 292
www.casa.org.au

Dads in Distress
1300 853 437
parentsbeyondbreakup.com

Drug and Alcohol Information in Other Languages
1800 888 326

Direct Line (24-hour drug and alcohol counselling)
1800 888 236
www.directline.org.au

Drug and Alcohol Clinical Advisory Services
1800 812 804
www.dacas.org.au

Family Relationship Advice Line
1800 050 321
www.familyrelationships.gov.au/talk-someone/advice-line

Gamblers Help Line Victoria
1800 858 858
www.gamblershelp.com.au

Grief Line (Support for grieving adults and children)
(03) 9935 7400
griefline.org.au

Headspace
1800 650 890
www.headspace.org.au

Heavy M.E.T.A.L Group (Mens counselling for anger and violence)
0401 766 877
www.heavymetalgroup.com.au

Kids Helpline
1800 551 800
www.kidshelp.com.au

Maternal and Child Health Line
13 2229
www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/parents/support

Melbourne Homeless Services
1800 627 727
www.melbourne.homeless.org.au

Mensline Australia
1300 789 978
www.mensline.org.au

Mind Carers Helpline
1300 554 660
www.mindaustralia.org.au

Narcotics Anonymous – Victorian Area Helpline
(03) 9525 2833
www.na.org.au

Parentline
1300 30 1300
www.parentline.com.au

PANDA Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia
1300 726 306
www.panda.org.au

QUIT (Support to stop smoking)
13 78 48
www.quit.org.au

Respect (Victims of physical or sexual abuse)
1800 737 732
www.1800respect.org.au

Safe Steps Home (domestic violence)
1800 015 188
www.safesteps.org.au

Sane Australia Helpline
1800 187 263
www.sane.org

South East CASA (Centre Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence)
1800 806 292
www.secasa.com.au

Sexual Assault Crisis Line
1800 806 292
www.sacl.com.au

Victims of Crime HelpLine
1800 819 817
www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au

Wellways Helpline
1300 111 500
www.wellways.org/helpline

To hear from a member of the EDV team in the new year, please send an enquiry to the EDV Hub.

We’ll get back to you after our return on January 4th 2022.

Wishing you a safe and happy festive season.