by Tanya Allan | Jun 26, 2021 | News
Family Event of the YEAR This day is everything you’ve come to expect from Bravery Box events… but for the whole family. Lara’s Winter Bravery Festival is the Festival Lara (10) has been planning since she was six years old and diagnosed with Leukaemia and...
by Tanya Allan | Sep 9, 2020 | News
Now I know that no one anywhere ever said ‘Man, that person DESERVES their cancer.’ Honestly though, I feel like cancer has this way of picking our very best humans. Quick side note – I have a confession to make… Bravery Box was not my idea. It was the drunken...
by Tanya Allan | Aug 18, 2020 | Support for the family
I have a very close friend right now who is what I call ‘left of coping’. It seems to me, that in terms of emotional injuries our current narratives are polar – they’re north or south, black and white, left or right. I don’t feel like we have the language to honour...
by Tanya Allan | Aug 18, 2020 | Support for the family
Our Director and Fearless leader Tanya Allan introduces you to the Ring Theory. A guideline to providing comfort and seeking support. “This was a theory that I found after the really hard stuff during my daughter’s cancer treatment. I wish I’d known this in the...
by Tanya Allan | Aug 18, 2020 | Support for the child
Today we’re teaching you a Calm Down method we call ‘Melting into the Bed’. It’s a relaxation where we calm down our breathing and then we talk to our body, helping it to calm down. It’s hard to learn something new in hospitals, especially when you’re feeling...
