by Cathy Achilles | Nov 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
My fight for mental health and an end to homelessness intertwine like yarn that warms the winter cold, so it’s not surprising that we commemorate World Homeless day and World Mental Health day annually on the same day. Psychiatry is not impervious to people who sleep...
by Cathy Achilles | Aug 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
I learned that healing is painful when I was 24 years old and received a letter from mum’s rapist saying he was my father. It took me two months to reply to that letter, knowing I was conceived through rape as mum had shared these hard truths with me at the age of...
by Cathy Achilles | Aug 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’m still working through anger, hurt and trauma from my season of homelessness but believe I can guide the church in how to respond, when people have fallen on hard times. Shortly before I became homeless, I had a dream about a famous American preacher, who spoke...
by Cathy Achilles | Aug 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
*Hi, I’m Cathy. I’m a U-turn Phase 3 Work-readiness graduate. My passion is communication and I’m part of the U-turn communication team. Every week I will be writing a blog post sharing my personal experience on this programme, to give you a window...
by Cathy Achilles | Jul 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
*Hi, I’m Cathy. I’m a U-turn Phase 3 Work-readiness graduate. My passion is communication and I’m part of the U-turn communication team. Every week I will be writing a blog post sharing my personal experience on this programme, to give you a window...
