Jodi Gordon

We walk with not two or four people.

So it's about walking alongside fellows.

We walk with, not to or for.

I like that.

I've probably paraphrased that to make sense for myself.

But I like that those significant moments of like professional rupture where I've gone –

Ooh, this is a lot.

You know, I've heard things I can't unhear.

It's like, okay, will we get to go through that and break down what my part is in a session and where I could have protected myself and them more by putting in healthy boundaries or...

or directing a conversation.

And so I go back to what that person said to me is when we can keep a safe distance and safety between what we're hearing and what we're exploring in a session, bring someone in and out,

healthily, safely, responsibly, within scope, then that's where you have the magic gift of being able to do many, many sessions and I shouldn't be thinking about it that night.

And so that's been a really big lesson for me around, okay, I think it definitely happened last year because there were times that really pushed me and

I had a lot of support from my boss at SANE and, you know, from like my own therapist and things like that.

But there comes a point where you go, okay, this is a huge responsibility.

And it's, I know I'm going a bit off track here, but to be part of an organization that's free and we're nationally accessible.

So anyone calls with

any issue and any challenge and hearing what so many people are going through, it can be invigorating.

I've had many ex-boyfriends go, I don't know how you do this and why this is uplifting for you, but it can be either invigorating and uplifting or it can be heavy and you can start to feel like you're drowning yourself.

And that's where I think last year really shaped that professional side of, oh, I love doing this and I reckon I'm pretty good at it too because just like with acting, those characters, I found the heart and soul and the authenticity in those.