Acknowledgement of Country

Sovereignty was never ceded. No treaty was ever signed. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters on which this work is made, and that does not become less true with time, legislation or silence.

FREE 2B ME acknowledges Elders past, present and emerging. This body of work exists because systems cause harm when they ask people to become easier to accommodate. No community in this country has been asked to do that more often, or for longer, than First Nations peoples.

We hold that as a matter of practice, not sentiment.

Books by Tanya Hicks · For your life

FREE 2B ME

Less fixing. More living.

Stop spending your genius on getting through the day.

How can my life feel more like mine?

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A life with more room for you.

What changes when you stop treating yourself as the only place change can happen? FREE 2B ME explores hidden effort, skills, support, health, relationships, conditions and authorship without making conformity the goal.

Start where it matters to you.

Your ideas, identity, relationships and interests deserve room. Needing support does not cancel capability. The question is what helps you participate in a life that feels like yours.

The book’s optional tools are for reflection. They are not scored assessments of diagnosis, capacity or readiness.

For your practice

Its companion: Access Before Intervention.

Access Before Intervention approaches access, evidence, interpretation and intervention from a professional perspective. Read together, they connect the life someone wants with the conditions that enable participation. Each book stands alone, so read either or both.

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