Dr. Julie Smith

I took on this really active, proactive role in my own rescue. And that felt fundamentally different to this kind of just bracing myself and waiting for things to happen.

I took on this really active, proactive role in my own rescue. And that felt fundamentally different to this kind of just bracing myself and waiting for things to happen.

I took on this really active, proactive role in my own rescue. And that felt fundamentally different to this kind of just bracing myself and waiting for things to happen.

Yeah. Well, I think, I think the first, yeah, I think in that moment you're, there's lots of stuff sort of rushing through your mind and it's, It's all to do with the children, right? It's this uncertainty. Yeah, they need me.

Yeah. Well, I think, I think the first, yeah, I think in that moment you're, there's lots of stuff sort of rushing through your mind and it's, It's all to do with the children, right? It's this uncertainty. Yeah, they need me.

Yeah. Well, I think, I think the first, yeah, I think in that moment you're, there's lots of stuff sort of rushing through your mind and it's, It's all to do with the children, right? It's this uncertainty. Yeah, they need me.

So we need to... And I think in the room, I kind of went into this business mode of... I probably used a bit of the kind of clinical training there about dealing with high emotion. And I just... There was no emotion in the room. And actually, Matt tried to sort of grab my hand and things. And I didn't I sort of pushed it away because I was just like, OK, what do we need to do?

So we need to... And I think in the room, I kind of went into this business mode of... I probably used a bit of the kind of clinical training there about dealing with high emotion. And I just... There was no emotion in the room. And actually, Matt tried to sort of grab my hand and things. And I didn't I sort of pushed it away because I was just like, OK, what do we need to do?

So we need to... And I think in the room, I kind of went into this business mode of... I probably used a bit of the kind of clinical training there about dealing with high emotion. And I just... There was no emotion in the room. And actually, Matt tried to sort of grab my hand and things. And I didn't I sort of pushed it away because I was just like, OK, what do we need to do?

When do we need to do it? And I just needed to focus on the doing. And then we had a bit of time before I was going to go for these other tests. And that's when we kind of went outside. And then it was like then then allowed allowed the emotion to kind of hit me. And so I don't want to give the impression that I just kind of, you know, dealt with it.

When do we need to do it? And I just needed to focus on the doing. And then we had a bit of time before I was going to go for these other tests. And that's when we kind of went outside. And then it was like then then allowed allowed the emotion to kind of hit me. And so I don't want to give the impression that I just kind of, you know, dealt with it.

When do we need to do it? And I just needed to focus on the doing. And then we had a bit of time before I was going to go for these other tests. And that's when we kind of went outside. And then it was like then then allowed allowed the emotion to kind of hit me. And so I don't want to give the impression that I just kind of, you know, dealt with it.

And there was no emotion because there were some dark moments in the uncertainty for sure.

And there was no emotion because there were some dark moments in the uncertainty for sure.

And there was no emotion because there were some dark moments in the uncertainty for sure.

Yeah. And in some ways they were kind of different moments. So, you know, there were moments where I sort of, um, you know, went up to my bedroom to have a quiet moment from the children and just take a minute or, you know, I know there was another moment where my, um, my son was having, we were talking about, you know, those, you know, big emotions that toddlers have.

Yeah. And in some ways they were kind of different moments. So, you know, there were moments where I sort of, um, you know, went up to my bedroom to have a quiet moment from the children and just take a minute or, you know, I know there was another moment where my, um, my son was having, we were talking about, you know, those, you know, big emotions that toddlers have.

Yeah. And in some ways they were kind of different moments. So, you know, there were moments where I sort of, um, you know, went up to my bedroom to have a quiet moment from the children and just take a minute or, you know, I know there was another moment where my, um, my son was having, we were talking about, you know, those, you know, big emotions that toddlers have.

And, um, my son had a moment in a supermarket and,

And, um, my son had a moment in a supermarket and,