After AHPRA - Life goes on
- lionessrising
- May 22, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 14, 2025
I am optimistic about new learning and change. I definitely don’t want to return to old patterns and well worn paths.
I have one year remaining of the restraint of trade. I spent a significant amount of time going through the legal process and dealing with correspondence. It’s been hard and sad and emotionally exhausting. But it’s over. The focus now is to move forward. Similar to the artist formerly known as Prince, I was formerly known as a psychologist. I am more than a role or profession.
My current focus is on doing research in gender based violence and legal reform. The next career move still to be determined.
For anyone going through an AHPRA investigation process - I wish you strength. There is light at the end of the tunnel. For some people the process may be thorough, fair, quick and painless. For others it can be hugely traumatic. There has been a significant amount of feedback submitted by health care practitioners to bring about change. Let’s hope they listen.
Maybe things will improve in time for anyone else going through this. Having good legal support and therapy is imperative. And knowing who you are as an individual outside of your work role, your character, your values and your integrity. And staying connected to people who believe in you and will stand by your side.
“When I see people stand fully in their truth, or when I see someone fall down, get back up, and say, ‘Damn. That really hurt, but this is important to me and I’m going in again’—that’s beauty. That’s vulnerability.” Brene Brown
“Believe me, it is tough to deal with the social consequences of the appearance of continuous failure. We are social animals; hell is other people.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
At 56 - you are never too old to find new paths, change direction and learn and open up new opportunities.
“Your focus determines your reality” George Lucas
An article on the humility of failure:
