Biik Bundjil

07/06/2026

Brittni Akom, is the founder of The Skillful Mama, a community-focused initiative dedicated to supporting women and families through recovery, regulation, and rebuilding following adversity. Her work centres on trauma-informed, practical support that helps individuals create safer, more stable foundations for themselves and their children

Passionate about systemic reform and the protection of the primary attachment bond between mother and child, Brittni advocates for approaches that recognise the impact of trauma, family violence, and institutional responses on family wellbeing

She is also the founder of TSM Home Assistance, an innovative support service designed to provide hands-on assistance within the home for parents experiencing periods of recovery, grief, overwhelm, or significant life transition. The service aims to reduce practical pressures, support nervous system regulation, and create the conditions necessary for healing and family stability

Since 2025, Brittni has been a contributor to the Co-Design Lived Experience Project at the The Royal Women’s Hospital, bringing her lived experience and community perspective to initiatives that seek to improve outcomes for women and families. Through her advocacy, leadership, and community work, she remains committed to creating meaningful change for victim-survivors and strengthening pathways to recovery and resilience

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03/06/2026

30/05/2026

Had a beautiful morning yesterday with students, educators and sporting leaders from across Victoria at SEDA College.

We explored the powerful effects of introducing love, awe, wonder and magic into our systems, communities and relationships.

When people feel safe, connected and inspired, shame reduces, regulation increases and learning becomes possible.

We also reflected on the importance of moving with the rhythm of Country and the lessons the seasons can teach us about wellbeing, connection and belonging.

Grateful for the opportunity to share Boonwurrung knowledge and to see so much energy, curiosity and joy in the room.

The ripple effect of these conversations reaching clubs, schools and communities across Victoria is exciting to think about.

🖤💛❤️

27/05/2026

Our next ‘Reclaiming Yourself after Domestic Violence’ event is now on at The Gleeson Centre, Darebin Parklands, Alphington

We are looking forward to bringing an intimate community together through ceremony, education and healing

Facilitating alongside Wurundjeri sister , we are going to share a beautiful sound healing ceremony together that is deeply connected to our ancestors. Along with information shared on self care, recovery, stability and support.

Most women experiencing domestic and family violence receive immediate crisis support, but when it comes to further healing and recovery it can become an isolating journey

That is why we prioritise opening up spaces like this, because we understand how much it is truly needed

Join us by purchasing your ticket via the link in my bio

Community tickets available, please DM if you need a discount

Thank you to our sponsors for their incredible support in bringing this event to life. With two leading organisations supporting our vision, we continue to feel strong in what we do &

26/05/2026

Every place has a rhythm.

Today I had the privilege of sharing Boonwurrung perspectives of the Mornington Peninsula with tourism leaders across the region.

Beneath the beaches, coastlines and experiences are deeper stories. Stories of seasons, movement, connection and relationships that have shaped this place for thousands of years.

Culture does not sit beside place. It gives place greater depth.

Grateful for the opportunity to continue sharing Country and exploring what becomes possible when story and tourism walk together 🤎

25/05/2026

Melbourne is more than a destination. It has a rhythm.

Recently I had the privilege of sharing Boonwurrung perspectives of place and gifting the Boonwurrung Seasonal Calendar with Indonesian corporate and incentive leaders, contributing as part of a meaningful collaboration with and .

Beneath the laneways, food and skyline are deeper stories, seasons, movement and relationships that have existed for thousands of years.

Every place carries a rhythm. Boonwurrung Country, is no different.

15/05/2026

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about whether AI will actually free human beings… or simply accelerate the urgency many people already live inside.

What kind of nervous system are our technologies training us into?

This piece explores:
• AI and overwhelm
• urgency vs coherence
• attention and rhythm
• Time Safety
• and what happens when intelligence scales faster than relational maturity

I’d genuinely love to hear people’s thoughts and experiences around this.

This is my Substack where I’ve been exploring essays and reflections around systems, nervous systems, relationality, Time Safety, and modern life.

What happens when intelligence scales faster than relational rhythm?

07/05/2026

600 early learning educators.
One room embodying the emu.

Last Friday on Boonwurrung Country in Docklands, Melbourne, I had the honour of opening the ECMS conference alongside Boonwurrung Yidaki player Paul Kelly, and delivering the largest keynote I’ve given so far.

We explored something sitting underneath many of the challenges emerging across education, workplaces, families, and society:

Conditions shape behaviour.

When environments become rushed, pressured, unpredictable, or shame-driven, nervous systems adapt to survive those conditions.

Over time, those conditions begin shaping:
how people learn,
how people relate,
how people lead,
and how safe people feel to be human.

The emu became a somatic anchor for moving forward together.

For embodying love and protecting future generations.

What stayed with me most was the feeling in the room.

600 educators willing to pause, reflect, connect, and engage in a deeper conversation about what our systems are producing and what they could become.

Deep gratitude to ECMS for the invitation and trust to help hold that space together.

06/05/2026

70 Coles Group leaders from across the country.

I opened the space with a Welcome to Country
and shared stories of Boonwurrung Cultural Systems and Rhythm.

Something that stood out to me in the room…

You can feel how time is operating
before anything even begins.

How people arrive
how fast everything is moving
what’s sitting underneath the surface

Most organisations don’t just run on workload.
They run on time pressure.

And often, it’s not visible until it’s already shaping behaviour.

Across Boonwurrung Country
there are around 400 suburbs
and roughly 100 Coles stores operating every day.

That’s not just retail.

That’s thousands of people
experiencing time
every single day.

What happens in rooms like this
doesn’t stay in the room.

It shapes how that time is experienced out there.

05/05/2026

You don’t have an anger problem.
You have unprocessed grief.

Most systems try to fix behaviour
without understanding what sits underneath it.

When grief isn’t processed
it doesn’t disappear
it moves

into criticism
blame
withdrawal
rage

You see this in homes
classrooms
workplaces
entire organisations

And most systems do the same thing
they skip the middle

Rupture happens
but there’s no space for grief
so repair never lands

If you change what happens in the middle
you change the whole system

I work with organisations to shift this
from behaviour management
to relational repair and time-safe systems

If this resonates with your work or team
reach out