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Donna Lyon - 'People's lives have been changed'
October 01, 2024 · 39 min

Dr Donna Lyon runs a support group in Melbourne to help women who suffered from abuse when they were a child. The support group is called Left Write Hook and uses boxing and writing as a way to help women overcome the complex trauma they are going through. The group is now the subject of a new documentary which was shown at the Melbourne International Film Festival.I discussed with Donna how the group was formed and how boxing and writing help to overcome trauma.Left Write Hook website: https://leftwritehook.org/Details on the Left Write Hook documentary: https://leftwritehook.film/Find The 286 Project on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/the286project About The 286 ProjectA podcast talking about art, politics, culture, sport....and anything else we can think of.