Unbreakable
Unbreakable is a self-guided online therapy-based program created for Jewish adults who have experienced antisemitism. It is a place to steady yourself, to be supported, and to rebuild strength - at your own pace.
What Is Unbreakable?
Since October 2023, antisemitism has become more visible and more confronting for many in our community. For some, it has appeared suddenly in places that once felt safe – at work, among friends, in schools, online, and more. These experiences can leave people feeling shaken, anxious, isolated, or constantly on guard. If this has been your experience, your reactions make sense.
This course exists because you should not have to carry this alone.
Unbreakable offers practical, evidence-based tools to help you protect your emotional wellbeing while navigating antisemitism with dignity and self-respect. It is not about minimising what you have faced, nor about becoming hardened. It is about strengthening what already exists within you – your resilience, your sense of safety, and your connection to your Jewish identity.
At its heart, Unbreakable focuses on inner resilience: how you respond to what you encounter, how you process what you carry, and how you preserve hope and balance in times that feel heavy or uncertain.
— Rabbi Mendel Kastel
How The Program Works
The course is built around three core pillars of resilience. Together, they offer an empathetic and practical framework to help you move forward. Not untouched by what has happened but supported through it.
1. Empowered
Maintaining Agency
This module helps you, at your own pace, reclaim a sense of control and choice, even when circumstances feel confronting or unfair. You’ll learn how to distinguish between what you can influence and what you cannot, and how to respond in ways that align with your values. The aim is to reduce feelings of helplessness and strengthen confidence, while honouring the emotional impact of what you’ve experienced.
2. Realistic
Managing Thoughts and Emotions
Here, you’ll be introduced to proven tools to help process strong emotions, calm the nervous system, and interrupt unhelpful thinking patterns. This module supports you to stay grounded without dismissing your fear, anger, or grief – allowing space for what is real, while preventing it from overwhelming you.
3. Positive
Cultivating Optimism and Growth
This module focuses on building realistic optimism, countering negativity bias, strengthening connection with others, and finding meaning even in painful circumstances. The goal is not forced positivity, but the ability to hold hope, strength, and purpose alongside loss or fear.
Support Is Always Available
Even in moments that feel heavy or uncertain, resilience is already present. Sometimes quietly, sometimes in ways we only recognise later. There are brighter times ahead, even if you can’t always see them right now.
If at any point you feel overwhelmed or need immediate support, help is available. For urgent support, call our 24/7 Crisis Line on 1300 544 357 or reach out to us on 0293860770 for confidential care and support.
Getting Started With The Course
When you click Start the Course for the first time, you’ll be asked to create an account using a username, email, and password. This step allows you to access and save your progress.
After you submit your details, you’ll be redirected to our home page. From there, return to the Unbreakable page and click Start the Course again. From here, you’ll then be able to access the course and begin at your own pace.
If at any point something doesn’t feel clear, you’re welcome to reach out for support.
Your Privacy, Your Choice
You can access the Unbreakable workbook in the way that feels safest and most comfortable for you.
You don’t need to enter any personal details to use this resource. If you prefer, you can download a PDF version of the workbook and work through it privately, at your own pace.
Creating an account is optional. It simply allows you to save your progress and return to the interactive module later. No additional data is collected or stored beyond what’s required for this functionality.
Choose the option that works best for you. Support should always come with dignity, safety, and choice.