As part of her national Stamp It Out Tour, Kyalie Moore has been travelling across Australia, listening. Listening to young people. Listening to communities. Listening to stories that speak to both harm and hope. But when she arrived on Yawuru Country in Broome, she found something she hadn’t expected.

Kyalie spent time on Country with Yawardani Jan-ga Founder Professor Juli Coffin, sitting in the work, not just observing it. “I’ve been travelling the country with Stamp It Out,” Kyalie says. “You hear a lot about what’s going wrong. But here, you can feel something different. It’s calm. It’s grounded. It feels safe.”

At Yawardani Jan-ga, healing doesn’t begin with a conversation. It begins with presence.Out on Country, among a small herd of horses, Aboriginal young people are learning something that can’t always be taught in classrooms or clinics. They are learning how to regulate, how to trust, and how to reconnect with themselves.

Founded in 2018, Yawardani Jan-ga, meaning Horses Helping in Yawuru language, supports Aboriginal young people aged 6 to 26 through Equine Assisted Learning. The program responds to community concerns around social and emotional wellbeing with a strengths-based, culturally grounded approach.

On the surface, the work is simple. Young people groom, lead and spend time with horses. But what’s really happening runs much deeper. Horses respond to energy, not words. They mirror behaviour. They require presence. And in that space, something shifts.

“There’s no judgement here,” Juli Coffin reflects. “The horses don’t care about your past. They meet you where you’re at. And you can see the young people soften. You can see them start to breathe.”

Over time, young people begin to build confidence. They learn to respond rather than react. They develop emotional regulation in a way that feels natural and grounded.

For Juli, this work brings together a lifetime of experience. A lifelong horsewoman, with a background in education, public health and a PhD exploring Aboriginal young people’s experiences of bullying and relationships, she has created a model that sits between research, culture and lived reality.

Since its beginnings, Yawardani Jan-ga has engaged more than 1000 Aboriginal young people and trained over 30 local Aboriginal staff across Broome and Halls Creek. It is not just a program. It is a growing, community-led model of care.

For Kyalie, the visit was more than inspiration. It was alignment. “My whole tour is about stopping harm before it escalates,” she says. “What Juli and the team are doing here, this is that work. This is prevention. This is giving young people tools before things get to crisis.”

Travelling from community to community, Kyalie has seen the weight many young people carry. But here, she saw something else. “You can feel the shift,” she says. “It’s not about telling young people what to do. It’s about creating a space where they can come back to themselves.”

Sitting with Juli, watching the quiet interactions between horse and young person, Kyalie found herself reflecting on the journey. “You see a lot on the road,” she says. “And it can be heavy. But places like this remind you that communities already hold the answers. Strong ones.”

There is a natural connection between the Stamp It Out Tour and Yawardani Jan-ga. Both are grounded in the belief that change doesn’t come from instruction alone. It comes from relationships. From trust. From creating the right conditions for people to feel safe enough to grow.

On Yawuru Country, that connection is amplified. The presence of horses. The grounding of Country. The cultural strength that sits underneath it all.

As Aunty Di Appleby describes it, this is about creating Mabu Liyarn, a good feeling, a strong spirit. And that is something Kyalie carries with her as she continues her journey across the country.

“This place stays with you,” she says. “It reminds you that healing doesn’t always need to be loud. Sometimes it’s quiet. Sometimes it’s just being present, with the right people, in the right place.”

As the Stamp It Out Tour moves forward, stories like this become part of a broader national picture. Not just of the challenges facing young people, but of the solutions that already exist. On Country. In community. In relationship.And sometimes, alongside a horse, where words are not needed, and change begins anyway.

On Yawuru Country, that change is being held and shaped by Professor Juli Coffin, grounded, steady, deeply connected to place. And carried forward across the nation by Kyalie Moore, listening, walking, and amplifying what communities already know.

Two powerful women. Different paths, shared purpose. Quietly, in their own ways, helping to heal a nation.

Reach out to Professor Julie Coffin here yawardanijanga.com.au

Reach out to Kyalie Moore here boomerangontheroad.com.au