About Reborn the Rose
Meet
Kelly Amanda
Lee
Founder. Poet. Speaker.
Creative Advocate.
Founder of Reborn the Rose, Kelly Amanda Lee uses poetry, storytelling and lived experience to create space for expression, reflection and connection.
Your story. Your voice. Your power.
The Story
From Lived Experience to Creative Purpose
Reborn the Rose grew from Kelly's own experiences of adversity and transformation
and from finding a voice through writing.
After experiencing domestic violence, complex trauma and significant health challenges, poetry became more than a creative outlet. It became a way to make sense of experiences
that were often difficult to put into ordinary words.
That journey eventually became Reborn the Rose: The Journey Out of Domestic Violence,
and the beginning of something much larger.
Today, Kelly's work spans poetry, books, workshops, speaking, youth engagement, and
creative resources for different ages and stages of life.
Through Reborn the Rose, she creates spaces where lived experience is respected, dignity
is prioritised, and creativity can unfold at its own pace.
OUR APPROACH
Creating Space for Voice & Expression
Kelly's approach is informed by lived experience and grounded in principles of safety, choice and respect.
She believes creative expression should never demand disclosure; it should offer choice.
It should honour silence just as much as voice.
Whether someone is writing a poem, completing a creative activity, participating in a workshop or simply
listening, there is no expectation to share more than feels comfortable.
This philosophy shapes every Reborn the Rose project, creating space for curiosity, reflection, and
expression without judgement or pressure.
Voice is invited. Choice is respected. Expression belongs to the individual.
IMPACT & ADVOCACY
The Impact & Work
of Reborn the Rose
Kelly's work extends beyond the written page.
Through workshops, mentoring, speaking, youth engagement and community initiatives, she
contributes lived-experience insight and creative approaches to conversations about voice, wellbeing,
identity and inclusion.
Her work has included mentoring young people, contributing to community initiatives, sharing lived-
experience perspectives, developing creative resources and collaborating with organisations seeking
more human-centred ways to engage the people they support.
Each opportunity has a different purpose, but the intention remains the same: to help create
environments where people feel respected, heard and able to participate in ways that work for them.
There Is No One Right Way to Find Your Voice
Reflection & Philosophy
Not every story needs to be spoken aloud.
Not every feeling needs to be explained.
And not every person expresses themselves in the same way.
Kelly's work is built around the belief that creativity can give people
another language through words, reflection, imagination, art and choice.
Sometimes expression is about speaking.
Sometimes it is about writing.
Sometimes it is simply recognising something within yourself
that you did not have words for before.
Reborn the Rose makes room for all of those possibilities.
COLLABORATION & CONTRIBUTION
Working Together for Meaningful Impact
Kelly’s work has connected with organisations, initiatives and platforms across youth engagement, advocacy, creativity, wellbeing and community.
Future Anything
Future Anything
Challenge - Mentor Program for youth
Global Sisters
Workshops, lived experience contribution to the Grace project
Herstory Podcast
Podcast guest interview sharing the journey behind Reborn the Rose
Community Providers
Creative engagement, advocacy and lived-experience insight.
5 Minutes for Me App
Reborn the Rose: Rising Through Words, audio contribution
JRWP LEAG
Lived experience perspectives helping shape
and improve JRWP.
Stronger together.
Creating change through creativity,
compassion, and connection.
Trauma-informed creative expression
through storytelling, poetry, workshops,
and reflective experiences.
With Respect
Reborn the Rose acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Country throughout Australia.
We recognise their continuing connection to lands, waters, and communities, and we pay our
respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present.
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