by Zach Allen | Apr 15, 2024 | Newsfeed
Since we successfully crowd-funded the Confidence Centre, we’ve been working busily behind the scenes to get it up and running! The most important part of this is ensuring that we get it ‘right’ – both in the form of the anxiety support we...
by Zach Allen | Apr 11, 2024 | Newsfeed
1. Courage isn’t about not having fear, it is about having and feeling that fear but still going ahead and finding our way through it. 2. Courage is about hearing the negative thoughts, the red zone story reel that we have running, and not letting that rule, not...
by Zach Allen | Apr 10, 2024 | Newsfeed
Liz (one of our coaches) reflects where she was at a few years ago… “Rewind a bit to 2017, I wasn’t doing great. It wasn’t all doom and gloom by any means, but there was some tough stuff going on and tough stuff that I was ‘dealing...
by Zach Allen | Apr 4, 2024 | Newsfeed
After a major fundraiser, months of research, consultation, and planning, and lots of construction/design mahi… it’s finally time for Manga Hapahāpai / The Confidence Centre to begin its anxiety support work – but not before we celebrate all that it took to get...
by Zach Allen | Apr 2, 2024 | Newsfeed
What is it? Simply put, mindfulness with kindness! Developed by Cecily Bull who has run Mindfulness courses at the Retreat for over a year, this is a new course designed to give you some really useful tools… Instead of focusing on what’s wrong and trying to get...
by Zach Allen | Mar 28, 2024 | Newsfeed
Kia ora e te whānau We have moved into a new phase with a new team. I have had the privilege of being welcomed into the waka with a beautiful welcome and ‘handing over of the paddle ceremony’ led by Matua Damon Ritai our Board Chair. This...