by Liz Fry | Nov 20, 2023 | Newsfeed
Some thoughts from Life Coach Liz… “Often when I start working with people they struggle to remember what makes them come alive. They are able to share the struggles and what that looks like and feels like. But the memories of the ‘good stuff’,...
by Jamie | Oct 27, 2023 | Newsfeed
We are wired to spot the negative. As much as you may not want to hear that on this today, it’s true. It comes from cave man days. The part of our brain, the amygdala, is there to spot danger, to protect us.Back in those days, it was far more important that...
by Liz Fry | Oct 13, 2023 | Newsfeed
“Little by little, a little becomes a lot.” A Tanzanian proverb that I heard on a training course. It was being used with regards to stress. Stress can come from different areas of our life and can also often creep up on us if we are not careful. We can think just...
by Zach Allen | Oct 9, 2023 | Newsfeed
Kia ora, ko Zach ahau! I’m new to the Retreat Staff Team and will occasionally be writing blogs on various topics! Here’s one on a particularly timely topic… When I was a teen – not too long ago, that is – I had pretty bad anxiety. In our...
by Zach Allen | Oct 4, 2023 | Newsfeed
Kia ora, Zach again! Ten thousand or so years ago, humans lived hunter-gatherer style lives, subsisting on raw meat and ancient grains (alongside a hearty dose of forages). This is the diet our stomachs evolved to digest – this is the prime form of consumption....
by Jamie | Aug 22, 2022 | Newsfeed
Kia ora e te whānauE ngā iwi o te Motu; ānei mātou te whakaruruhau o te kotahitanga e whakatau ana ia koutou, tautokohia, hāpaitia tēnei kaupapa: A co-design, research and co-production process kicked-off in 2014 resulted in the launch of Taranaki Retreat as a...