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...
by Jamie | Jul 1, 2022 | Guest Contributed, Newsfeed
Have you seen the movie “The Greatest Showman?”Even though I missed the experience watching it in the cinema I feel like I will always remember when and how I watched it. Friends invited me to their lovely home and after cooking together we watched the movie while...
by Jamie | May 11, 2022 | Newsfeed
I am light, I am lightI am light, I am lightI am light, I am lightI am light, I am light I am not the things my family didI am not the voices in my headI am not the pieces of the brokenness inside, I am lightI am light I am light, I am lightI am light, I am lightI am...