Send us a text On this episode I am joined by Kim Davis, an avid crafter and true crime enthusiast, mother, and co-host of the Slaycation podcast. Our yarn begins with the healing power of crafts- how sitting and knitting or stitching can be meditative, as well as how it can be used to disconnect from unwanted social conversations! We talk about how crafting can give you moments to yourself, and the importance of doing something just because. Kim speaks openly about her life growing up in a hous...
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Send us a text On this mini-yarn I share some of my recent experiences and learnings from working through stuff with coach Di Foster and EMDR therapy with a local psychologist. I yarn about feeling more future-focused in my current phase of life, and why that feels like such a novelty to me. I reflect on how some of my lived experiences left me stuck in survival mode, and how that can make you forget about any big audacious goals. I talk about the idea of shifting my mindset, from putting things...
May 24, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Send us a text On this episode I am joined by the magical Maren Swenson, an intuitive stylist, fashion coach, podcast creator and mother. After leaving a high demand religion, Maren embarked on deep inner work to explore how she wanted to show up and be seen in the world. A key part of this was rediscovering and owning her femininity, which inspired her to create a space for other women to do the same. Maren shares the backstory to starting her coaching business "Wild Serenity", and how she uses...
May 11, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Send us a text Welcome to episode 50!! I am celebrating this milestone episode with a special mini-yarn all about the origins of the word "yarn". Most people outside of New Zealand will only associate yarn with wool, and I have to tell people my podcast is sadly not about knitting! So here's an episode to explain what the word yarning means to me, as well as exploring the historical origins behind the use of the word in everyday kiwi conversation. On my research journey I pulled at many threads,...
Apr 27, 2025•25 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Send us a text Why is connection with nature just as important as connection with others? And how can we incorporate Mātaraunga Māori and the leadership of wāhine Māori in healing the world around us? On this episode I am joined by the powerhouse bestie duo that is Cassie Roma and Mandy Kupenga to yarn about their project, "Heal the Hauraki". They share the origin story behind their friendship- from the first email, to co-producing a docuseries and the shared vision of an incredible digital medi...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Send us a text What is the current model of leadership in businesses and organisations today? Is everyone represented in this model, and who does it serve? On this episode I had the pleasure of yarning with Ros Cardinal, an executive coach and facilitator, author, and speaker based in Tasmania, Australia. In 2012 she founded her own business, Shaping Change, to help overcome workplace challenges and build positive team cultures. The programs and tools she offers are too many to list here, but in...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Send us a text What is trauma, and why is it important on a collective level that we examine what's going on for us as individuals? On this episode I yarn with the incredible Amanda Hanna, director and creator of SomaPsych which offers trauma-informed trainings across New Zealand. She also teaches yin yoga, somatic dance, mindfulness and meditation, and is currently studying towards a Masters in Psychology. Amanda shares her origin story of creating SomaPsych, which came from a space of burnout ...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Send us a text What if the best way to lead wasn’t about having the right answers—but asking the right questions? In this episode, I yarned with the ever-curious Paul McGregor, a leadership coach, author and MC based in Nelson, New Zealand. With a background in law, collaboration and engagement, Paul has carved out an unconventional path - one that wasn’t planned but was led by instinct, curiosity and a refusal to settle. We unpack how he made some career choices based on joy, connection and pur...
Feb 17, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Send us a text Welcome to my first episode of 2025! I'm diving straight into the deep end with this one and yarning about some of the reasons why I have been in perpetual angry feminism mode recently. I discuss the French Mazan rape case, the incredible strength of victim Gisèle Pelicot, and how this case demonstrated a 'spectrum of culpability' behind violence towards women. I draw a parallel between this case and my work as a lawyer on historic abuse in state care claims, and how labelling peo...
Jan 31, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Send us a text On this episode I am so grateful to be joined again by the incredible Sarah Salter-Kelly. She first joined me in Episode 38, so go back and check out that episode if you'd like to know more about Sarah's story and some context to this second yarn. Sarah shares her journey towards forgiving her mother's murderer, and what she uncovered about colonial trauma in the criminal justice system during this process. Part of her healing looked like learning about the perpetrator's history a...
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Send us a text On this episode I yarn with the creator and host of 'Our Dead Dads' podcast Nick Gaylord. After the death of Nick's father (and a healthy dose of therapy to help move through the grief, anger and all of the feels), Nick realised we weren't having enough conversations about grief and healing. So he decided to start his own podcast and have yarns about grief and loss with guests from all over the world. Nick is motivated to continue creating a safe space for guests to share their ex...
Nov 30, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Send us a text On this episode I am joined by the incredible Allison Mahoney, a social justice, victim rights and civil rights litigator in America. In 2022, Allison started her own firm ALM Law, which specialises in representing children harmed in the child welfare system, survivors of domestic violence, and survivors of sexual assault and image-based sexual abuse at both state and federal levels. Allison talks about what drew her to working in law, and her path to becoming a victims' rights ad...
Nov 17, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Send us a text On this mini-yarn I share with you part of my creative podcasting process around guest episodes, and explain that I only share with the world whatever my guests are comfortable with. I have some epic guest episodes coming up, and I also plan to get back into more mini-yarns in the new year so watch out! I also wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that the world feels a bit dark right now, and acknowledge my privilege in being able to somewhat switch off for my own mental health....
Nov 10, 2024•9 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Send us a text On this episode I am joined by the amazing Vanessa Karel, two-time business founder, entrepreneur and creative producer. Vanessa created the platform Greether , aimed at making travel more accessible, sustainable, and safer for female travellers. Greether started when Vanessa found herself in Morocco at the start of the 2020 pandemic feeling isolated and wanting to connect with locals who could show her around and answer questions about life in Morocco. She discovered that there w...
Oct 20, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Send us a text BONUS MINI-YARN On this cheeky bonus episode I yarn about what femininity means to me, and the journey I have taken to feeling confident in my own version of being feminine. I talk about my experiences growing up in a rural part of New Zealand, and the transition from a small primary school to intermediate in 'town' where I was first introduced to what I thought being feminine was "supposed" to look like. I also discuss the fact that school uniforms for girls always involved skirt...
Oct 11, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Send us a text On this episode I yarn with the incredible healer, author and speaker Sarah Salter-Kelly. Sarah has been sharing her wisdom for over 16 years through her private healing practice and presenting at conferences and events, as well as facilitating retreats in Canada and Peru, and teaching trauma-focused and shamanic healing workshops. Sarah speaks about how she was drawn to work with mother nature from a young age, and how connecting with pagan spiritual practices has helped her work...
Oct 06, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Send us a text On this episode I was joined by the awesome duo that is Shelby and Scott, creators and hosts of the Balls Deep podcast. Our yarns go all the way from the origins of their romance to the "why" behind creating their podcast, and many things in between! Shelby and Scott are both avid travellers, and they share how they approach international adventures while both working full time and trying to make the most of each destination. We bonded over taking a slower approach to travel, havi...
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Send us a text On this episode I yarn with Polina, a medical intuitive holistic wellness coach. She shares how she went from a PhD in Consumer Behaviour in Russia, to a wellness coach based in Colorado, USA. Polina explains how she uses a range of modalities to assist her clients, and how she has learnt to let each body speak to her and guide her towards what needs to be healed. We chat in more depth about chronic stress and how this flows on to impact other parts of the body, as well as the ide...
Sep 08, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Send us a text On this episode I yarn with Rosie, a business and mindset coach who supports solo entrepreneurs to grow businesses they love. We dive into how Rosie got to where she is today, including stints in the world of corporate marketing as well as running her own floristry business for a number of years. Rosie shares how her approach to life and business has often been one of 'life's too short', while also learning to prioritise rest and space. We yarn about what it means to create a life...
Aug 25, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Send us a text On this guest episode I had the pleasure of yarning with Sarah, burnout recovery coach and recurring guest host of "Fried. the Burnout Podcast" with Cait Donovan. We dive into Sarah's backstory working with acupuncture, Chinese medicine, and Thai massage and what led her to burnout, as well as how she chose to heal and move forwards. We both identify as introverts, highly-sensitive people and recovering people-pleasers, so it was great to compare notes on how these traits impacted...
Aug 11, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Send us a text On this episode I yarn with Judi about being childless not by choice. We dive into who this definition applies to, what it means, and how it can look in people's lives. Judi is an insurance expert turned grief coach currently based in New Zealand, and she shares parts of her own story and why she is part of the CNBC community. We talk about the differences between people who are childfree vs. childless, and the specific type of grief that is associated with people who are childles...
Jul 28, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Send us a text On this mini-yarn I delve into the idea of "justice sensivity"- this is a term that I discovered recently, and quickly realised how much it resonated with me and my experiences. On the episode I discuss how as an employee I have had stronger reactions to feeling of injustice compared to my colleagues, despite working as a lawyer in advocacy roles. I was surprised at the time that my colleagues did not have the same responses, and I am now able to reflect back and acknowledge that ...
Jul 15, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Send us a text On this episode I am joined for the first time by two special guests! Inspired by a French TV show, Chloé and Youna travelled around the UK and Europe for over a year surviving on just €1 per day. During our yarns they share the details about how they met, their 'why' for the project, and what they learnt along the way. Both Youna and Chloé share on how overwhelmingly positive their experience was, and how they met amazing people at each destination. Their journey really is a test...
Jul 03, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Send us a text On this episode I welcome back the amazing Théa to get into some yarns on solo travelling while managing chronic health conditions. We are both lovers of travel and value getting to explore new places, but have similar challenges in managing our invisible conditions. Théa shares how her version of travel has changed following a number of head injuries and a back injury, and the shift in mindset this has required. I talk about my own experiences with adrenal fatigue as a result of ...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Send us a text On this mini episode I jump into an explanation of why I have changed from using time to organise my life, to focusing on capacity. Our busy modern world loves to talk about productivity, and this is something I grappled with in the early days of healing from burnout- because I had capacity for very few tasks each day, I felt like I wasn't being productive, and therefore was of less value. I was at a yoga class on my travels and the teacher said "Be more. Do less". I made that int...
Jun 02, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Send us a text On this episode, Théa shares her experiences with multiple brain injuries and chronic health, and how her focus on a positive mindset and gratitude helped to overcome challenges. Her story includes being forced to step away from work to heal, which resulted in a career pivot to study Speech and Language Pathology with the goal of helping others who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI). We yarn about our own journeys managing chronic health issues, both adapting to use capacit...
May 19, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Send us a text On this episode I am joined by the amazing Heather for some yarns on being childfree. We both share what being childfree means to us, and how neither of us ever envisioned a life that included motherhood. We delve into shared frustrations with feeling misunderstood, as well as issues with accessible healthcare for women, particularly those who choose not to have children. We approach this yarn with a lens of freedom of choice, with Heather and I both acknowledging people will make...
Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Send us a text Bringing you another mini-yarn of the podcast, this time yarning about the idea of a soul's journey and the lessons it chooses to learn. This episode brings you some of my woo woo spiritual vibes, and I explain some of the ideas and perspectives that have helped shape the way I experience the world. I dive into ideas about soul reincarnation, having predetermined lessons for each lifetime that your soul has chosen to experience, and that eventually maybe your soul gets to "retire"...
Apr 25, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Send us a text On this episode my epic guest is coach and speaker, Nancy. She explains how being raised by immigrant parents in America led to her focus on academic success, but realised as an adult that ticking the boxes had left her feeling unfulfilled. Nancy shares how her soul-searching journey began, and the amazing things she discovered along the way. Nancy now offers coaching through her business, panna panya , focusing on helping high achieving professionals develop authentic inner conne...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Send us a text On this mini-yarn I delve into more detail on my experiences dealing with burnout, and what I've learnt as part of the recovery process. I yarn about getting reacquainted with my emotions, nervous system, and physical body, and acknowledging how these shifts are benefitting my health. This includes a good boat metaphor, as well as me explaining how I have conversations with myself! I also talk about giving myself permission to own language to describe my experiences and health sta...
Mar 10, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 25
