Tēnā Koutou Katoa

I hope that you’re having a fabulous summer and by now all your children will have returned to school. Give yourself a pat on the back for making it through the holidays and tell yourself that you’re amazing!

Secondly, I would like to welcome our Northwest and East Coast Caregivers, (south of Gisborne) to the Lower North Region. We have merged the three regions; North West, some of East Coast and Lower North all into Lower North, to create one region.

Everything will continue to stay the same except for the name. You still have me, and I will continue to recognize the unique aspects of the regions. To understand the region boundaries a bit better there is an interactive map on our website, and a list of the towns that are in this new region. Please click here to find out more.

As we have now entered a new year, I wonder, what new goals you have for yourself. I know tradition says to do it before the year ends, but the very next day we end up breaking our own goals because of the continued family celebrations and public holidays. So, with all the crazy fun out of the way, I wonder what it is this year you are going to change for yourself. It could be things like “being more PACEful with my children,” or “I want to be someone who spends 15mins a day doing mindful thinking.” Whatever it is, make it realistic and make it work for you. With every goal you make you need steppingstones to get to where you need to be, for example, “My first tea break at work I will spend that time practicing mindfulness,” or “I will research techniques on how to be mindful.”

With that being said, I look forward to another year of walking this journey of care with you. Providing support and assistance to help you get to where you aim to be as a caregiver and parent. You are not alone in your journey, and with every goal you set yourself, know that you have someone cheering you on saying; “You can do this!”

Events

Training

Want to start 2025 empowered with the right therapeutic parenting tools to help you on your caregiving journey?! Our online training schedule kicks off this month offering you a variety of courses to help you on your caregiving journey. I will be hosting the following training sessions online:

Join me online for:

Difficult Behaviours – Managing Confrontation & Intimidating Ineractions
10 and 11 February
7:30pm – 9pm
Register here

Ako Ngātahi (Learning Together) Parenting in a healing way
18 February
11am – 12pm
Register here

To find out more about all our online caregiver training available this month (and next!) please click the button below.