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Resources

From helplines to articles, stories, reflections, and practical tools... this page brings together a collection of resources to support your wellbeing. You can browse the posts below or use the category menu to explore specific topics.

Some resources offer information, some provide strategies, and others invite gentle reflection. Take what feels helpful and return whenever you need support, clarity, or a moment of grounding.

These resources are designed to complement therapy but do not replace personalised support. If you need more guidance, please feel welcome to reach out.

If you or someone you know is in distress

Lifeline Helpline

Call 0800 LIFELINE (0800 543 354) or text HELP (4357) for free, 24/7, confidential support – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Suicide Crisis Helpline

If you, or someone you know, may be thinking about suicide, call the Suicide Crisis Helpline for support.

0508 TAUTOKO (0508 828 865) is a free, nationwide service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is operated by highly trained and experienced telephone counsellors who have undergone advanced suicide prevention training.

Immediate Danger

If you believe either you, or someone you know, is in immediate danger, please call emergency services immediately on 111.

Personal Growth

Growth is an ongoing journey of insight, reflection, and re-authoring your story. This section offers ideas and tools for understanding yourself more deeply, exploring meaning, expanding awareness, and moving towards the lief you want with intention and self-kindness.

10 Questions for Reflection and Growth

With Christmas festivities behind us, many of us are enjoying a slower pace of life. Perhaps we're taking a much-needed holiday or working reduced hours; or maybe we're working our normal shifts but with extended daylight hours it feels like we have more time to relax, unwind, and have fun after work. No matter which of these scenarios are playing out for you, now is a great time to pause and reflect on the year that is ending; and take those learnings forward into the year

Franciska Neuhäuser

Dec 30, 20222 min read

Native American Indian Code of Ethics

I first learned about the Native American Indian Code of Ethics during my Counselling training. It is possibly the oldest cultural codes still in existence today, having survived thousands of years. Not too dissimilar to Aotearoa New Zealand's own indigenous Māori culture, the Native American culture is highly spiritual and places great emphasis on kinship and extended family relationships, and respect for nature (Mother Earth, Father Sky, Grandfather Sun, and Grandmother Mo

Franciska Neuhäuser

Aug 23, 20222 min read

The Meaning of Life

Robert Fulghum, author of Everything I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten , published a second best-selling collection of essays. In It Was on Fire when I Lay Down on It , he tells about a man named Alexander Papaderos, who grew up in a tiny Greek village on the island of Crete. When he was a young boy, his island was invaded by the Nazis, and hundreds of his fellow villagers were executed for daring to resist. Consequently, the people of Crete held a special hat

Franciska Neuhäuser

May 5, 20223 min read