Mind Coach Academy

30/07/2026

✨ Last Thursday we had the pleasure of co-hosting Business Canterbury's Connect After 5 event with BreakFree on Cashel.

A few highlights from the evening:

🏨 Hearing people say, "We didn't know about this hotel, it's great!"
📚 The six copies of The How of Hope: One Family's Story of Overcoming Mental Illness got snapped up almost immediately.
🤝 Making new connections and catching up with familiar faces.

🍴 The only downside? We spent so much time talking that we didn't get to sample all the delicious food… although it looked incredible!

A huge thank you to everyone who came along. 💜

The evening felt like more than just raising awareness about Mind Coach Academy. It was also a chance to reflect on how fortunate we are to have spent the past 12 years doing work we genuinely love, alongside amazing people and organisations who continue to support us.

We're grateful for every conversation, connection and opportunity. 😊

20/07/2026

It's happening this week! 🎉

Mind Coach Academy is delighted to be hosting Business Canterbury's July Connect After 5 event with BreakFree on Cashel

If you're a Business Canterbury member, we'd love to welcome you along to connect with fellow local businesses.

Ready to connect? Register here

https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/july-connect-after-5-mind-coach-academy-breakfree-on-cashel-tickets-1988366835731

08/06/2026

We do enjoy attending the Business Canterbury Connect After 5 networking events. So much so that next month we’ll be co‑hosting alongside the team at BreakFree on Cashel Hotel 🎉

To make things interesting, we’re taking on a 10‑in‑2 Challenge:
📊 10 PowerPoint slides
⏱️ 12.5 seconds per slide
⏳ 2 minutes total

We thought that way we’d be very focused presenting our business!

22/04/2026

22/04/2026

Life is like a fart… if you have to force it… it’s probably going to be 💩

That was the quote we used to kick off Saturday’s workshop: “Moving Forward Without Forcing Yourself.”

A little cheeky while hopefully it made a powerful point 👇

Our hopes for everyone who came along:
✨ To notice that sensations in the body are neutral (and can even be pleasurable)

✨ To realise you can make the unfamiliar, especially the things you want, feel familiar by using your imagination

✨ To experience more moments of feeling alive, powerful, and relaxed

A big thank you to everyone who joined us 🙌

We loved your openness, your insights, and your company.

There’s something special about reconnecting with those who already know this work and equally special meeting new faces stepping into it for the first time 💛

Here's a few photos of the event.

03/04/2026

Ever done something and immediately thought... why do I keep doing that? 😄

Actually, your mind is working perfectly.

It's simply doing what minds do - keeping you in familiar territory, even when you're ready for something new.

We're running a free workshop this month exploring exactly this.

Moving Forward Without Forcing Yourself

📅 Saturday 18th April
⏰ 9:30am – 12pm
📍 Breakfree on Cashel, Christchurch
💛 Free - morning tea included

We'll look at why change can feel uncomfortable even when we want it, and how to work with your mind so that new ways of being starts to feel natural - not forced.

Simple, practical, and a wonderful morning out.

Grab your free spot via the link below - we'd love to see you there.

👇https://events.humanitix.com/moving-forward-without-forcing-yourself-workshop

Tag someone who'd find this useful 😊

24/03/2026

Awareness is my (Imelda) word for 2026, and lately I've been sitting with its shadow side.

When I first started doing this work, I became very aware of my thoughts and emotions.

And I remember chatting to my husband about something I’d been analysing about myself.

He listened for a while and then said, “Sounds like paralysis by analysis.” 😊

He wasn’t wrong.

Sometimes what we think is awareness… can quietly turn into overthinking.

Analysing every thought, every reaction, every feeling.

Trying to figure it all out. Fix it. Improve it.

True awareness isn’t about fixing.

It’s about noticing.

Something I've noticed and that comes up a lot in the work we do, is that sometimes the most helpful thing isn't shifting a feeling, it's allowing it.

Emotions are a bit like weather passing through the sky.

Awareness doesn’t mean we need to control the weather.

Sometimes it’s just noticing the rain… without trying to change it.

And trusting that it will pass.

I’m curious, have you ever caught yourself slipping from awareness into overthinking?

18/03/2026

Beliefs are the things we take on as facts about ourselves and the world.

They quietly shape how we feel, how we react, and the choices we make, often without us realising we have any say in them at all.

When life is busy, we rarely stop to question them.

Here are some subtle signs a limiting belief might be running in the background 👀
• You’re often annoyed by others, thinking “If they were different, my life would be easier” 😤
• Life feels hard but you assume that’s just how it is for everyone
• You objectively have a good life, yet it doesn’t feel as satisfying as it ‘should’
• You wish you had more energy and put it down to being busy or getting older 🔋
• You notice the same frustrating themes showing up again and again, different situations, same feeling 🔁

Limiting beliefs don’t mean something is wrong with you.

They developed to protect you at some point. When they go unexamined, they can gradually influence a life that feels harder than it needs to be.

Awareness is often the first shift. Not forcing change, just noticing what’s been running the show begins to open up better possibilities.

03/03/2026

It’s amazing how quickly we can create a story about someone without realising we’re the author.

Awareness gives us the pause to rewrite it.

Have you ever caught yourself doing this?”

25/02/2026

🎧 A small reminder of the power of audio recordings…

When my voice recorder stopped working recently, it unexpectedly made me pause and reflect on how valuable audio recordings have been since doing mindset work 🤔

A few things stood out:

1️⃣ How useful audio recordings are for keeping our mind focused on what we want and what matters
2️⃣ There’s something powerful about using your own voice — it’s like becoming your own coach 🗣️
3️⃣ I was surprised by how much people enjoyed creating their own recordings during a workplace wellbeing training session — even those who were hesitant at first 🌱

I know many of us have that initial discomfort when hearing our voice recorded (cringe can be real 😅)…
Yet it can also be an effective tool for us.

Is using audio recordings something you utilise as part of your success strategies? 👀✨