Meaningful Health

17/08/2026

Kia ora, you still have time to answer two questions about grief in the Golden Bay survey.

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14/08/2026

Excited to see this online learning experience! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DBndbTEZb/

Introducing Relationship Rehab A transformative digital course from the founders of She Is Not Your Rehab, designed to help individuals and couples create deeper, healthier connections. Since the release of She Is Not Your Rehab, thousands have asked for more guidance and support in navigating relat...

11/08/2026

This is another video to share, this is without tension and so good for people who find tension to activating or have injuries, or are post cancer surgery. https://youtu.be/y7efkimy2AY Any feedback is welcomed

This video is meant to supplement the support you may already be re...

11/08/2026

Kia ora, I have been working on some videos for my clients with sleep difficulties associated with C-Ptsd and Ptsd. I may redo them but if they are useful please use them. They are intentionally subdued and slow and created for adults. This first one is with induced tension

This video is designed to supplement the support you may be receivi...

08/08/2026

Tēnā koe, just a reminder for clients that my room is at Golden Bay Health Centre, 12 Motupipi St, Tākaka - the orange building by the fire station, not the Golden Bay Community Health Centre. Easy to get that confused! Mauri ora, Michelle Cole

Kete:
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Funded face to face support for people with cancer and their family through
https://cancernelson.org.nz/support/counselling/

Professional, Community and Clinical Supervision

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Private therapy

We are a free service that provides support and manaaki to individuals, whānau and communities who have lost someone to su***de.

26/07/2026

Its a good feeling to gather round the fire at the Mussel Inn during winter to share stories of resilience. Constable Rob, ex Canterbury, now living and working in Golden Bay, shared his stories from his experience of the Christchurch mosque shootings. There is a lot of effort going into community conversations and planning about disaster preparations in the Aorere Valley. This evening was sponsored by local businesses the Mussel Inn and HealthPost. It was hosted by Rural Women Bainham Rockville.

28/02/2026

Good article for reflection, it speaks not only to the limitations of western diagnostics but to the risk of iatrogenic harm from diagnosis and treatment. Great to see this explored for this particular diagnosis.

This paper presents a perspective grounded in critical psychiatry and decolonial epistemologies, synthesising interdisciplinary scholarship and lived experience testimony to interrogate the diagnostic construct of borderline personality disorder (BPD) as a site of iatrogenic harm and epistemic viole...

26/11/2025