Kia ora and dear Friends, Happy pride month darlings! Here's to love and legally protected rights for all to love whomever they do. Fun & free-ish things * Re-falling in love with the magnificent work of therapist & artist Lindsay Braman: * please peruse her site to see

Kia ora Friends, I'm refining my "START HERE AND KEEP GOING" talk and reflecting on the lessons from my personal life (supported by science) that loosened my tight grip on perfectionism. [Shameless plug, early bird pricing ends this weekend for the 19 June Wellington training. Get

Kia ora Friends, Oh my loves. I wasn't sure what I wanted to say today. There are many flooded houses here. My daughter's days left at home sift through our fingers with the urgency of a star racing toward explosion. I count again and again, looking

Kia ora community, Oh darlings. What a few weeks its been. I did a podcast interview and I'm planning a Wellington training for June (online one coming in November). I'm in the olive oil of life, Kenny Chesney's good stuff, not simply the things

Good morning friends, I'm back from two weeks of work travel. First, I was at a staff retreat for a non-profit I just joined, Te Kiwi Maia, who supports current and former first responders and New Zealand Defence Force personnel struggling with stress and burnout. Then I

Kia ora e hoa! Lots more below but briefly I have openings and would love your advice for a talk I'm drafting. xx Kerry Dear Helpers, It is common for us to feel grief and sadness when we work with the best of intentions then see so little

Dear Helper, In overwhelm, we can swing between racing to overcontrol everything and believing that we control nothing. Between these extremes lies a simpler truth.  There is a small space we can impact directly but much more that will always be unknowable. Undoubtedly, our actions will graze others’ futures, but

Dear Helper, During my last round of burnout, I became snappy and snarky. I'd ruminate about work while I was off the clock, detailing injustices till each of my moments are blistered and burned. I dripped in shame at each minor mistake and was annoyed when loved ones