About A Sense of Hope - By Helen Duyvestyn from One Life
'A Sense of Hope' is a podcast dedicated to inspiring resilience and fostering mental well-being. Join us as we explore the struggles we experience and uncover pathways to overcome adversity. Through insightful conversations and uplifting stories, we aim to break boundaries and instil a sense of hope in every listener.
Helen is a Registered Nurse and life coach with a Master's in Health Science and an Advanced Diploma in Nursing, based in New Zealand. Helen is passionate about approaching wellness (especially mental health) from a holistic model of care.
Dr Jo Battye is a New Zealand GP who has embraced a different approach to health care.
Her journey has led her to breath work, psychedelic-assisted therapy training, plant medicine and other modalities that would not be considered 'mainstream medicine'.
Tune in to listen to Jo - and how she wants to be the change she wants to see in the world.
21 Dec 2024
Can nutrients change your life? Nutrients and Mental Health with Professor Julia Rucklidge
Professor Julia Rucklidge explores the transformative power of nutrients on mental health, revealing how micronutrients can significantly improve conditions such as depression, anxiety, and ADHD.
6 Dec 2024
Helen Duyvestyn - an Interview with Audrey McCollough
Helen Duyvestyn and Audrey McCollough discuss the limitations of mainstream psychiatry and the importance of wellness in creating a healthy human.
9 Nov 2024
Aaron - Trauma on the frontline - NZ Police
Aaron is a New Zealand police officer who after two years working in the front line began to notice changes in his mood, behaviour & sleep patterns.
He also started to experience flashbacks on his daily commute to and from work.
According to statistics - symptoms like depression and PTSD affect up to 35% of New Zealand police - however recent statistics suggest that the number of police officers suffering from PTSD alone is up to 42%.
Join us in the conversation about what it's like to be a police officer, the onset and symptoms of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), the treatment Aaron used to reduce his symptoms and well as the day-to-day self-care that helps build resilience and foster well-being.
2 Nov 2024
Sonya English - ICU nurse to health coach - moving the needle on chronic disease
Sonya is a Registered Nurse who spent most of her career working in ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
Noticing the decreasing age at which people were being admitted to hospital with preventative chronic disease - she decided she wanted to focus on a more preventative model and trained to be a health coach.
Sonya is now a PREKURE master holistic health coach and transformative life coach. She also continues to work as a critical care patient at-risk nurse specialist. She holds a master's in health practice and her vast health experience affords a holistic approach to championing her client’s wellness.
As a health coach, she believes working with her client’s vision and values to support their movement from where they are now to their desired goal is paramount. Her focus is on her clients’ strengths, their lifeworld and untapped awareness to move forward positively and sustainably.
She specialises in mental fitness and metabolic health.
You can find Sonya here:
Website: https://www.sehealthcoaching.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonya-english-acc-icf-1b7652180/?originalSubdomain=nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SonyaEnglishHealthCoaching/
26 Oct 2024
This might make you flinch - with Ainsley Duyvestyn-Smith
In this podcast, we speak with Ainsley Duyvestyn-Smith.
Ainsley is a New Zealand-born photographer, writer, activist and ancient history buff with a passion for travel and cultural exploration. Having lived in and traveled to over 40 countries, Ainsley combines her eye for documentary photography with a fine art approach, creating empowering portraits that capture the natural beauty of her subjects and aim to deconstruct narrow beauty ideals. Her work often focuses on underrepresented stories and global issues, and she is currently a finalist in the New Zealand Geographic Photography Awards.
In 2019 Ainsley experienced several health events which led her to experience significant mental and physical health challenges. Over a number of years, Ainsley had frequent admissions to hospital, saw numerous health specialists, had surgery for endometriosis and experienced depression and chronic fatigue.
This podcast is about her experience in the New Zealand health system, what helped her recover and how this has motivated her to change how women receive gynaecology care in New Zealand.
Ainsley is pursuing a degree in Ancient History and Egyptology at Auckland University.
You can find Ainsley here:
https://www.ainsleydscreative.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ainsleydscreative
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ainsleydsphotography/
19 Oct 2024
Rachael Sumner - Are psychedelics an untapped treatment solution for mental health?
In this interview on the Sense of Hope Podcast - we speak to Rachael Sumner.
Please note: This interview is not to be taken as medical advice and some of the substances discussed in this podcast are Class A drugs and remain illegal to possess in New Zealand and many other countries.
Rachael is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, School of Pharmacy. Her expertise is in using brain recording and blood analysis techniques to understand chemical changes in the brain. She has worked with LSD, ketamine, and scopolamine in the context of developing novel treatments for depression and is excited by the potential for microdosing psychedelics in this space. Rachael has a particular passion for women’s health and menstrual cycle-related disorders.
This is a fascinating interview into the power that some substances may have in supporting the reduction of depression symptoms and other associated mental health issues.
You can follow the work of Auckland University Neuro- Psycho- Pharmacology Research Group here:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063748411949
12 Oct 2024
Helen Gibbs - Trauma Informed Dietetics
Helen is one of a few New Zealand registered dietitians who practice privately. She is also one of the few dieticians who acknowledges, understands and practices trauma-informed care.
Helen has developed a whole-person approach to dietetics, which evolved into a whanau-centred approach.
The impact of trauma around food (being 'forced' to eat vegetables as a child for example) can impact a person's food choices into adulthood.
Other non-food related trauma - can also impact a person's eating behaviours - especially if the person chooses food as a form of 'self-soothing'.
Listen to Helen's story and approach to her work.
You can find Helen here:
https://dietconsulting.nz/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/helen-gibbs-dietitian?originalSubdomain=nz
5 Oct 2024
Kate Berridge - Understanding Obesity
While we all think that being in a bigger body is bad, Kate explains that this isn't always the case.
Join Kate Berridge on the Sense of Hope podcast, where we delve into the delicate space of bariatric (or weight loss surgery), the hope it gives to people who experience metabolic syndrome and why it's not just about weight loss.
Kate also explains why - once we are in a bigger body - it's not simply about 'eating less and moving more' - and that obesity is a complex condition involving mental, physical, whanau, emotional and environmental health.
Kate started working with metabolic bariatric patients in 2007 when she helped set up the Counties Manukau DHB bariatric surgical service. In her time running the service, she worked with thousands of patients but she could see most needed significant emotional and mental health support after surgery that wasn't available.
In 2016, she left the DHB to complete a Master’s degree on how to be successful in life after MBS. Her biggest takeaway from her research was the level of emotional and mental self-care required after undergoing a metabolic bariatric procedure (or taking weight loss medication) isn’t intuitive. Most patients will need help to develop mental and emotional skills so they can thrive.
You can find Kate here:
https://www.tiaki-whaiaro.co.nz/team/
https://www.facebook.com/tiakiwhaiaro/
28 Sept 2024
Bronwyn Hudson - Walking alongside depression
Bronwyn Hudson experienced her talented rugby-playing husband go from a professional outgoing sportsman to experiencing chronic fatigue and debilitating life-altering depression.
Join us as she tells her experience as someone walking alongside a partner who is struggling with their health and how this led her to build a business as a health coach focusing on how food and mood are so intricately connected.
This is a powerful and personal story as part of the Sense of Hope series - sharing stories and promoting resilience in mental health.
You can find Bronwyn
https://www.bronwynhudson.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronwyn-hudson/?originalSubdomain=nz
https://www.facebook.com/bronwynhudson.foodandmood/
https://www.instagram.com/bronwyn.hudson/
You can find Helen from One Life
www,onelifenz.com
22 Sept 2024
Dr Davin Tan - Reimagining Psychiatry
Davin is a dedicated dad and youth forensic psychiatrist with a passion for empowering parents to help their anxious and sensitive children navigate the complexities of modern life. With over a decade of experience, Dr. Tan has become a trusted voice in the field, known for his empathetic approach and practical advice.
Join us as we discuss the world of psychiatry, the medical profession - and how we can approach mental health with humanity and humility including removing the notion that the psychiatrist is the expert and focus on empowering the parent and the 'patient'.
You can find Dr Tan here:
https://www.huddlewisdom.com/
On Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/huddlewisdom
His fun and entertaining posts on Instagram here
https://www.instagram.com/drdavintan/
And his very own podcast on Spotify here:
https://open.spotify.com/show/7x2QhqzHvnNz1pRbIL8Fp5
15 Sept 2024
Peaceful Beginnings with Donna Stichbury
Donna Stichbury is the founder of Peaceful Beginnings.
Peaceful Beginnings supports children to be the very best version of their authentic selves and adults to find their inner wisdom so that they can walk alongside their children.
Join us on this insightful conversation about parenting, trauma and the understanding that as parents you can't give, what you haven't had.
You can find Donna: https://peacefulbeginnings.co.nz/
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/peacefulbeginningsnz
And on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/peacefulbeginningsnz/
7 Sept 2024
Zoe McLaren - 'You're having a stroke'
For 24 years Zoe McLaren was a doctor, a paediatrician who worked at Starship Hospital.
Zoe was only 42 years old when she had a serious stroke.
Join us as we hear Zoe's journey from pre-stroke to post-stroke. Hear her experience of recovery, her learnings about true health and well-being, what advice she gives to others going through challenging times and the introduction of a new model of healthcare - Positive Medicine.
You can find Zoe on Facebook and Instagram https://www.facebook.com/healthy.happy.body.2024
https://www.instagram.com/healthy_happy_body_nz/
1 Sept 2024
Anne Bulley from ReliefAid - Finding hope in despair
Anne works as the Communication Director for @relief_aid (https://www.instagram.com/relief_aid/)
ReliefAid is a New Zealand founded charity that delivers emergency aid to people living in conflict zones.
ReliefAid currently has teams delivering lifesaving aid to families on the ground in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan.
In 2022 Anne traveled to Ukraine to see the impact ReliefAid was having on the lives of those who had been torn apart by war.
Anne is one of my first guests on the 'Sense of Hope' podcast. ❤
Join us to hear Anne's story and how simple things done by us on the other side of the world gives those in war zones a sense of hope.
5 Aug 2024
An Introduction to 'A Sense of Hope'
'A Sense of Hope' is a podcast dedicated to inspiring resilience and fostering mental well-being. Join your host Helen Duyvestyn - a Registered Nurse and Life Coach - as we explore the struggles we all experience and uncover pathways to overcome adversity. Through insightful conversations and uplifting stories, we aim to break boundaries and instil a sense of hope in every listener.
You can find out more about Helen and her work at www.onelifenz.com
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