This page includes talks by inspiring people providing useful and helpful information that you may find beneficial. If you do find them useful please pass on, supporting others costs nothing, listening is important and we all have the ability to make a positive difference in someone's life.
Ngaro Hape
"Nuds - No-one Understands Depression (Suffering in Silence)"
Accepting support from whānau helped Ngaro after his marriage left him grieving the loss of his kids and home. After getting through his depression with support from friends and his psychologist, he learned how to help others.
Ngaro spoke at one of our Grassroots events in August 2022
Youth in Transition
"Journey Back to Awesome"
The Youth in Transition Trust on the Hibiscus Coast supports young people on their journey back from the end of their road and have developed a five-component programme:
The Journey Back To Awesome.
The aim of our programme is to assist young people (aged 10-24) in finding and strengthening their own resources, towards leading full and meaningful lives.
To achieve this, they work with each young person to develop an individual, Journey Back To Awesome plan. The five key components, complement each other to provide holistic support that is aligned with our philosophy and best practice.
Grayson was one of the first to go through the programme and has returned in a mentor capacity for the Trust to support others going through the programme.
Katie Hunt - How loss can teach us to live
How do you build a future after the one you thought you were going to have no longer exists? Overnight, Katie was left with the enormous job of being a solo parent, financially supporting her family, running her household and generally trying to stay sane in complete chaos.
Grief comes in many forms in our life - after death, divorce, injury, career change. So how do you build from the rubble of a future you thought you were going to have? Katie is a mother and a widow. After the death of her husband in 2020, she is raising two excellent and funny boys, balanced with her career in banking, and relying heavily on humour to figure out this new life..
SHOT BRO - Rob Mokoraka shares his story
Rob Mokaraka travels around Aotearoa, sharing his story of attempted suicide-by-cop in a one man play, Shot Bro - Confessions of a Depressed Bullet.
Content warning: This documentary contains themes of suicide, violence and abuse, which may be distressing to viewers.
Wayne Forrest - How Struggle Helps Us Grow
Wayne Forrest is an International Transformational speaker and Life Mastery Consultant, certified by the Brave thinking Institute in LA. He's has shared the stage with well-known thought leaders from around the world. Wayne spoke at our first Grassroots event in 2019 and we're pleased to bring him back for our next event on the 20th August 2022.
Matt Brown - The barbershop where men go to heal
Matt Brown, co-author of the book, She Is Not Your Rehab talks about his life, his inspirations and his journey and passion to provide violence free communities.
Lucy Hone - 3 Secrets of Resilient People
This TED Talk is by Lucy Hone (What Abi Taught Us) who talks about resilience, what it means for her and the tools she uses.
Nora Mcinerny - We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it.
An interesting talk by Nora McInerny that you may find useful.