"Stories that aren't often shared but should be told"
These women will share their deeply personal stories. To help inspire and encourage you to live life to your full potential.
Many people live through challenging situations and hearing other peoples stories has the power to help heal and improve lives.
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If you have not gone through these experiences yourself, it may help you to understand someone close to you.
Parenting Through a Mental Health Pandemic: Turning Pain into Purpose
Making Peace with Sleep - My life beyond insomnia
Anna Gibbons is a mother of four and a passionate well-being executive coach. Tragically, Anna lost her second eldest child to depression in June 2024, a heartbreak that reshaped her purpose and ignited a mission to support youth mental health.
Despite her expertise in mental wellbeing, Anna’s experience is a powerful reminder that mental health challenges can impact anyone, anywhere. Now, she dedicates her life to helping New Zealand teenagers find clarity and peace in the midst of a loud and overwhelming world, offering insights, tools, and hope for navigating life’s complexities.
Bernice is a passionate Sleep Health Advocate and founder of Sleep Haven.
As a professional researcher and author of the best-selling book Sleep Easy, she combines scientific knowledge with personal experience to help others overcome insomnia. Bernice's engaging and relatable approach empowers individuals to take charge of their sleep health and improve their overall well-being.
Don't miss her journey from sleep-deprived to thriving, offering hope and practical solutions for better sleep and a better life.
The Silent Struggles of a Young Widow - How I endured and discovered ME again.
Breaking Burnout: Thriving my way to impact, success & fulfilment
Tali is a remarkable, brave and resilient young woman. She candidly reflects on her silent struggles as a young widow of complex grief, dark emotions and shattered dreams leading to identity crisis, shame, guilt and hurt from perceived ideologies of comfort.
Tali tragically lost her husband, the love of her life, days before Christmas 2021 and shortly after, lost her beloved mother. The weight of her great losses severely crushed her, and significant shame crept in facing her unchosen new reality of suddenly becoming a young and childless widow.
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Tali has discovered the best version of her authentic self, and is ready for the first time, to unveil her raw story, illuminating her silent struggles as a young widow with the hope to raise awareness and empower those in similar unchosen paths.
Sarah is a certified health and wellbeing coach with over 20 years experience in healthcare. She has a university education in Psychology through the University of Canterbury, New Zealand where her interests include: the science and practice of wellbeing, positive psychology, health psychology, organisational psychology and neuroscience.
Sarah founded The Founder Wellbeing Company Ltd. where her focus is empowering founders to flourish so they can have the impact they want without burning out.
Sarah lives in Christchurch New Zealand with her daughter Gracie and rescue cat Chamonix. She’s a lifelong learner and fitness enthusiast with a love of all things Italian.