TODAY @ 7pm :Coping with Stress & Anxiety - Free Talk
Stress and anxiety has become enmeshed in everyday life. People are losing their jobs. Feelings of hopelessness, Covid. Anxious about the cost of living? Anxious about parenting your kids? Worried about guiding our children through life? Divorce is rampant – highest levels ever!
How to manage in today’s world – It’s stressful !
Craig Gemmell, a local Counsellor based in private practice at Coast Counselling in Whangaparaoa, is coming to share a few thoughts and insight to managing these stressful and anxious times.
Craig has a background in business management and has always enjoyed working with people of all ages and walks of life. His Counselling experience includes: High School counsellor, worked for two community agencies in West Auckland as well as counselling within the Prison system. In 2016 he began working with ACC. His focus is mental health, transitions through ages and stages of life, sexual abuse and addiction.
This is another of our very popular FREE Community Talks (Koha will be optional)
Date: Tues 27 July 2021 Time: 7pm
Venue: 107 Centreway Road, Orewa, Hibiscus Coast Presbyterian Church Hall
Poll: Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝
In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”
We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?
Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.
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41.5% Yes
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33.7% Maybe?
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24.8% No
Scam Alert: Fake information regarding December Bonuses from MSD
The Ministry of Social Development is reporting that fake information is circulating about new ‘December bonuses’ or ‘benefit increases’
If you get suspicious communication, please contact Netsafe.
Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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