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The hard work of healing

Perspective / BY Angus Jenkins

The hard work of healing

4 min read

Angus Jenkins writes when it comes to healing, no one can do the work for you. You're the one who has to sit with the discomfort, face the loneliness, and make the changes.

393 Addiction, Sobriety, and the Fight for a Better Life with Edward Latimore Jr

Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

393 Addiction, Sobriety, and the Fight for a Better Life with Edward Latimore Jr

2 min read

Today I’m speaking with Edward Latimore—author of “Sober Letters to My Drunken Self”. He’s a former professional boxer, and in this episode,

11th August DROP !

BY Simon Kozak Editor

11th August DROP !

1 min read

BIG NEWS - WE GO INTERNATIONAL HORIZON is confirmed as the official Media Partner for TheMHS 2025 Brisbane Conference. “TheMHS is more tha

Peer support isn’t what you think

Systems Change / BY Renee Warren

Peer support isn’t what you think

3 min read

Renee Warren, CADS Consumer Advisor and co facilitator of the Sharing Space group says, "Peers often work in isolation. This group gives us the connection and support we need to stay strong and do our mahi well."

Lived experience: A question of whakapapa and social justice

Systems Change / BY Magdel Hammond

Lived experience: A question of whakapapa and social justice

4 min read

Magdel Hammond, Lived Experience Leader writes the lived experience movement didn’t arise in a vacuum. Its roots are tangled in histories of state violence and abuse, colonisation, institutionalisation, and resistance.

Private isolation or personal growth?

Systems Change / BY Ivan Yeo

Private isolation or personal growth?

3 min read

Author and academic Ivan Yeo considers the cultural differences in how collective and individualist cultures approach mental health.

Hope arrives through compassion

Systems Change / BY Dr Murray Sheard

Hope arrives through compassion

4 min read

CEO of CBM,Dr Murray Sheard asks us to think more about giving - it does make a difference

Presence through art and breath

Innovation / BY Ilenia Di Nicola

Presence through art and breath

4 min read

Ilenia Di Nicola innovator and co-founder of Art Yoga Art taps directly into the key ingredients for well-being—learning something new, forming social bonds, staying present, finding joy.

Peer power unleashed

Innovation / BY Junior Tia

Peer power unleashed

4 min read

Junior Tia, General Manager Peer Services at Ember writes: In a world where there's a lot of disconnect, the power of human connection matters more than ever

Muscle up to the Black Dog

Innovation / BY Dan Oatridge

Muscle up to the Black Dog

4 min read

Dan Oatridge, Mental First Aid facilitator and PT knows physical and mental health aren’t separate.Read why he advocates we should all get moving more

Whose needs do we serve ?

Innovation / BY Rob Warriner

Whose needs do we serve ?

5 min read

CEO(retired) Rob Warriner asks if mental health services are not based upon, defined by and responsive to community need, then whose needs do they serve?

HORIZON appointed official media partner for TheMHS 2025

Sector / BY Kiara Grant

HORIZON appointed official media partner for TheMHS 2025

2 min read

TheMHS Marketing Lead Kiara Grant confirms HORIZON as conference media partner 2025

Virtual reality, real change

Innovation / BY Sarina Finucane

Virtual reality, real change

2 min read

Sarina Finucane Director at digital health innovators Ignite discusses their VR programme to tackle social anxiety - with life-changing results for young people.

Show up as a human

Opinion / BY Erica Hodgson

Show up as a human

4 min read

Erica Hodgson, NFP Governance expert asserts boards are made up of people, not job titles. You’ll get the best outcomes when everyone brings their whole self to the table.

Deadly silence

Wellbeing / BY Sarah Rowland

Deadly silence

2 min read

Sarah Rowland Co-Founder, Eating Disorders Carer Support NZ, says of the recent Suicide Prevention Action plan, eating disorders need to be a core part of that discussion, not treated separately.

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