After 27 years of addiction to alcohol and multiple suicide attempts, Tim Lodgen finally made the decision to get help. Watch the full episode below In the episode, I talk to ex US marine and MMA fighter Tim Lodgen about his 27 year battle with alcoholism and other substances. Tim tells us that he doesn't […]

Māori actor Rob Mokoraka explains how his unresolved trauma manifest as low self-worth and negative self-talk. He felt that he could not share his internal experiences with anyone because that would have made him weak and vulnerable. Things he had been taught to avoid. Rob travels around Aotearoa, New Zealand, sharing his harrowing and inspiring […]

Michael Hempseeds explains the difference between having a bad day and the illness of depression. He states that depression affects our ability to function and can have symptoms of decreased appetite and sleep, thoughts of not wanting to be alive, and inability to concentrate to name a few. He further explains that depression affects the […]

This article was written by James Dear for Meditation New Zealand Happiness... For practically my entire life I have attempted to crack the code.  I jumped from one fix to the next, trying to squeeze as much fun out of it as possible, until it was exhausted. Upon facing the dark and empty void within, […]

Written by James Dear A few years ago if someone had asked me what was most likely to kill me before the age of 45, I would never have guessed it could be myself. After losing a close friend to suicide it plagued my mind that I didn’t know anything about the pain he must […]

If you are having suicidal thoughts then please know that you are not your thoughts.  Someone once told me this metaphor and it really helped. Think of yourself as water. Water is pure like you. The negative thoughts that you are having are dirt that has got into the water. Despite the water being dirty […]

Written by James Dear I feel that I am doing fairly well in life at the moment, but things have not always been this way. Through my stupidity, I have become rich in the wisdom of hard lessons and I would like to start giving back what so many have previously given to me. I […]