News

Dec 17, 20211 min

First Steps to Igniting your People's wellbeing

Ignite Aotearoa is a Social Enterprise that exists to remove barriers to accessing support, providing flexibility, choice and digitally...

Sep 20, 20214 min

Rebuilding your self-confidence

Self-confidence is a tricky thing that most of us, at some point in our lives, will struggle with. It could be that we are worrying about...

Aug 23, 20214 min

How to choose your Ignite support provider

If you’re wanting to give your wellbeing a boost or need some help to get through a difficult time, Ignite Aotearoa’s support providers...

Aug 2, 20213 min

Career changes in the midst of COVID-19

In the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people are considering or actively working on changing their career path. The...

Jul 28, 20212 min

Thoughts on Budget 2021

Ignite Board Chair Dr Barbara Disley shares her thoughts on this year’s Budget. Historically, Aotearoa has often been ahead of the rest...

Jul 22, 20214 min

The art of negotiating a corner - danger ahead?

Teaching my son to drive recently (which is another story entirely!) reminded me of the instructor who taught me to drive at age 16. He...

Jul 7, 20211 min

Ignite Wellbeing Update Archive - a monthly newsletter for our users

December: Farewell 2021: Meri Kirihimete from the Ignite Aotearoa team November: It's a great time to give your wellbeing a boost!...

May 31, 20214 min

Are you suffering from Imposter Syndrome?

Ever felt like a complete fraud at work? Like someone is going to discover you are winging it and completely take you down in front of...

May 20, 20215 min

Nutrition and your mood

What we do and don’t put in our bodies affects our bodies. Most of us accept that. How many of us realise how and what we eat also...

Apr 29, 20213 min

Self-Compassion in Practice

Self-Compassion is not just an idea, some feel-good but insubstantial notion that doesn’t really change anything. It is a highly...

Apr 8, 20213 min

Do you begin your day setting yourself up for success?

Do you ever have days where you are left wondering what happened? Perhaps you felt like you got out of the wrong side of the bed and the...

Mar 22, 20213 min

When Home Doesn’t Feel Like Home (Yet)

Over 50,000 Kiwis have recently returned to New Zealand, making this subject more topical or necessary than ever. While it might sound...

Jan 15, 20217 min

Let us make 2021 the year you achieve your career goals!

New year’s resolutions are always a great idea, or so we tell ourselves at the time we make them. So why is it after only a few weeks,...

Dec 14, 20205 min

Helping you to stay in the green

How does feeling happy and healthy look for you? Being fit and having energy. To bound out of bed with energy rather than needing to drag...

Dec 11, 20206 min

The importance of a holistic approach to wellbeing

One in four New Zealanders suffer from depression or anxiety, and 75% of those New Zealanders are women. The Mental Health Foundation...

Dec 7, 20204 min

The financial pressures of Christmas

It’s the season to be jolly. Well, supposedly. However, for many the financial burden increases stress and anxiety during the Christmas...

Dec 7, 20203 min

Is it time to mow the lawn again? A male perspective on Christmas

As men, we can find the Christmas/New Year season confusing and stressful, as well as enjoyable. Relationship and work issues can intrude...

Dec 7, 20203 min

Addiction over the holidays

Christmas. Your mother-in-law asking again ‘when the children will be coming along’. That Uncle commenting on your weight gain after his...

Nov 2, 20204 min

Parenting gender diverse children

I write as a parent of a daughter whose gender transition occurred as an adult, as a member of the Rainbow community, and as a health...

Nov 2, 20205 min

How to craft your way through COVID-19

For many years before the global COVID-19 pandemic we have been grappling with a different kind of epidemic in the form of workplace...