A Sense of Hope Podcast
'A Sense of Hope' is a podcast dedicated to inspiring resilience and fostering mental well-being. Join us as we explore the struggles we experience and uncover pathways to overcome adversity. Through insightful conversations and uplifting stories, we aim to break boundaries and instil a sense of hope in every listener.
Episode 8
Ainsley Duyvestyn-Smith
This might make you flinch.
In this podcast, we speak with Ainsley Duyvestyn-Smith. Ainsley is a New Zealand-born photographer, writer, activist and ancient history buff with a passion for travel and cultural exploration. Having lived in and traveled to over 40 countries, Ainsley combines her eye for documentary photography with a fine art approach, creating empowering portraits that capture the natural beauty of her subjects and aim to deconstruct narrow beauty ideals. Her work often focuses on underrepresented stories and global issues, and she is currently a finalist in the New Zealand Geographic Photography Awards. In 2019 Ainsley experienced several health events which led her to experience significant mental and physical health challenges. Over a number of years, Ainsley had frequent admissions to hospital, saw numerous health specialists, had surgery for endometriosis and experienced depression and chronic fatigue. This podcast is about her experience in the New Zealand health system, what helped her recover and how this has motivated her to change how women receive gynaecology care in New Zealand.
Episode 7
Helen Gibbs - A Trauma informed approach to dietetics
Helen is one of a few New Zealand registered dietitians who practices privately. She is also one of the few dieticians who acknowledges, understands and practices trauma-informed care.
The impact of trauma around food (being 'forced' to eat vegetables as a child for example) can impact a person's food choices into adulthood.
Other non-food related trauma - can also impact a person's eating behaviours - especially if the person chooses food as a form of 'self-soothing'.
Episode 6
Kate Berridge - Understanding Obesity
Join Kate Berridge on the Sense of Hope podcast, where we delve into the delicate space of bariatric (or weight loss surgery), the hope it gives to people who experience metabolic syndrome and why it's not just about weight loss
Kate also explains why - once we are in a bigger body - it's not simply about 'eating less and moving more' - and that obesity is a complex condition involving mental, physical, whanau, emotional and environmental health.
Episode 5
Bronwyn Hudson - Walking alongside depression
Bronwyn Hudson experienced her talented rugby-playing husband go from a professional outgoing sportsman to experiencing chronic fatigue and debilitating life-altering depression.
Join us as she tells her experience as someone walking alongside a partner who is struggling with their health and how this led her to build a business as a health coach focusing on how food and mood are so intricately connected.
This is a powerful and personal story as part of the Sense of Hope series - sharing stories and promoting resilience in mental health
Episode 4
Dr Davin Tan - Reimagining Psychiatry
Dr Davin Tan is a dedicated dad and youth forensic psychiatrist with a passion for empowering parents to help their anxious and sensitive children navigate the complexities of modern life.
With over a decade of experience, Dr. Tan has become a trusted voice in the field, known for his empathetic approach and practical advice.
Join us as we discuss the challenges with modern-day psychiatry and how we can approach mental health differently.
Episode 3
Donna Stichbury - Peaceful Beginnings
Donna Stichbury is the founder of Peaceful Beginnings.
Peaceful Beginnings supports children to be the very best version of their authentic selves and adults to find their inner wisdom so that they can walk alongside their children.
Join us in this insightful conversation about parenting, trauma and the understanding that as parents you can't give, what you haven't had.
Episode 2
Zoe McLaren - You’re having a stroke’
Our special Guest on ‘A Sense of Hope’ is Zoe McLaren.
For 24 years Zoe McLaren was a doctor, a paediatrician who worked at Starship Hospital.
Zoe was only 42 years old when she had a serious stroke.
Join us as we hear Zoe's journey from pre-stroke to post-stroke. Hear her experience of recovery, her learnings about true health and well-being,
Episode 1
Anne Bulley - Finding Hope in Despair
Join us with our special guest on September 1st as we launch ‘A Sense of Hope’.
Anne Bulley is the Communications Director for ReliefAid - an organisation providing aid for those in war-torn countries.
Join us to hear Anne's story and how simple things done by us on the other side of the world give those in war zones a sense of hope.
