Mel Abbott Empower Therapies

24/03/2026

Hi everyone! Exciting news!!
After an 18 month gap, The Refresher and Advanced Course is back 🙌

The last two years have been madness and mayhem developing the Switch Webinar Series and the Calmness Webinar Series, so there was no time for holding Refreshers. But there have been a lot of requests, so it's time to bring it back!

This course is for people who have already completed The Switch and would like a tune up.

WHEN:
Friday 5th June
9.30am start (approx 6 hours)
Online attendance

WHAT IT INCLUDES:
- Share positives since the course
- See all the slides again to remind yourself of important concepts
- Learn the advanced topics of: the science of multiple brains,
the Multi-brain Switch, dealing with conflict and forgiveness, quantum physics and the power of intention.
- Do any Switch of your choice with my help

COST:
$397 (or $280 in cases of genuine financial hardship)

This is a great way to refocus on what you've learnt, which areas you could tidy up some more, or how to think about entirely new ways to use The Switch in your life.

If you can't take a day off work for this, another option is to attend the next Switch Webinar Series, starting on April 22nd, where you will have access to all 15 hours of SWS footage over 6 weeks and attend four group Q&A calls. This is $497 for clients (reduced from $997). Email us if you would like a discount code to sign up for SWS.

SIGN UP FOR THE REFRESHER HERE:

23/03/2026

Ever wondered what the most common issues are that we work with?

This graph is from what clients share what their primary issue for attending The Switch is.

Note - many clients had multiple issues to deal with, but this data is based on their primary issue only.

Anxiety is most common issue that people deal with, even if not their first choice.

If you're interested you can see a full list of different conditions we help here:
https://empowertherapies.co.nz/pages/conditions-we-help

23/03/2026

I've just scheduled the next round of The Switch Webinar Series for 22nd April. Would love to have you join the group! Pop any questions below (or feel free to email them to us info@empowertherapies.co.nz).

If you need a discount code because you've done one of the Next Steps webinars, flick us an email and we will send it to you.

20/03/2026

Jess and I had a business meeting in a Cafe today and celebrated both our birthdays with coffee and cake since we are only a week apart.

We mostly work remotely so it's great to meet in person sometimes so that we can connect well together, look at things together on the screen, plan our strategies together, plus trouble shoot web issues.

The net result is that we have just sent out our next newsletter to our mailing list with 4 new movies and 2 new blogs and so much great info to help our members make wonderful change in their lives.

If you want to access free membership as well, click here

https://empowertherapies.co.nz/pages/newsletter-signup

18/03/2026

The Switch - One week follow-up!

This group are ROCKING it!

One man with fatigue and anxiety issues has done exercise every 2nd day all week, including a run/walk, sports and generally getting out more. He's really enjoying that and feeling much more energetic. He's still struggling a bit with headaches, so we talked about how he can adapt his Switches for this.

A woman with bronchiecstasis and other auto-immune issues said she's coughing less, and she's feeling less anxiety about falling over, and is convincing her body that if she can walk well in her house, she can walk well in other places.

A man with anxiety has been able to use The Switch to stop work worries and go back to sleep quickly.

A man with diabetes has been far more positive, especially in interactions with people, and has been calmer in the way he deals with diabetes symptoms. He's noticed that he doesn't do big symptoms if he has sugar highs at night, so now he's questioning if he needs to experience big reactions to sugar highs during the day.

A man with concussion has had a lot more enegy, been walking further each day, not napping, and coping with noise and light so much better that he can achieve his most important goals - family dinners at the table, school runs and cooking for the family again. He's looking forward to going out for dinner soon too!

A woman with fatigue and anxiety has been able to put her own needs first and be more in her flow, doing the interactions that work for her and setting boundaries on the ones that don't. This is helping her to reduce her "tired but wired" state that she has been in for many years.

And another man who came primarily for fatigue forgot to even mention energy levels today because it's already so normal to be normal! He's been mainly working on anxiety and has enjoyed how much his fingernails have grown as a result! He's going to get a manicure to celebrate! His energy is so stable now that he has worked out at the gym 4 days this week and felt confident to push himself with no fear of relapse!

So they have aced it so far and it's only been one week!

The next course is on 30th March and still has a couple of spaces left!

It's great that you are keen to do The Switch®! The vast majority of my clients report fabulous results, as well as really enjoying the course. I’m looking forward to helping you to get your life back! Note: Signing up does not guarantee a particular course date. You must do pre-course preparatio...

16/03/2026

It's never too late to get your life back 🙌

16/03/2026

The Switch Webinar Series just had their final group call today. They are all doing great!

One lady with CFS who had a bit of a flat week last week is totally back on track! Her previous best walk was 20 minutes (10 minutes prior to the SWS) and this week, she did an hour! And after a bit of a rest, she then went out to a party that night! And she only came home when she felt like it! And that turned out to be the last one to arrive home in her family at 10.20pm!

Another with CFS was able to socialise two days in a row this week, and really enjoyed working through the lifestyle section of SWS, challenging her beliefs that she needs fake energy sources to get through the day. She has had a few days this week of feeling tired, but it was a calm tired with an empty mind and good quality long sleeps. I talked to her about how this sounds like a good sign - her body has finally exited the adrenaline loop, so initially you feel genuine normal tired before you bounce back up into normal energy. People with CFS often fear fatigue so much that when they calm down and feel tired, they freak out and razz themselves back up into fake adrenaline energy, which then leads to a crash. Sometimes, trusting the calm tired feeling can be a really good thing. It feels very different from the tired but wired feeling that people with CFS usually have.

You can find out more about SWS here:

Specialising in chronic illness recovery. Over 80% success rates. Treating the underlying cause to allow natural healing. Find out more. Free 45 minute webinar

15/03/2026

There is no expiration date on a better quality of life. Whether you’ve been sick for two years or twenty, you still deserve to look for answers. If the last thing you tried didn't work, it doesn't mean nothing will work. It just means that specific path wasn't yours. Take a breath, reset, and you can always try one more thing. It might just be the one that clicks.

You can try my free recovery webinar here: https://empowertherapies.co.nz/pages/webinar

13/03/2026

Searching for underlying causes of lingering concussion symptoms

13/03/2026

The Switch has just finished!

They ALL had awesome progress over the last two days, and today, we had lots of positivity hearing about their progress and working through beliefs. All up to right near the end, where we had a little bit of a tension over some beliefs, plus half the group hadn't done their homework overnight for the final exercise. But overall, what a GREAT day!

A lady with an undiagnosed muscle weakness in her legs said she only came to the course to get her confidence back and it's definitely achieved that for her. Now she is open to the possible bonus of also recovering from this and other auto-immune conditions she has. She managed to stand up from a chair MUCH faster yesterday and she felt PEACE during the evening that she hasn't felt for so long.

Another with fatigue and wired nervous system was able to do a full day of catching up with people in Auckland yesterday, and she still made time for herself to relax at the beach so that she felt more peace.

Another with CFS was able to walk to the bakery, then walk to get takeaways for dinner - all far further than he normally walks - and yet he still had no symptoms all day long! And he slept really well - a great sign of being more relaxed.

Another with anxiety was able to use Switch at work yesterday to regulate himself through the day, then do a lovely meditation when he got home to really deeply calm himself. He normally does overwhelm driving on motorways but he drove all the way back to Auckland and through Auckland feeling calm.

Another with concussion was able to catch several buses around Auckland plus walk around the city centre with no sensory overload all day long. No naps. No illness thinking. He used to need special help just to get through an airport!

Another with anxiety said his wife noticed he was going flat, so he did a Switch and then felt great and the rest of the day was good, instead of it becoming written off as "one of those days" like he would have done before.

Another with fatigue and anxiety said his fingernails have already started growing back, he has made some big work decisions that will take a huge amount of anxiety away from him, and went wing foiling yesterday and had a blast!

And another with diabetes and anger issues said he is managing to stay much calmer when dealing with his diabetes now, and feels less fearful of lashing out in anger.

So they have done really well and I'm excited to see where they end up! I know they can all do GREAT!

The next course is on 30th March and still has a couple of spaces. Get in quick to reserve your spot!

It's great that you are keen to do The Switch®! The vast majority of my clients report fabulous results, as well as really enjoying the course. I’m looking forward to helping you to get your life back! Note: Signing up does not guarantee a particular course date. You must do pre-course preparatio...

11/03/2026

On Monday, I shared a post about my chance meeting with a rheumatologist and a psychologist at the hairdressers who were both fascinated by my work and wanted to know more.

This is the blog that I sent to the Rheumatologist explaining about how emotions can contribute to auto-immune conditions and that it is possible for people to resolve these "incurable" conditions:

Auto-immune disorders are typically described as lifelong, incurable illnesses that must be medically managed rather than resolved. Yet emerging research is beginning to challenge this assumption. This article explores how real people have recovered from auto-immune conditions labelled “incurable....

11/03/2026

The Switch, Day 2!

This group made GREAT progress overnight, as I thought they would!

One lady with auto-immune leg weakness was able to walk about 300 metres to her accommodation which is triple what she could previously have done.

A man with concussion surprised himself by coping with 6 hours interacting at the course and watching a screen, followed by sitting in a noisy, brightly lit waiting room for 20 minutes afterwards and still being totally fine. He also walked twice as far as he usually does (20 mins instead of 10), and was then able to walk to get food as well. Huge change!

A man with diabetes was so much calmer when his alarm woke him in the night, and was able to regulate his sugars much faster and go back to sleep.

A man with anxiety found it really helpful that I gave labels to all the different types of thinking patterns, which helped him identify them quickly and use The Switch to turn them off. He then drove for 45 minutes with nothing in his head and felt so peaceful.

A woman with fatigue and a wired nervous system was able to calm down so much that she slept for 8 hours with only one p*e stop. The previous night before the course, she thinks she only slept for about an hour.

Another man knows his stress response is calming down heaps because he did a wonderful satisfying poo! Always a good sign that the body is calming down!

Another with fatigue issues said he felt "normal" so many times last night and it was so good after so long of dealing with fatigue, swollen glands and generally feeling rubbish.

And another with CFS and migraines was able to go for a 15 minute walk after 6 hours at the course and feel so much lighter. Then he walked to dinner and enjoyed the atmosphere of people and music. Such a change!

Today, they were really on board and had very few questions cos it's just making sense to them. They did great Deep Switches and cleared a lot of past baggage.

I'll look forward to seeing how they are on Friday!