Workitwell

21/08/2025

I laughed, and cried reading this book. What an incredibly brave, raw portrait of the challenges of parenting & the realities of battling hospital admission and mental health diagnoses.

Thank you Sinead, for sharing your journey and making those of us who endured similar feel validated and seen 🥰

Highly recommend this read to any Mum or family battling post babies!

14/08/2025

Did you know this week is Women's Health week?

Let's be honest, we are often really great at putting our kids health first, our partners, our parents, but not so great at focusing on ourselves.

I really believe it's time to turn the tide on this - time to value ourselves, be proactive, put ourselves first occasionally and be much better citizens because of it!

As someone who has experienced PND I am really interested in the role of hormones on our mental health. I offer support to women with PND/anxiety and perimenopause/menopause. Get in touch to find out more!

10/08/2025

Awesome "Managing Stress & Building Resilience" workshop with the Felton Road Winery team last week.

Fantastic discussions, collaboration and problem solving to create real, meaningful team and individual wellbeing action plans.

Thank you so much to Gareth King, Nicola and Sarah for your foresight & recognition that a strong, cohesive, productive team has high levels of wellbeing.

Waiting until your team experiences burnout and then actioning support and processes is a poor business strategy. Early pro-active intervention matters.

Keep up the awesome work Felton Road team!
.. And, your wine was delicious - thank you! 😃

01/08/2025

5 signs you need a Winter wellbeing WOF check!

* Angry & frustrated for no specific reason
* Constantly tired
* Chaos is your normal
* Over-thinking
* Never feeling enough

Invest in a 30 or 60 minute session - your brain & body deserve it!
👉 https://www.workitwell.co.nz/

20/07/2025

Our final Wellbeing breakfast 2025 was completed last week and what a fantastic one it was! Huge thanks to Santana Minerals for your sponsorship of this event.

Sincere thank you to Highlands - Experience the Exceptional for your considerable support of these projects, your flexibility and enthusiasm.

Huge thanks to Karen and Beth Cromwell Community House, the admin superstars behind funding applications, reminders, last minute comms and support with marketing efforts.

We are grateful for multiple businesses and community providers who have created the opportunity for Cromwell to learn more about staying strong, looking after ourselves and others.

Its been an absolute privilege to facilitate these workshops - hopefully small beginnings can make a big difference.

We have received endless positive feedback but these are the ones that I have loved the most:

"We need to keep reminding staff it is ok to seek help and make it a healthy habit"

"Keep talking"

"Stress is natural and healthy but learning to recognise and cope with it, is essential to keeping us healthy"

The breakfasts have come to a close, but keep an eye on our future innovations - there is more cool stuff to come! :)

18/07/2025

Has Winter got you down?

- 30 or 60 minute sessions (online or in-person) to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.

Reset energy & focus with science-backed personalised checks.

Limited spots! Take action, book now and prioritise YOU this winter.

👉 https://www.workitwell.co.nz/

Workitwell focuses on improving workplace wellbeing through occupational therapy, professional supervision, and wellbeing coaching. We help employees manage stress, enhance productivity, and improve overall mental health. Our tailored workshops provide practical tools for stress management and burno...

10/07/2025

Something new is coming...

What if your wellbeing had its own Warrant of Fitness?

🧠 A chance to check in
💬 A space to reflect
📋 A plan to move forward with clarity
☁️No fluff - real science, real goals

This winter, we’re launching something small but powerful — created to support you when the colder months start to take a toll.

More details coming soon…
Make sure you’re following us so you don’t miss it ❄️

19/06/2025

Secure your spot for our grand finale Wellbeing breakfast at Highlands! These fantastic collaborations are drawing to a close so don't miss out! Open to anyone in any industry.

Key takeaways from previous participants:

"Learned to be aware of my stress indicators so I can prepare and catch it early"

"Helped me be more aware of my physical reactions to stress and find ways to cope with them"

"Reminded me to work on a better mindset"

"Reminded me to look after others as well as myself & be aware of changes in a persons demenaour"

"Be where your feet are"

This workshop is filling fast - register as an individual or team today!

02/06/2025

Last week's "Brain Health" workshop at Golden view was a fantastic opportunity to share Neuroscience and turn it into practical, acheivable action plans to enable positive ageing.

It was awesome to have a special guest - my Mum! And her friends along too :)

Key messages -
Physical movement, ongoing connection with others and regular new learning over a life time can make a big difference to your health in later years!

30/05/2025

Last Wednesday we hosted one of our best breakfasts yet. A fantastic group of Cromwell Growers across several vineyards and orchards.

Heaps of connections, sharing of ideas and experiences and open conversations about wellbeing - these industries are tough but recognising what we can control is a great starting point!

Our FINAL breakfast for 2025 will be in July. We are opening this up to all industries across Cromwell.

Stay tuned for more info soon and register fast to be part of these awesome initiatives.

22/05/2025

There were a thousand things I could have been doing today.
I had planned to go to Frankton to sort my dire IT situation because a keyboard with a permanently stuck 's' key isn't particularly functional.

I have a presentation to plan for next week, notes to write, washing, bills to pay.

But actually this week I've felt a bit spent.

Parenting, juggling, monitoring screen time, sorting sports, arguing about getting jobs done, trying to create responsible decent humans etc etc....

So I could have worked through my list but actually what this fantastic course in self-compassion taught me is that sometimes our systems need to be in "soothe" mode, not just "drive" or "threat".

So today I've chosen "soothe" mode. And it's starting now with comfy clothes, the fire on, reading a blood good book & eating the kids last Freddo frog 🤣

20/05/2025

Loved being back at Cromwell College facilitating "Coping with exam stress" workshops for Year 11 NCEA students. What an awesome group of young people, with heaps of sharing, inquisitive questions and lots of laughs along the way!

Exam time can be really overwhelming - often accompanied by high self-expectations and expectations from school/family to achieve. Lots of this year group described "going blank" or "over thinking" during exams.

These are cues our minds are operating primarily from a stress response, its vital to have techniques to shift back into frontal lobe thinking - to enable decision making, planning and problem solving and ultimately enhance our ability to succeed.

Please reach out if your child would benefit from further one-to-one support to tailor techniques and strategies to their specific needs. I would love to help!