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The return to zoom: resources for lockdown

We woke up on Sunday the 28th of Feb to the start of another 7-day level 3 rahui in Auckland. I will be working through this time but have now returned to seeing people on Zoom. I’ll resume seeing people in person when we move back down to level 1.

The team at Changing Minds continues to deliver the Whakatau Mai Wellbeing Sessions. If you are 18+ and need a bit of extra support or me-time over the next week you can check them out here: www.wellbeingsessions.nz. If you are under 18, TheLowdown.co.nz and ThrivingAdolescent.com have a bunch of useful online resources you might like to explore. There are several websites and apps full of helpful ways of coping with stressful times such as these in the Engage Online Resources Pack too.

You can find the latest government announcements about alert levels here: https://covid19.govt.nz/ They’ve put together a host of wellbeing resources that are worth a browse.

Update: Auckland returned to Alert Level 1 at midday on Friday the 12th of March. I have returned to seeing people in person as usual at my offices in Henderson and Mount Eden.

New programmes added to The Wellbeing Sessions

Whakatau Mai: The Wellbeing Sessions are a series of free online groups funded by the Ministry of Health as part of the national Covid19 response. They were started during the first Lockdown by the good folks over at Changing Minds who have curated a weekly calendar of zoom sessions that anyone with an internet connection and a device can join.

You’ll find regular sessions covering things like mindfulness, journaling, yoga, The Mind Tribe’s safe tapering group, and the recently added Realities Group, which I am really excited to see up and running, plus a bunch of one-off sessions like the upcoming Food & Mood session on February 4th.

The Realities Group
An opportunity for people who experience other realities to discuss their experiences and gain support, with the aim of better understanding these experiences and how to live well with them. Based on the principles of the Hearing Voices Movement.
https://wellbeingsessions.eventcalendarapp.com/u/22079/91766

The Wellbeing Sessions will run through to the end of February 2021. Here’s a little recommendation Rachel Hunter shared from managed isolation.

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Tag Archives: Coping During Covid19

The return to zoom: resources for lockdown

New programmes added to The Wellbeing Sessions

A Note to Visitors