805, 2017

Recovery Capital Blog by Kerri Butler

May 8th, 2017|

“It was with a lot of excitement that the Recovery College was launched today with a workshop on Recovery Capital.  Great to see a good turn out too.   I wore two hats in the workshop, one  as the project manager, but I also had the opportunity

805, 2017

Qigong Mindful Movement in the Gardens – Participant Blog

May 8th, 2017|

“I was so blessed to be able to participate in the Qigong Mindful Movement classes taken by Brody Runga at the Manurewa Botanical Gardens on Monday.  We met on the lawn by the carpark and it was such a lovely transition from work and the traffic. 

205, 2017

Recovery College – How to Share your Recovery Story to Inspire Others

May 2nd, 2017|

Doing the sharing your story to inspire other; the power of contact was a
totally inspiring one day course. The day just flew past and made me wish
that I was able to do the follow up course to create my own story. Peter
is a amazing facilitator that

2411, 2015

Cutting Edge Conference: My Scholarship to the Addiction Practitioners’ Association Conference in Nelson.

November 24th, 2015|

Me!!? REALLY!? Are you sure? Woohoo, Im going to Nelson! On a plane! With some really cool people.

I couldn’t believe it. I think I’d really got into a mindset that there is nothing outside of South Auckland and nothing good ever happens to me. I know.

2004, 2015

The Art of Self Determination: DRIVE scholarship recipient shares back

April 20th, 2015|

I was lucky enough to attend the training for the Art of Determining Self Facilitation at the Te Moata Retreat in Coromandel earlier in the year with a scholarship through DRIVE. I had been to a WRAP Facilitation course with Stephen Pocklington (the main facilitator

2004, 2015

Farewell from Brody

April 20th, 2015|

Kia ora

It is with a huge amount of emotion that I am writing this as my last message as a network coordinator for DRIVE. What an honor and a privilege it has been, to be a part of so many journeys, to have worked with so

1712, 2014

DRIVE BLOGGABLE! Become A Guest Blogger..

December 17th, 2014|

Hello, Kia Ora, Talofa, Apa Khabar, Nei Hou, Fakaalofa Atu,Swasdi, Malo Ni, Namaste,Kia Orana, Sawatdee, Ayubowan, Konnichiwa, Ni Hao, Hindi-Namaste, Malo e lela, Neih hou, Xin Chao, Choum reap sour, Ni sa bula, Kumusta ka!
DRIVE Bloggable is a place where you can read about real stories

1612, 2014

Four things I learned from my 10K- Running and Wellness

December 16th, 2014|

In November I had the privilege of running the 10k over the harbour bridge in the ASB Auckland marathon . I did this to raise money for the Mental Health Foundation of NZ – and running for a charity was a great way to make sure