It’s interesting having been in practice for the last 19 years. You really get to see patterns. And 2025 has been a very interesting year.
I’m still so shocked at the amount of people coming in for their initial visit whose life has been negatively impacted and never been quite the same since Covid. This is the origin of so many people's downward spiral.
I have observed a MASSIVE change in people in the last few years. It makes me a little sad.
But also creates a bigger need for Inspiring Wellness to shine even brighter.
In the days pre- covid, floods, cost of living crisis, and global unrest (wars) - people seemed to live their lives with lots of certainty. Work, play, look after family, holiday. Every now and then people would get stuck, struggle, make a little change and life would transform.
But now there is so much uncertainty in the world. To add to that, the media is frying people's brains with so much screen use, and altering brain chemistry with doom scrolling. We are changing our brains… for what, a little entertainment? And often the content is not that great. We’re stuck in a need to get Dopamine hits. Have most people become addicts without realising it?
But worst of all is that the algorithms are often showing such negative ‘programming’ and fear.
Kids grow up, thinking the planet is doomed. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But growing up with no hope can crush a person's life energy. Now to make things worse we constantly have people telling us that AI will take our jobs away from us. And of course the cost of living crisis, most people are feeling.
What is sad to me is that so many people have had to miss out on care with me, living with pain because they can't afford to live with any form of extra spending. More this year than ever before have people not been able to have care because they can't afford it.
My point is this: with so much uncertainty, most people are clinging on to certainty to make themselves feel more safe. But this strategy is leading to them being more bound and having less life enjoyment.
I am seeing less people move towards passion projects.
Less people stepping outside the box and being their unique selves.
Less people trusting their own rhythms.
For the last decade, I have positioned Inspiring Wellness as a place to help people with Anxiety because I saw that there were no real other effective solutions (as most did not address the nervous system). We have been getting amazing results (when people actually follow the care plan and come in for sessions). But I feel Inspiring Wellness needs to be in a slightly new place.
More people are becoming lost, losing their magic and enjoyment from life. They are becoming more bound and scared and over time this is going to get worse. I feel it will get much worse over the next few years and that is probably what needs to happen before people wake up.
So I am going to put my intention on helping the people who want to still be lit up, still be happy, still grow, light up others, help others, shine brighter 
New Zealand needs people more than ever who are living in GROWTH 
who can adapt 
Simply put, when our bodies and minds are stuck, bound, scared, fearful - in survival mode - we are not at our best.
So, to all my clients who understand that the main purpose of Inspiring Wellness is to help you be at your best, and understand that the key is to have your nervous system in growth mode and come in for some regular care; Thank you for helping me with my vision. Our happiness and growth is actually helping the country and people around us.
That's right, being happy and well is not selfish at all. In fact, it is so helpful to everyone who comes in contact with us, or simply who are around us!