ONE LIFE BLOG

Unlocking the Power of Nutrition: Enhancing Mental Health for Health Professionals
Helen Duyvestyn Helen Duyvestyn

Unlocking the Power of Nutrition: Enhancing Mental Health for Health Professionals

As a nurse or other health professional - it’s important to keep up to date with the latest research. Online learning can offer a way to improve knowledge and gain professional development hours (PDRP) and is something you can do at your place and your own pace.

The Nutrition and Mental Health for Health Professionals is a course designed for those working in the mental health field

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The Ultimate Guide to Finding a Counsellor in New Zealand
Helen Duyvestyn Helen Duyvestyn

The Ultimate Guide to Finding a Counsellor in New Zealand

Are you confused about knowing who to turn to for support?

If you are struggling with mental distress, feeling stuck, or simply seeking guidance to improve your overall well-being, knowing who to turn to can be challenging. With so many options available, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. There are many different types of therapies and therapists including psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, counsellors, life coaches and health coaches.

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What to eat for Mental Health and Well-being
Health and Well-being Helen Duyvestyn Health and Well-being Helen Duyvestyn

What to eat for Mental Health and Well-being

Knowing what to eat for mental health and well-being can be confusing. The more I read about diets, the more confused I used to become. My simple uptake on everything I have read, heard and studied about dietary advice - along with the most recent world wide agreed dietary advice from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAD) is below:

KIS JERF (Keep it Simple, Just Eat Real Food).

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Love and Connection
Helen Duyvestyn Helen Duyvestyn

Love and Connection

Happy Valentine's Day to you all today.

Whether you are single or with the love of your life - I hope you got to experience a little bit of love today.

We can create moments of love and connection as we go about our day - a smile at a stranger, letting someone in through the traffic, paying someone a compliment.

We can prepare or share a meal, bake a cake or simply be present for someone in need.

We can experience moments of love and connection simply by giving our fur baby a brush, noticing the colour of the sunset, or listening to the sound of a bird call.

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Five Minute Meditation
Helen Duyvestyn Helen Duyvestyn

Five Minute Meditation

Five Minute Meditation by Helen. Focusing on the breath.

Not sure how to meditate? Join me for a simple short five minute meditation experience!

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How about loving ourselves this Valentines Day?
Helen Duyvestyn Helen Duyvestyn

How about loving ourselves this Valentines Day?

What if we changed the way we did Valentine’s?

What if it was all about you?

As Valentine's Day approaches, the air is filled with sentimental cards and expressions of love and affection for others.

Among the flurry of romantic gestures (or not), flowers and heart-shaped chocolates, I would like to plant a seed that this day can also serve as a powerful reminder to cultivate love and care for ourselves.

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Staying sane in an insane world
Helen Duyvestyn Helen Duyvestyn

Staying sane in an insane world

How do we cope, when our best friend that we have known and trusted ‘forever’ suddenly appears to be on the ‘other side’? How do you cope when someone you love has a very different opinion than you over religion, politics, the Ukraine war, or the chaos in Gaza? What do you do when your neighbour turns out to be a huge Trump supporter and believes Covid was started by the government to control its citizens? - A blog by Helen, nurse & life coach, One Life,

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Buy One, Gift One with One Life
Helen Duyvestyn Helen Duyvestyn

Buy One, Gift One with One Life

Many people struggle to get access to mental health care.

Organisations that rely on charity and donations may not be able to support speakers, educators or professionals to come into their organisations for education and support.

BOGO offers businesses and individuals who would like to pay it forward - to donate some funds towards others less fortunate.

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Mental Health Life Coach
Health and Well-being Helen Duyvestyn Health and Well-being Helen Duyvestyn

Mental Health Life Coach

Say Hi to Helen Duyvestyn of One Life - Mental Health & Wellbeing Coach in New Zealand

Why do we need mental health coaching?

Our minds can be very complex little things, can't they?! We are all so hard on ourselves while putting every single person above our own needs - until we realise we have lost our own identity in pursuit of making everyone else happy.

We eat when we can, our sleep suffers, we run ourselves into the ground taking on anything and everything people ask of us, and we end up exhausted and feeling like something is wrong with us? Somewhere we lost the ability to say "no".

Sound familiar? Yes, we hear you. I hear you!

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