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Mental Health Podcast Series #6 – Preparing to Perform with Dave Wood
This episode we share a hopeful discussion about the simple things you can do everyday to boost your serotonin, get better at handling stress and live a happier, healthier life. Prof Grant Schofield talks to Dave Wood, an intensive care paramedic and the founder of...
Reduce anxiety & nurture your mental wellbeing
It’s that time of year again - the season to be jolly. However, for many, getting into the Christmas spirit can be a challenge; it can often be a time of rising stress, anxiety and overwhelm. Maybe it’s a brimming social calendar that doesn’t leave enough time to rest...
Mental Health Podcast Series #5 – Help in Healthcare with Sonya English
In our Prevention is Cure podcast, Professor Grant Schofield challenges mainstream medicine, talks with leading experts and shares the latest science and tools to have a happier and healthier life. This season we’re talking mental health. We’ve become really concerned...
Mental Health Podcast Series #4 – Applying Academia with Paul Taylor
In our Prevention is Cure podcast, Professor Grant Schofield challenges mainstream medicine, talks with leading experts and shares the latest science and tools to have a happier and healthier life. This season we’re talking mental health. We’ve become really concerned...
Mental Health Podcast Series Ep#3 – ACT on it with Sophia Dawson
In our Prevention is Cure podcast, Professor Grant Schofield challenges mainstream medicine, talks with leading experts and shares the latest science and tools to have a happier and healthier life. This season we’re talking mental health. We’ve become really concerned...
Mental Health Podcast Series Ep#2: Micros for Mental Health with Julia Rucklidge
In our Prevention is Cure podcast, Professor Grant Schofield challenges mainstream medicine, talks with leading experts and shares the latest science and tools to have a happier and healthier life. This season we’re talking mental health. We’ve become really concerned...
COVID Science Update
It's been a massive week in the science surrounding COVID-19 with important studies published in both the Lancet and the British Medical Journal. PreKure's Chief Science Officer Prof Grant Schofield translates the latest studies and what they mean for you and your...
Mental Health Podcast Series Ep#1: Mental Fitness with Jimi Hunt
In our Prevention is Cure podcast, Professor Grant Schofield challenges mainstream medicine, talks with leading experts and shares the latest science and tools to have a happier and healthier life. This season we’re talking mental health. We’ve become really concerned...
The Elephant in the Covid Room
What are the lifestyle factors that have a massive impact on your health outcomes if you catch Covid? And what should you do to prepare yourself? Tune into our podcast below, as Prof Grant Schofield talks with Paul Taylor, Neuroscientist, Exercise Physiologist,...
The unsolved mystery of type 2 diabetes & bone fragility
For many older adults, especially women or those with type 2 diabetes, the risk of fracturing bones is real, and it has a significant impact on quality of life. Understanding more about why bone might become more fragile is the first step in preventing it or reducing...
Could nutrition bridge the mental health treatment gap?
Prof Grant Schofield talks to Prof Julia Rucklidge about the mental health treatment gap, what the main problems are and how we could find a solution. The treatment gap is the number of people who are currently not receiving any treatment, but who struggle with a...
How to be the driver of your own health journey
PreKure's Lead Coach, Sonya English, used to work at the bottom of the cliff in acute care medicine. Some days she feels guilt for leaving the healthcare system, but she has a strong belief that helping people find the knowledge and confidence to be the author or...
The Good News Show
News you can use! The Good News Show is PREKURE's response to the mainstream bad news, which is appealing to your reptilian midbrain and your negativity bias. Instead, we bring you tools for a happy, healthy good life. The Good News Show is brought to you by...
Why PreKure is giving me hope for the future of health
Why my journey with PreKure and working with the Faculty has made such a difference, and given me hope for the future for my family, and for the wider community. For nearly 30 years, I've worked as a critical care nurse at the bottom of the cliff, where I see...
Reversing type 2 diabetes – Maria is on her way!
Maria Masterantonio swapped a 'work hard, play hard' lifestyle for healthier choices and is now well on her to way to reversing her type 2 diabetes. By Maria Masterantonio, PreKure Health Coach student I was diagnosed with diabetes in 2015 at the age of 44,...
How do you coach yourself or your family?
Coaching yourself is really hard. The reason is that we are so involved in our own lives, in our own emotions, and it’s difficult to be objective enough to coach yourself. You can think of it in a scenario where you can see clearly what someone else should do to be...
Start a weekly exercise plan
Exercise. Some of us thrive when we hear that word. Some of us cringe. It’s not strange that some of us are scared of it, because it's often got associated with visions of really intense and tough experiences, with people sweating heavily, struggling and grimacing....
PreKure’s thoughts on the Covid vaccine
On the delicate subject of vaccines….. I’ve resisted writing anything about COVID vaccines for a long time now. The main reasons are: 1. That any medical procedure is a personal decision weighed up on how the benefits to you and others weigh up to the harms to you and...
Practical self-care tips for living in isolation
By the PreKure Team In some areas, we're currently living in full lockdown or some stage of isolation. How can we manage ourselves in this period of insecurity and unpredictability? Here are 7 practical tips, in the form of questions, that can help keep us strong and...
Life in isolation – What brings you joy today?
How is your ‘staycation’ going? How are you coping? I remember a quote from Sir David Attenborough from last year's Covid-19 outbreak. This is what he had to say about it: "We don't need to think that if you catch coronavirus you might as well jump into a grave and...
5 easy steps to a strong immune system
We want to make sure we’re in the best possible condition to prevent getting Covid-19, or if we get it, be able to fight it off as soon as possible. The great news is, there are a number of things you can do to help your immune system stay strong. 1. Vitamin C Vitamin...
7 top tips for better mental wellbeing
Cliff Harvey, clinical nutritionist, researcher and author, shares his top 7 techniques and routines for better mental wellbeing. Many years ago, when I was a kid, I was diagnosed with depression. That diagnose was later changed to bipolar disorder. I was suffering...
Is keto safe long-term?
One of the most common nutrition questions is keto, or the ketogenic diet, safe long-term. Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Caryn Zinn answer this question here. What we do know is this – low-carbohydrate diets, including ketogenic diets, improve people's health, and every...
Is Health Coaching the key to the future of healthcare?
PreKure Faculty member and New Zealand Primary Health Care GP of the Year, Dr Glen Davies has, at the time of writing, reversed 124 cases of type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes. Health coaching is at the centre of helping and supporting people in changing their...
Vitamin D helps fight Covid-19, says research
Dr Catherine Crofts has co-authored a paper about the importance of getting your insulin levels down and keeping your vitamin D levels up to help with Covid-19. More than a quarter of New Zealanders have inadequate amounts of vitamin D throughout the winter period. I...
Science in a minute – Need more protein?
Prof Grant Schofield takes a look at this research paper, published in the Journal of Atherosclerosis, on the effects of protein - the forgotten macronutrient - and the difference that protein can make. The study is centred around the protein leverage...
Together, we are changing the world – 81 new PreKure graduates
Congratulations to all 81 PREKURE students who graduated at a ceremony held at PreKure's headquarters in Takapuna, Auckland. It was a social and inspirational evening, where students, graduates, friends, family and the PreKure Faculty and staff got to...
How to look and feel great, from the inside out
What we put into our bodies directly affects our physical appearance and has a significant impact on our skin, nails and hair, and on maintaining a youthful appearance (or not) as we age. The just-released book What the Face!, by Dr Caryn Zinn, Grant Schofield and...
A win for the future of health
It was a big night for PreKure, and the future of health, at the 2021 NZ Primary Health Care Awards! PreKure Faculty members, Dr Lily Fraser and Dr Glen Davies, were the two finalists for the GP of the year award. So we already knew we were winning! GP of the...
PREKURE- Diabetes
What is PREKURE: Diabetes? It’s a 3-week programme designed for you to learn about diabetes. You’ll learn by following daily learning and you'll also learn by doing. The programme is based on the latest science and low-carb and keto diet principles, which are the most...
Health Coach Specialises in Multiple Sclerosis
Magali Steffens is a PreKure Certified Health Coach, specialising in Multiple Sclerosis, autoimmunity and brain health. Magali's life took a sudden turn when she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and she decided to learn everything she could about the condition....
How habits can help your mental wellbeing
Cliff Harvey, clinical nutritionist, researcher and author, talks about how setting up some good habits and taking ownership of our own mental wellbeing can make us feel better. We've all gone through hard times and stuff has happened to us. I'm not going to go...
Does alcohol contain a lot of sugar?
We put 10 of the most common nutrition questions to Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Caryn Zinn. Here’s Question 9: Does alcohol contain a lot sugar? View questions 1-8 here. This is one of the biggest myths out there. People think that when drinking alcohol,...
Personal trainer connects physical and mental wellbeing
Telesia Fa Macnamara, Personal Trainer and PreKure Certified Health Coach, found there was a gap between physical and mental wellbeing. In her job as a PT, she wanted to help people get physically healthier, and also help them to better mental wellbeing - connecting...
A new hypothesis for depression and anxiety
Fluctuations in mood are normal in humans and essential to a good life. But what causes low mood and what can we do to help us feel better? Prof Grant Schofield, Chief Science Officer at PreKure, has released a white paper on the biology of mental wellbeing, to help...
Easter chocolate overload? Here’s a tip.
It's Easter time and the supermarkets are overflowing with Easter eggs. Here's a tip from Dr Catherine Crofts on how to handle the situation. If you're like me, this time leading into Easter can be a real struggle. And I'm not talking about Lent. I'm...
PreKure launches 21-day mental wellbeing plan
Here at PreKure, we’re concerned about how our mental wellbeing is tracking in society as a whole. Because at a time in human history where we have more resources than ever before, we have trouble feeling as good as we could. So, we decided to do something about this,...
Why sleep is important to your health
Sleep. It’s amazing how this non-functional state, where we're out to the world and we're open to predation, or at least historically we have been, is so important. In fact, not going to sleep will harm your health quicker than anything else. Staying awake for the...
How much red meat should I eat?
We put 10 of the most common nutrition questions to Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Caryn Zinn. Here's Question 1: How much red meat should I eat? The implication there is that red meat is bad for you and we should limit it, otherwise something bad will...
Can you exercise yourself into shape?
Can you just leave the diet as it is, and train your way into great shape and lose fat? There is some great research on this, and the answer is a pretty firm ‘no’. Can you lose fat just by upping the ‘calories out’ - your exercise? Exercise actually has a fairly...
Why do you want to become a Health Coach?
What is your reason for becoming a Health Coach? Because you are passionate about inspiring and helping people become the best they can be? Because a relative or friend is suffering from a chronic disease and you want to help? Because you want to add a whole-person...
Getting back into working out again after a long break
Guest blog post by PreKure Health Coach Certificate student, Mitch Mullooly. Mitch is a Paramedic with St John New Zealand, Chair of Paramedics Australasia, the professional body for Paramedicine, and a Health and Wellness Coach, who is currently completing the...
4 ways to avoid holiday season stress
With all the cooking, socialising, shopping and gift-giving, the holidays can feel more like trying to finish a marathon, than having time off with family and friends. Trying to meet expectations – real and imagined – can cause stress, and stress can in turn lead us...
Don’t let Christmas derail you
Our dietitian, Dr Caryn Zinn, has a great tip for you on how to get through the next few weeks AND stick to your health goals… which can be really hard at this time of the year. Get through the Christmas and New Year season with your health goals intact using the ‘3...
Men’s health: Burnt out? How to reclaim your health
Kent Johns' focus is on men's health. Kent went through a patch of feeling stressed, burnt out and demotivated. A diet change sparked new energy and inspiration in him. Through that path of self-discovery, I realised that this is what I actually want to do. I...
What is the coaching relationship & why is it important?
PREKURE Certified Health Coach Vania Dunn talks about what health coaching is and what the coaching relationship - the strong relationship between coach and client - means to her. By Vania Dunn When I had not long started coaching, one of my friends sent me a message...
Fibre and constipation – what you didn’t know
How many times have you heard that fibre in the diet will keep you ‘regular’ and help avoid constipation? We’ve been told that so often it must be true, right? But is there any scientific evidence to back it up? Prof Grant Schofield and research writer George...
Weight loss – if you make a mistake, don’t give up!
Today I want to talk to you about motivation and mistakes, because mistakes are inevitable, especially if you're on a weight loss journey. We are all going to make them. Whether it was yesterday, whether it's today, tomorrow or in the future, we're going to make...
Protein – where to find it and what works best?
PreKure’s dietitian, Dr Caryn Zinn, talks to us about eating different sorts of protein – meats and plant-based protein – and some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding this. A common misconception about low-carb, healthy fat (LCHF) and keto, is that you've got...
Food logging apps – how and why to use them
Prof Grant Schofield talks about using food logging apps - to log what you're eating. Find out why they are helpful, how to use them, and which are Grant's favourites. Here's a quick tip about learning where the carbohydrates, fat and protein in your food come from....
How much water should I drink a day?
How much water should we drink a day? You might have been told, “you must have 2 litres of water a day for optimal health”. Well, if you believe that, I’m sorry to burst your bubble - there is not one shred of evidence to support that as a guideline. Two important...
How to Build Resilience
What are your risk and Protective Factors? Resilience isn't really about removing the stress and stressors in our lives. It's about how we as individuals learn to deal with that stress or stressors effectively. So, what determines our resilience? What are the...
Fitness is Medicine
Prof Grant Schofield talks to us about fitness. Is fitness medicine? "I get asked a lot about fitness and diet. People pit the two against each other as two independently healthy behaviours - should you have a good diet or should you exercise? Hello? Would you rather...
Lockdown help and support
If you are living in Auckland or if you're in Melbourne, we're back in lockdown. How are you feeling about it? I was back to emotional eating. I've got to tell you that I got a bit stressed when we went back into lockdown. I was back to emotional eating....
Depression and anxiety – how to improve the situation
By Dr Chris Reid, GP What is poor mental health? As a GP, I often see people who say, "But I'm not depressed, doctor". Because the public often have a perception that depression has to mean someone who's looking and feeling miserable, crying all the time. But of...
7 facts about stress you didn’t know about
Reduce stress Find out why stress can be helpful, when it can lead to damage, and how to manage it. Dr Desiree Dickerson, PREKURE's Neuroscientist and Clinical Psychologist, shares facts about stress and tips how we can reduce it. I think it's really important to...
5 ways successful coaches use social media
How to use social media to grow your business? Stephanie Moran, PreKure's IT platforms Manager, shares her top 5 tips. 1. Share your story – build a following There are hundreds of thousands of coaches online. How do you stand out? Focus on your unique story...
Drinking alcohol – 5 lessons I’ve learnt this year
So, what really happens in your body when you drink alcohol? Let's be honest here, alcohol (that first glass of wine or beer) after work or when you are out with your mates does momentarily make you feel good. The alcohol has artificially stimulated the 'pleasure...
Is fasting for me? Take our fasting test.
Is the concept of ‘fasting’ – and perhaps even the word itself – too confronting to even think about, let alone contemplate doing? Does the thought of not eating automatically conjure up negative thoughts, such as hunger and discomfort? We’ve become so...
Health coaching – be ‘Healthy You’ today!
Often in health coaching, ‘health’ is an end destination for people. It's to get somewhere. To counterbalance that, I encourage my clients to be healthy Bex’ or ‘healthy Lisa’ today. And what does that look like today? Let go of the expectation of a future need or a...
Build your health coaching business
Build relationships PREKURE's Customer Care Advisor, Paula Ross, shares her top-5 tips for building great relationships, that will build your health coaching business. 1. Be genuine Allow your authentic self to do the talking. Be honest Be genuine Be you People...
Health and wellbeing goals – 5 tips for women all ages
Here are Dr Louise Schofield's 5 quick health and wellbeing tips for high-achieving women of all ages. 1. Guilt is good and shame is shit What do I mean by that? As humans, we want to live a happy life, and we pursue happiness. However, we need to be careful...
Dietary guidelines – what’s wrong with them?
We put 10 of the most common nutrition questions to Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Caryn Zinn. Here’s question 8: What's wrong with our dietary guidelines? Unfortunately, we've decided over the last 40-50 years to demonise fat, concentrate on macronutrients...
Why is it so hard to lose weight?
Clinical Nutritionist Ben Warren talks about what's working against us when trying to lose weight. Why is it so hard to lose weight? There's a number of reasons for this. One of the first reasons is that calories are incredibly important for our survival. Through...
Weight Management Top Tips
Clinical nutritionist Cliff Harvey shares his best tips for weight management. What are the key things we can do to be the healthiest and the happiest we can be, over the long term? Get strong This is one of the most important and under-appreciated points for managing...
What are calories and do I need to count them?
I'd like to talk to you about energy and calories. Some basics about calories or kilojoules - a calorie or kilojoule is just a unit of energy. Carbohydrates, proteins, fats and alcohol supply you with energy or calories, whereas vitamins and minerals don't supply you...
What does a Health Coach do?
What is a Health Coach and what do they do? PREKURE CEO Louise Schofield explains.PREKURE was established two years ago by a group of health and medical professionals, who really wanted to put prevention to the forefront of health care. We want a change from what is...
Weight loss success – full fridge, empty pantry
Generally, for most of us, the first couple of days on a new diet or health challenge, is sort of that honeymoon period. We're all fired up. We're committed. We're good to go. But then, for almost all of us, it gets a bit hard, and it's harder to stay on the eating...
How to be your own weight loss coach
Weight loss is not just a destination, says Dr Carlo Bellini. It's what you do today that's going to empower you and get you there. How can we coach ourselves to lose weight? This is a challenging problem for so many people. Let me share with you my personal struggles...
Menopause and weight loss
Mikki Williden is a Registered Nutritionist and a Senior Lecturer at Unitec. What happens during menopause and why? Mikki Williden shares some dietary considerations if you experience symptoms. I've been working in the nutrition space for a good 20 years, helping...
Why do we gain weight and why is it so hard to lose it?
Dr Glen Davies (GP) explains the mechanisms behind weight gain. What actually happens in the body? How can we lose weight, and keep it off? Keen to lose some weight? Join PreKureME Weight Loss Edition. Working with the PreKure Faculty, we use the latest...
The three levers of weight loss
How can we stay in good shape, asks Prof Grant Schofield. Or, if you've put on a few kilos, how to get back to your fighting prime? For most of us, that's a daily struggle. Dr Peter Attia has an interesting framework around this, which I think is a great way of...
Do stress and sleep affect weight loss?
We put 10 of the most common nutrition questions to Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Caryn Zinn. Here’s question 7: Do stress and sleep affect what and how we eat? Undoubtedly, these are two of the most untalked about, unrecognised behaviours in having a...
Top tips for long lasting weight loss
Dr Caryn Zinn (Dietitian) shares her top strategies for losing weight and keeping it off, long-term. The multidimensional approach is key to sustainable weight loss. You’ve got dietary management or dietary strategies. You've got exercise strategies and...
Do calories matter for weight loss?
We put 10 of the most common nutrition questions to Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Caryn Zinn. Here’s question 6: Do calories matter for weigh loss? Is counting calories important for weight loss? Great question. And we can answer it in several ways....
Is only eating plants healthier than eating meat & plants?
We put 10 of the most common nutrition questions to Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Caryn Zinn. Here’s question 5: Is eating plants only healthier than eating meat and plants? View all questions here. This is a massive, controversial question. To find the...
Should I avoid dairy products?
We put 10 of the most common nutrition questions to Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Caryn Zinn. Here’s question 4: Should people avoid dairy products? If you struggle with eating dairy products - if you have some kind of gut-related negative symptom from...
Mindfulness breathing exercise
Use this mindfulness technique to take the edge off worry and anxiety. It will help you be more focused and centered. Try it now with Dr Carlo Bellini.
Amount of perceived control drives behaviour
I saw this headline on CNN news - "New Zealand has come out of lockdown and gone to McDonald's." Let's deconstruct that. The first part that I want to share is, I have a bit of a penchant for Kentucky Fried Chicken. I think it's delicious. There are times in my life...
Where to now – Macca’s?
Prof Grant Schofield talks about coming out of lockdown and what the next steps are. Should we still be trying to eliminate an endemic virus? And why are we not talking about metabolic health? If we go back six weeks, we learnt that Covid-19 had spread outside of...
Behaviour change – Chronic disease vs Covid-19
Behaviour change is hard. Eating healthier, stopping smoking, starting to exercise, increasing your activity - living a more healthy lifestyle is really, really hard. But with Covid-19, we can change our behaviour relatively quickly. Hand washing suddenly becomes more...
Why aren’t we talking about metabolic health?
I’d like to ask you three questions that we still don't know the answer to. I'd like to know that answer because I think it would help us get to a better place. Question 1: What is the denominator? Whenever we have cases of an illness or a disease and it has bad...
How the DBT rule can help you drink less
Want to change your behaviour around alcohol? Try the DBT rule. If you find yourself responding to emotions or tension with the need to drink, then I want you to try this - the DBT rule. I just made it up and it works for me. The D is for Distraction. I watched the...
What are we seeking to optimise for?
We are in a rapidly changing landscape. Dynamic would be an understatement. I think that the phrase, ‘In some decades we only move weeks, but in some weeks we move decades’, is absolutely appropriate for what we're seeing with the Covid-19 pandemic. Let's look at what...
Take action to change your life!
In the beginning of the isolation I wasn’t feeling so good. I was bonding with some good chocolate and some delicious food. But then I took action and now I've lost about five kilos! How did that happen? By taking action. In coaching, one of the principles we use is...
Fasting in lockdown – what are the benefits?
Dr Caryn Zinn talks to us about fasting – why people fast; different types of fasting; and fasting experiences during the lockdown. Why do people fast? Well, fasting goes right back to the Bible. People undertook fasting for spiritual or mental reasons. Fasting was...
Our Lockdown exit strategy
Lockdown exit strategy should focus on diet, exercise and sleep Something fundamentally new has come out just in the last 24 hours, which is the best data we've had by miles so far. What we've been waiting for is what we call serological surveys, which is taking blood...
Life after isolation – What are you going to change?
It is Easter and this has got me thinking about a few things. Some people are getting cabin fever, they're feeling restricted and unsure about their emotions. Whether you are Christian, Muslim, Hindu or not religious at all, Easter is a cultural celebration in many...
Kids’ Lockdown Cooking Challenge!
Join PreKureME Lockdown Edition for some immune-boosting self-improvement in self-isolation. Libby Jenkinson from Ditch the Carbs brings us a kids' cooking challenge (works just as well for adults too). Check out these chaffle recipes, and a free chaffle...
How deadly is COVID-19?
We need broader and more accurate testing, says Grant Schofield. I've been following the recent news with interest, particularly around the numbers of Covid-19 cases in different countries. In New Zealand, as most of you know, we’re in lockdown for four weeks, with a...
Take care of your gut to boost your immune system
Join PreKureME Lockdown Edition for some immune-boosting self-improvement in self-isolation. Have you heard of the ‘gut-brain connection’ or the ‘gut-brain axis’? I want to talk to you about gut health, because it is very much related to what we're going...
Eat, sleep, move, have fun and keep learning
Join PreKureME Lockdown Edition for some immune-boosting self-improvement in self-isolation. Let’s make sure we come out of isolation in our little bubbles, healthier and in better shape than we started. We might as well take that opportunity. Here at PreKure,...
What difference would better health make?
What do I need to do to become healthy? The priorities that many of us have had a chance to think about in lockdown are the simple things. The simple things, such as eating whole, unprocessed food, which is very hard to do in this day and age. But it is clear that...
COVID-19: Wellness Guide for Health Professionals
Top tips to maintaining wellness for healthcare professionals. Your personal wellbeing is really important. The public of New Zealand needs YOU! Download your copy here.
COVID-19: The ‘new normal’ needs to better than the old
Each day for the foreseeable future we here at PreKure are coming to you live at 8PM New Zealand-time on Facebook to talk about issues regarding COVID-19. Visit us on Facebook. We've got time now to slow down. We've got time to spend with our families and our...
COVID-19: How can we thrive in lockdown?
Each day for the foreseeable future we here at PreKure are coming to you live at 8PM New Zealand-time on Facebook to talk about issues regarding COVID-19. Visit us on Facebook. In this video clip, Dr Carlo Bellini talks about the importance of leadership and...
COVID-19: What is the denominator?
That is the question that I think we should all be thinking very carefully about when we're thinking about COVID-19 and what it means for us. Exactly how dangerous is this thing? What does it mean for us? What should we do with the data we're receiving and should we...
COVID-19: How to cope in isolation
Dr Desiree Dickerson, PreKure's clinical psychologist, shares some valuable tips for coping with isolation. I am writing to you from Spain, where we are in day 12 of isolation. In New Zealand, you’re about to go into the same thing. Here in Spain, we are allowed to...
Living in lockdown – get some structure
Each day for the foreseeable future we here at PreKure are coming to you live at 8PM New Zealand-time on Facebook to talk about issues regarding COVID-19. Visit us on Facebook. Prof Grant Schofield talks about what works for his family - set up a structure that...
Face masks in the community
Hear from Sonya English, critical care outreach nurse, and PreKure Faculty member: 1. If you strictly follow the government recommended guidelines, masks are not needed. 2. N95 (specialist personnel protection equipment, PPE) masks should not be used by the public....
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Unplugging the Matrix: Tackling the Silent Mental Health Crisis Among Young Women in the Digital Age
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