Planting Seeds Podcast

A guided meditation through a breathwork practice built around letting go and surrendering into the present moment — a moment for you to receive and BE as you are. If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off →⁠⁠⁠⁠ here⁠⁠⁠⁠🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠Every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau.

A friend asked me something that's stuck with me all week:knowing everything this path has cost me, would I walk it again? I unpack that question, plus the two-word mindset shift that can help get you through hard seasons: quit tomorrow, not today.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠Every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

This is part two of the story arc – telling the full story of how I met my wife.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off →⁠⁠⁠ here⁠⁠⁠🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠Every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau.

Sharing the exact three habits that refilled my cup and pulled me out of a hard trench this year. trainingearly morningsand time with his kidsIt wasn't about seeing results fast, but about rebuilding trust through consistency, not outcomes.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠Every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

A moving one — Raniera shares a passage written by brother Mark, a Planting Seeds Community member honouring fathers, father figures, and mums carrying both roles. Then I share about a pattern I've noticed in myself: being patient with others but short with my own whānau, and how Father's Day became a reset for my attitude and energy. If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → ⁠⁠here⁠⁠🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off →⁠⁠ here⁠⁠🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → ⁠⁠here⁠⁠Every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau.

A guided breathwork meditation on gratitude, gold light, and reconnecting with the free, unconditioned part of yourself.Leave your 'One Word' in the comments below!If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → ⁠here⁠🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off →⁠ here⁠🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → ⁠here⁠Every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau.

A heartfelt kōrero for Father's Day — getting vulnerable about the privilege and difficulty of being a pāpā along with a proud moment watching my mātāmua follow me into movement, and my hope to build a more village-style family dynamic than the "leave the nest" model. Also, announces a Father's Day giveaway (Planting Seeds hoodie + Bio Gold pack) on Instagram.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → ⁠⁠here⁠⁠🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → ⁠⁠here⁠⁠🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → ⁠⁠here⁠⁠Every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

Launching a new Thursday storytelling segment, taking us back to 2017 — the year I committed to trying one new uncomfortable thing each month, went vegan, cut out alcohol, and ended up building my first business out of it. Part one of a story that continues next week.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → ⁠⁠here⁠⁠🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → ⁠⁠here⁠⁠🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → ⁠⁠here⁠⁠Every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

A shorter, more reflective one — opening up with a mini breathwork check-in, then sharing why mindfulness isn't about having no thoughts at all, using the image of thoughts as bottles floating past you on a current, and what it's taught me about my own nervous system.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → ⁠here⁠🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → ⁠here⁠🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → ⁠here⁠Every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

After a week off to refill my cup, I share honestly about hitting capacity — and the importance of simply trying again. If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

A guided meditation and visualisation practice to step into September with clarity — grounding into gratitude, envisioning who you're becoming, and identifying what to subtract from your life to make room for growth.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau.

Sparked by a conversation on The Morning Shift, I break down the difference between chasing a dream and living with purpose — and why knowing who you are alway comes first.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

A more vulnerable one — opening up about an unexpected setback, moving through the window of tolerance, and the perspective shift that turned it into a blessing in disguise.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

Sharing why proximity accelerates growth — the people who've shaped my own journey, why that season of change can feel isolating, and how that isolation led to building a community for people on the same path.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

The ripple effect — how the internal decisions we make become the cause that shapes everything that follows — drawing on my own turning point a decade ago and the universal laws of cause and effect and correspondence.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here✨ Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here👗 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

Introducing a new weekly segment — a guided meditation through breath, gratitude, and space to help you set your intention, fill your cup, and move into the week ahead calm, centred, and grounded.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here✨ Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here👗 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

To close out week one, we reflect on the power of naming your weekly highlight, why celebrating wins rewires your nervous system to receive more good, and announces a new addition: Monday Meditation to kick off every week ahead.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here✨ Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here👗 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrோgh — every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

Why opportunity favours whoever is most aligned — and why the thing that opens doors isn't your skillset, it's your authenticity, your energy, and how grounded you are in who you actually are.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here✨ Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here👗 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

From a wānanga in Murupara to a brother's near-death story, Breaking down the real chain of change, thoughts shape feelings, feelings shape action — and why most of us are living out narratives that were never ours to begin with.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here🌿 Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here🌿 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau.

Some listeners voted on a recent poll saying that believing they're worth it is the hardest part of change — this episode breaks down why self-belief, not willpower, is what actually shapes our lives.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → ⁠here⁠✨ Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → ⁠here⁠👗 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → ⁠here⁠Every bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

The start of launching a new Grow With Me, audio-only, Mon–Fri series — where it's about showing up, connecting and growing. This episode is about moving out of survival mode into a season of thriving, nervous system regulation, expanding the window of tolerance, and giving more to the podcast and community.If today's episode landed with you, it was brought to you by:🌿 Planting Seeds Community — join the wānanga, connect with others on the same path, and get ongoing support between episodes → here✨ Bio Gold a natural testosterone booster for tāne — use code SEEDS15 for 15% off → here👗 Rerehua Boutique for when you're ready to feel as good on the outside as you're growing on the inside – use code SEEDS → hereEvery bit of support helps keep these kōrero going. Thank you for being part of the Planting Seeds whānau 🌱

Your silence might be costing you your peace.Here's why the people closest to you don't see the work you're doing , and what to do about it.This Grow With Me episode comes straight from a story shared inside the Planting Seeds Community. I share a perspective of why the people closest to us — whānau, close friends — often can't see the version of ourselves we're becoming, and why that gap becomes one of the stickiest parts of personal growth. The heart of the episode: a boundary isn't about keeping people out — it's about protecting your peace, and sometimes your silence is saying more than you realise.Episode Breakdown:✨ Why people closest to you can't always see your growth✨ Being held to an old version of yourself you've already outgrown✨ Why honouring a boundary isn't your responsibility to manage how others take it✨ A personal story: months of tension, and why it was worth it✨ Making yourself small so others feel comfortable — and how to stop✨ Your word is your boundary, but so is your silenceLink Section🌱 Join the Planting Seeds Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.skool.com/seeds-of-self⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌱 Bio Gold (Natural Testosterone Booster for Tāne) — code 'SEEDS15':⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biogoldnz.com/discount/SEEDS1...🌱 Rerehua Boutique – code 'SEEDS': ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rerehuaboutique.com

You finally get what you've been working for . . . and suddenly you're sabotaging it.Here's why your nervous system does this, and what to do instead.In this Grow With Me episode, Raniera builds on the "full cup" kōrero from the last solo episode, unpacking why we self-sabotage the moment life starts to feel good — in relationships, in mahi, in finances, in our own wellbeing. Drawing on a Tony Robbins framework of operating at different "degrees," this episode is about recognising the discomfort of a new, better baseline for what it actually is: your nervous system trying to pull you back to what's familiar, not what's true.Episode Breakdown:✨ Why introducing a good habit and removing a bad one changes everything✨ The nervous system's role in keeping you stuck in familiar (even unhealthy) patterns✨ How self-sabotage shows up in relationships, mahi, and money✨ The Tony Robbins "20 degrees vs 26 degrees" identity framework✨ Why change without expanding your identity is only ever temporary✨ Learning to rest in — not rush through — a season of abundanceLink Section🌱 Join the Planting Seeds Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.skool.com/seeds-of-self⁠⁠⁠⁠🌱 Bio Gold (Natural Testosterone Booster for Tāne) — code 'SEEDS15':⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://biogoldnz.com/discount/SEEDS1...🌱 Rerehua Boutique – code 'SEEDS': ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rerehuaboutique.com

She looked in the mirror one New Year's Eve and barely recognised herself.That was the moment everything changed.Monique Taipeti is one half of one of the most powerful couples to sit on this podcast. When Marley Taipeti shared his story, it opened a door, and Monique stepped through it to share hers.Molested in her mother's care at a young age. Fostered out at 6. Moved between parents. By 13 she was self-harming, drinking, and cutting. By 24, she was deep in addiction — meth, lies, two young babies, and a future disappearing.This is the story of what happened when she finally chose herself. Nine years into recovery, she is now a paramedic, a co-facilitator of the Chain Breakers programme (Waiariki Whānau Mentoring), and a living example that it is possible, that you are worth it, and that the other side exists.Waiariki Whānau Mentoring🔗 Follow Waiariki Whānau Mentoring: ⁠https://waiarikiwhanau.org.nz/⁠📞 Call: 0800MYWHANAU (24/7)Other Support🔗 Mental Health Support:📞 Call or text 1737 anytime (NZ) – Need to Talk?Link Section🌱 Join the Planting Seeds Community: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.skool.com/seeds-of-self⁠⁠⁠🌱 Bio Gold (Natural Testosterone Booster for Tāne) — code 'SEEDS15':⁠ ⁠⁠https://biogoldnz.com/discount/SEEDS1...🌱 Rerehua Boutique – code 'SEEDS': ⁠⁠⁠https://rerehuaboutique.com

This is a Grow With Me episode — in this one, I share the pressure and expectation I was putting on myself to keep giving, but receiving grace from the community unlocked a shift in terms of how I shows up.Inspired by a recent conversation with Ngaire Tuhua (link), who spoke about being No. 1, 2 and 3 on her own priority list, this episode unpacks what it actually means to consciously and deliberately choose to fill your cup, and why doing so isn't selfish, it's essential.Link Section🌱 Join the Planting Seeds Community: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.skool.com/seeds-of-self⁠⁠⁠🌱 Bio Gold (Natural Testosterone Booster for Tāne) — code 'SEEDS15':⁠ ⁠⁠https://biogoldnz.com/discount/SEEDS15⁠⁠⁠🌱 Rerehua Boutique – code 'SEEDS': ⁠⁠⁠https://rerehuaboutique.com⁠

Ngaire is a Māori creative — artist, moko practitioner in training, wahine deeply rooted in te ao Māori and committed to uplifting other wahine through her mahi. Recorded on the East Coast at Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, this kōrero feels like sitting in the sun with someone who has walked through real darkness and come out clearer on the other side.In this conversation, Ngaire opens up about what it means to stop surviving and start thriving! The real mahi behind that shift, the trenches she had to walk through to get there, and why she now puts herself at numbers one, two, and three on her own priority list.She also talks about creativity as a way of life, losing her nan during COVID through an iPad screen, the moko style she's developing exclusively for wahine, and what it means to be a portal, a creative, and a wāhine in full becoming.Episode Breakdown✨ Stepping out of the shadows to be seen✨ Two types of fear: the one that destroys you, and the one that expands you✨ "Don't let loss be the lesson", shifting out of survival mode into a thriving mindset✨ Creativity as a way of life ✨ How living outside of clock-based thinking keeps her present✨ The real work behind choosing yourself as a wahine✨ Overflowing your own cup first so there's actually something to give✨ Wahine carrying both roles, and what it means when tāne step into their own leadership✨A new style of moko exclusively for wāhine, rooted in whakapapa wāhine✨ How grief and enlightenment arrived at the same time✨ Always looking for the gap, the new, the unexplored✨ All the answers are already within us, we just need people who help us rememberLink Section🌱 Join the Planting Seeds Community: ⁠⁠https://www.skool.com/seeds-of-self⁠⁠🌱 Bio Gold (Natural Testosterone Booster for Tāne) — code 'SEEDS15':⁠ ⁠https://biogoldnz.com/discount/SEEDS15⁠⁠🌱 Rerehua Boutique – code 'SEEDS': ⁠⁠https://rerehuaboutique.com

Rob Hayne is the founder of Chur Kaha, a CrossFit gym built on community, love, and the belief that everyone deserves to feel proud of themselves — no matter where they start.In this kōrero, recorded on a trip to Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, Rob opens up about where his deep sense of care comes from (his mum, unsurprisingly), the leap of faith it took to open his own gym, and the philosophy that drives every part of his life: freedom. Freedom to choose how your day goes. Freedom to express. Freedom from the barriers most of us don't even realise we're carrying.This is a conversation about identity, brotherhood, building something from nothing, and the radical idea that you get to choose how you want to feel when you wake up.Episode Breakdown✨ Where Rob's deep sense of care and manaaki comes from✨ Learning what it means to truly feel free✨ The real story of starting Chur Kaha✨ "Just learn to do hard shit" ✨ Telling the boys "I love you" and why that's never been hard for Rob✨ Fatherhood, raising kids as best mates, and breaking generational patterns around affection✨ Designing your own days✨ Living better, not just longer ✨ What younger Rob would think of the man he's becomeLink Section:🌱 Join the Planting Seeds Community: ⁠https://www.skool.com/seeds-of-self⁠🌱 Bio Gold (Natural Testosterone Booster for Tāne) — code 'SEEDS15': ⁠https://biogoldnz.com/discount/SEEDS15⁠🌱 Rerehua Boutique – code 'SEEDS': ⁠https://rerehuaboutique.com⁠

What got you here won't get you there. In this Grow With Me Q&A, I unpack the belief of why running has never once solved anything.This week's Grow With Me session is a community Q&A — real questions from the Planting Seeds whānau, answered through lived experience rather than theory. I move through identity, healing, relationships, and what it actually takes to build a community of caring tāne. Just my perspective that might bring clarity to wherever you're at in your own journey.Episode Breakdown:✨ Why running from pain only delays it and what regulation actually looks like✨ Meeting "Samantha" — naming and detaching from the inner critic✨ Why some people choose something new instead of doing the hard work of staying✨ Projecting your growth onto a partner, and learning to accept different journeys✨ Building a community of caring menLink Section:🌱 Join the Planting Seeds Community: https://www.skool.com/seeds-of-self🌱 Bio Gold (Natural Testosterone Booster for Tāne) — code SEEDS15: https://biogoldnz.com/discount/SEEDS15🌱 Rerehua Boutique: https://rerehuaboutique.com

You can be giving everyone the best of you AND still be running on empty.What happens when you finally choose yourself — and why that took courage for Nepia Takuira-Mita?Nepia Takuira-Mita is an actor, musician, and creative — known for his work on Ahikāroa, one of Aotearoa's first bilingual dramas. But before the screens and the stages, there was a kid raised on te reo Māori, kapa haka, and books, in a home with no TV, guided by parents who had the vision and courage to choose identity over convenience.In this kōrero, Nepia opens up about the season he's currently navigating: sobriety, intentionality, and the confronting work of turning his manaakitanga inward. He talks about learning to show up for himself, not instead of his whānau, BUT so he can show up better for them.This is a conversation about identity, creative purpose, what it means to be raised Māori in a world that doesn't always make that easy, and the quiet courage of choosing growth.Episode BreakdownNepia's season of growth: sobriety, intentionality, and leaving alcohol on the table for something betterManaakitanga as a value that can turn into people-pleasing and how to reclaim it for yourselfHow a childhood without TV ironically led him to become a TV actorInsight into acting: theatre vs. film, intimacy coaches, and falling in love with storytelling on stageLanding the role on Ahikāroa, and what it meant to be part of Aotearoa's first bilingual dramaThe gap between what you post and how you actually feel, the cost of the grindLearning to ask for help, lean on people, and stop burning out quietlyWriting and performing "Lean On Me" AND the healing that came from singing it for the first timeMāori men, mental health, and finding ways to build momentum when life gets hardWhat drives him now: his babies, his partner, his whānau, and showing up for himself firstEpisode Links🌿 Planting Seeds Community: www.skool.com/seeds-of-self💛 Support this episode with Bio Gold: use code SEEDS15 here

What if the reason you can't get to where you want to go… isn't about what you're doing but who you're being?It took me half a year to learn this lesson. And one simple shift at 4:15am changed everything.This is a Grow With Me solo episode, coming straight off the back of our brother-to-brother wānanga where tāne came together in person after 12 weeks of journeying online.I'm sharing three things in this kōrero:The teachings that came through the wānanga — clarity, the subconscious mind, and how the weeds we never planted are still running our lives. The honest, real-time experience of the post-wānanga come-down (yes, I popped off at the tamariki and what that taught me). And the framework that's changed my entire year: What / How / Who — and why focusing on who you need to become is the only thing that actually moves the needle.This one's for the Tāne who showed up, for anyone in service mode whose cup is drained, and for everyone in the Planting Seeds whānau who's stepping out of old paths into something more aligned 🌱EPISODE BREAKDOWN✨ The brother-to-brother wānanga✨ Why the weeds in your subconscious mind aren't yours✨ How "internal safety" changes the way you show up✨ The honest truth about the post-wānanga come-down✨ Keeping your energy in — the discipline of grace when your cup is drained✨ The What / How / Who framework that changed everything✨ Why waking up at 4:15am unlocked a year of alignment✨ The one simple action hidden in every transformation🔗 LINKS SECTION🌿 Bio Gold Use code SEEDS15 at checkout for 15% off → HERE🌱 Planting Seeds Community Weekly calls, wānanga & like-minded whānau — $49/month → HERE

What if the system that's meant to heal us is actually the thing keeping our whānau sick?Dr Nina Scott has spent six years fighting for something basic: a seat at the table for Māori in cancer care. And the government still said no.In this kōrero recorded at the World Indigenous Cancer Conference in Aotearoa, I sit down with Dr Nina Scott — one of the most respected Māori health leaders in this country, and a global voice for Indigenous cancer equity.We get into the hard stuff: the bowel screening kaupapa that could have saved Māori and Pasifika lives, the political decisions made for votes instead of whānau, Big Tobacco and Big Food's grip on our communities, and the deep mahi being done to reconnect with our whenua, our kai, and our own sovereignty.This conversation matters because it's not just about cancer. It's about how decisions made in offices we'll never sit in are shaping the wellbeing of generations to come — and what we can do about it from where we stand.Episode Breakdown✨ Why a "seat at the table" is the most basic ask — and still being denied✨ The bowel screening decision that's costing Māori lives✨ Why most Māori bowel cancers are diagnosed before age 60 — and why screening starts at 58✨ How Big Tobacco and Big Food are repeating the same playbook on our whānau✨ Whiri — the kaupapa navigator programme transforming how whānau receive cancer care✨ Why our health system treats us as broken parts, not whole people✨ Looking after whānau as the maximising whole-of-game🔗 Episode LinksMore on Dr Nina Scott: https://www.heiahurumowai.org.nz/nina-bio🙏 Te Rau Ora: ⁠https://terauora.com/🎗 Hei Āhuru Mōwai:⁠ https://www.heiahurumowai.org.nz/🌱 Planting Seeds Community: ⁠⁠https://www.skool.com/seeds-of-self

In this episode I sit down with Professor Jason Gurney, epidemiologist, researcher, and author of The Twisted Chain, to unpack one of the most uncomfortable truths in Aotearoa: that the health outcomes for Māori aren't a story of personal failure. They're a story of systems.Jason's work studies the causes, patterns and spread of disease across populations and the data tells a story most of us were never taught. From colonisation, to where vape shops and fast food outlets are deliberately placed, to alcohol availability in our communities.But this kōrero isn't doom. Jason carries an optimism that lifted me up. He sees how far we've come, and where we're headed, and he reminds us that change is already happening.Episode Breakdown✨ Why responsibility for Māori health sits at a systems level, not just individual✨ How vape, alcohol and fast food stores are strategically located in our communities✨ What being an epidemiologist actually means.✨ The hidden patterns behind Māori cancer outcomes✨ Why Jason remains optimistic about where we're headed✨ Practical reflections for making better hauora decisionsThis conversation is about identity, agency, and reclaiming the story of our health. It's about understanding the bigger picture so we can stop carrying shame that was never ours to begin with, and step into informed, empowered choices for ourselves, our whānau and the generations coming through.Hauora isn't just a personal journey. It's a collective one.🔗 Episode Links📚 Jason's pukapuka: The Twisted Chain🙏 Te Rau Ora: HERE🎗 Hei Āhuru Mōwai: HERE🌱 Seeds of Self: ⁠HERE

What got you here . . .won't keep you here.The old version of me was quietly running the show AND I almost didn't catch it.This is a Grow With Me episode, just you and me, no guest, raw and reflective. From my 34th birthday to my 35th, I made a commitment to ask myself one simple question every single day in my journal: "What will I embody today?"It's been the most grounding, identity-shifting practice I've done in a long time. But on this run of blessings and momentum, I noticed something . . . old habits, old language, old thinking trying to pull me back into a version of me I've already outgrown.Episode Breakdown✨ The daily journal practice anchoring my year✨ The daily "What will I embody today?" question.✨ How "I'm busy" and "I'm full on" became sneaky permission slips✨ Catching the old identity before it sabotages the new✨ Why growth isn't becoming someone new, it's returning✨ Staying aligned with the energy that got you here🔗 LINKS🌱 Planting Seeds Community: HERE🟡 Bio Gold (Sponsor) – Use code SEEDS15: HERE

Deeply honoured to be joined by Dr Jacquie Kidd, a respected Māori health researcher, advocate, and wahine toa whose life's work has been about creating equity within Aotearoa's healthcare system.This kōrero was recorded during the World Indigenous Cancer Conference, hosted by Hei Āhuru Mōwai and Te Rau Ora, a gathering that brought indigenous voices from across the world together to talk about cancer, care, and culture.Jacquie shares the path that led her into healthcare, beginning as a young girl caring for her pāpā, and opens her heart about her current journey of "living fully while dying" after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis.This is one of those conversations that reminds you what actually matters.Episode Breakdown✨ What is equity?✨ Why equity in healthcare for Māori isn't optional✨ What it means to truly live✨ The beauty and sadness of dying✨ Whānau wellbeing is centric✨ The quiet power of presence, whānau, and acceptanceJacquie's kōrero invites us to ask the questions most of us avoid: What am I actually doing with my time? Who am I when stripped of the noise? What legacy am I leaving for those who come after me?In te ao Māori, death is not a separation but a transition, a continuation of whakapapa and for Jacquie she gets to see hug her mokopuna before they enter te ao marama.If this kōrero touched something in you — drop a comment and let us know what landed or share this episode with someone who needs the reminder that life is happening now.Show LinksPurchase Jacquie's book: NgakauruaMore on Te Rau Ora: HEREMore on Hei Āhuru Mōwai: HEREJoin Online Community: HERE

What if you put yourself first?I'm 66 hours into a 4-day juice fast and I want to take you inside what's actually happening — physically, mentally, and spiritually. I aligned this fast with my deload week of training on purpose. Giving back to my tinana by giving it the space to rest, recover, replenish and rebuild. In the second half I get into something I've been sitting with for a while which is, the cost of always being the sacrifice. So many of us pour everything into mahi, into whānau, into showing up for everyone else, and quietly accept that we'll be the ones running on empty. BUT it doesn't have to be that way.Episode Breakdown✨ Why I chose a 4-day fast ✨ How deload week + fasting is giving back✨ Why being "the sacrifice" is quietly costing your whānau more than it gives them✨ The shift that happens when you put yourself on your own priority list✨ Why happiness and providing aren't oppositesThis one's for the ones who give everything and wonder why they feel empty. You're allowed to be on the list too. In fact, you have to be.If this lands for you, the Planting Seeds Community is open — a space of people who are choosing to show up for themselves, not at the expense of their loved ones, but because of them.🌱 Subscribe to the Planting Seeds Community for just $49 per month: HERE

Meth is in almost every whānau in Aotearoa — whether we want to admit it or not.This kōrero might be the one that finally cracks it open.Marley Taipeti is a third-generation Black Power member who walked through the fire of addiction, dealing meth, violence, and the kind of pain most people never speak about. But instead of leaving the environment that nearly took him, he chose to stay in it AND change it from the inside.In this episode, Marley shares his journey openly about the highest of highs, the lowest of lows, and the moment he decided his whānau deserved more. What followed wasn't just his own transformation BUT he sparked the same shift in his wife, and countless others around him.We both mahi for Waiariki Whānau Mentoring, a Māori hauora kaupapa supporting our hardest-to-reach communities, most often, our gang whānau. This episode is for anyone who's been told they're too far gone to come back.Episode Breakdown✨ The reality of meth in our communities — no sugar-coating✨ What addiction actually feels like from the inside✨ Why he chose to stay in the gang environment instead of running from it✨ How transformation ripples through whānau✨ The role of kaupapa Māori in healing✨ What real accountability looks like✨ Leading by example when no one taught you howWhere to Next 💬 Drop a highlight in the comments if this kōrero landed for you.🔗 Reach out to Waiariki Whānau Mentoring HERE if you or someone you love needs tautoko.🌱 Join the Planting Seeds Community HERE.

This episode is about the theme of the upcoming wānanga on the 2nd of May, held at Otamarakau Marae. If you're keen and ready to step into a space of growth, healing and connection you can register using the link below. For the first 5 people who register will receive $200 OFF when you use code: SEEDSPlanting Seeds Wānanga: Find out more

Beauty comes from struggle.In this episode, I sit down with Jesse Wynyard, a purpose-driven creator expressing himself through hip-hop, music, and movement, while supporting others through healing and transformation.This conversation goes deep.We talk about breaking through conditioning. Moving through healing. The power of forgiveness. And learning the lessons from the breakdowns that guide you to breakthroughs.Jesse is about to drop his new album 'Out the Mud', a body of work that speaks to the beauty born from struggle, pain, and growth.If you're in a season where you're questioning the journey, feeling stuck in the mud, or searching for the lessons in the breakdown, this kōrero will meet you where you are.🔗 Follow Jesse: Instagram Link🔗 Stream 'Out the Mud' (coming soon): Spotify Link🔗 If you feel called to go deeper, join the Planting Seeds Community: Join our Community

"Boring is where the unlock is. Results don't come quick but they MUST come eventually."I just turned 34, and this season of life feels different. Not because everything's changed, but because I finally stopped waiting for the big moments and started finding purpose in the everyday, boring things.This kōrero is about gratitude, gaps, showing up fully, and why the next 365 days is about structure, systems, and zero compromise.🌱 Ready to build with intention?Join the Planting Seeds Community and lock in your spot for the upcoming Planting Seeds Wānanga, where we go deep on identity, purpose, and building the structure that supports your growth.👉 Join the Community: HERE👉 Register for Wānanga: HERE

In Episode 257 of the Planting Seeds Podcast, I sit down with D’Angelo Martin, known to many as Tuturu Māori. A proud Māori tāne from the far north, devoted pāpā, and creative known for his humour.But this kōrero goes beyond the laughs.D’Angelo opens up about a major shift in his life direction, navigating a challenging season where he is currently based in Aotearoa while his whānau are in Vietnam.One of the biggest turning points came through his child’s health, experiencing severe eczema in Aotearoa, yet becoming almost non-existent in Vietnam, where his partner’s whānau are from.This sparked deeper reflection around environment, wellbeing, and the decisions we make for our families.We also dive into:The power of small, consistent changesSurrounding yourself with go-gettersTaking care of your hauoraBacking yourself when life shiftsBeing a present and devoted pāpāAnd not wasting time on what doesn’t matterThis is a real, grounded kōrero about identity, responsibility, growth, and choosing a better path even when it’s uncomfortable.🔗 Join Planting Seeds Community Here:www.skool.com/seeds-of-self

In this Grow With Me episode, I speak openly about the season of change I’m currently navigating.I’ve had space recently to go deeper into my why, purpose, and identity and in doing so, I realised that I’ve been operating from an outdated foundation.It served me. It got me to where I am today. BUT it won’t take me to where I’m going.I also answer a powerful question from the Seeds of Self community:How do you know when you’re being called to grow… versus when you’re just uncomfortable and wanting to escape?🌱 PLANTING SEEDS WĀNANGAIf you feel called to go deeper, the next Planting Seeds Wānanga is happening:🔗 Express your interest (2-min form): https://tally.so/r/eq21yE

In Episode 255, I sit down with Hinerapa Rupuha, a mana wahine deeply anchored in te ao Māori, with a passion for te reo Māori, traditional navigation, and voyaging.Raised through kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori, Hinerapa attributes much of who she is today to her whānau and the strong foundations laid within Hoani Waititi.Her journey began with a love for the moana through waka ama, which evolved into a deeper curiosity for traditional navigation, a path she has now been committed to for over 10 years.Most recently, she completed a powerful voyage from Aotearoa to Samoa and back, embodying the knowledge, discipline, and connection required to navigate the Pacific using ancestral ways.This is a conversation about identity, discipline, culture, and trusting your path, guided not just by destination, but by who you are becoming.🔗 Join our online community Seeds of Self:www.skool.com/seeds-of-self

In this Grow With Me episode, I answer two powerful questions around identity, change, and purpose. How to navigate the transition from your old identity to a new one, especially after separation?How to stay on the path of your passion?This kōrero is about staying grounded while stepping into who you’re becoming. Not rushing the process, not forcing it BUT honouring the shift.KEEn to hear your thoughts if you have any, please drop them in the comments below.🔗 Join Seeds of Self (Online Community):https://form.typeform.com/to/PqdcWDEW

In Episode 253 of the Planting Seeds Podcast, I sit down with Jordaan Tuitama, also known as Creative Taro, a brother from the Waikato who is passionate about thrifting, reselling, and working alongside rangatahi.Jordaan shares his journey growing up in an environment shaped by violence and street life, and how over time he became desensitised to it. But instead of continuing down that path, he made a conscious shift by choosing to work with young people and be part of something more positive.We talk about the influence of his parents, the impact of American Black culture on his identity, and how that sparked his love for pop culture and creative expression. What started as interest has grown into a powerful outlet through op shopping, reselling, and sewing, which now plays a big role in who he is today.This is a kōrero about identity, influence, creativity, and choosing a different path.Also keep an eye out for his upcoming docu-series: “Thrifting Aotearoa”.Check out the links below:🔗 Website: https://creativetaro.bigcartel.com/🔗 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creativetaro/

This Grow With Me episode is a real check-in after missing last week . . . and why.Life has been hectic but in a good way. Travel, kaupapa, mahi opportunities, training, everything moving. But in the middle of that, I started noticing early signs of burnout.In this kōrero, I share what’s been coming up for me, how I recognised it early, and the adjustments I’ve made to rebalance and recharge before things tipped too far.I also speak into this week’s Brother to Brother kaupapa: Emotional Strength.For many tāne, emotional expression hasn’t been modelled in healthy ways. So we default to shutting down, reacting, or carrying things alone. This space is about learning to feel, process, and express emotions in a way that actually supports us.This episode is for the brothers navigating pressure, and also for wāhine wanting a deeper understanding of how tāne process things internally.If this kōrero resonates, take what you need and check in with yourself.🔗 Planting Seeds Offerings:https://form.typeform.com/to/PqdcWDEW

In this episode of the Planting Seeds Podcast, I sit down with Whatanui Flavell, a Māori storyteller with over a decade of experience bringing stories to life across the media landscape.From presenter, camera operator, director, and producer — to now leading his own kaupapa Haututū Creatives, Whatanui shares his journey through the world of storytelling and the deeper responsibility that comes with it.We speak about being a Whaturoa, Māori creatives working across film, media, and content AND the significance this has for how we see ourselves as Māori. For the first time, we are in a position where we can truly tell our stories our way.Whatanui uses the example of the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, where over 100,000 Māori and non-Māori marched to parliament in 2024, as a powerful reminder of storytelling in action and how narrative shapes perception, identity, and unity.We also dive into his upbringing, the influence of his parents and siblings, and how those foundations shaped his why and the contribution he continues to make for te iwi Māori.This is a kōrero about identity, creativity, responsibility, and the power of owning our narrative.🔗 Follow Haututū / Whatanui:https://www.instagram.com/haututu_creatives/🔗 Planting Seeds Offerings:https://form.typeform.com/to/PqdcWDEW

In this episode, I sit down with Riki Nia Nia, CEO of Te Rau Ora, a Māori health organisation committed to strengthening the Māori health workforce, supporting rangatahi leadership, and ensuring whānau receive culturally grounded care and wellbeing support.Te Rau Ora plays a vital role across Aotearoa through initiatives that support workforce development, mental health and addiction services, kaupapa Māori health frameworks, leadership pathways, and community wellbeing kaupapa.In this kōrero, Riki shares insights from decades of working within the health sector and why this mahi is deeply personal to him.We dive into the stories that shaped him, from the influence of his koro and the philosophy of “hiki wairua”, to his māmā becoming the first Tongan wahine involved with the Māori Women’s Refuge movement. He also speaks openly about how his understanding of the health system supported his own whānau during a challenging time with his son.We explore bigger conversations around rangatahi leadership, learning to agree to disagree, lessons from Native American communities, Te Whare Tapa Whā, and the complex factors that influence whānau wellbeing.This is a powerful conversation about how our personal stories shape the work we choose to do and the impact we want to have on our people.This episode is a collaboration between the Planting Seeds Podcast and Te Rau Ora.🔗 Learn more about Te Rau Ora:https://terauora.com/

In this Grow With Me episode, I reflect on the inspiration that came from watching one of my closest brothers complete a FULL Ironman in Taupō over the weekend.I also share insights coming from Week 2 of the Brother to Brother kaupapa, where the theme is Identity.This week has been powerful. Tāne are stepping into the weight of the roles we carry, while also taking time to look beneath the labels we live under.Too often we define ourselves by titles, responsibilities, or expectations. But who are we beneath all of that?These are the four questions we explored together:1️⃣ What roles do you carry in life?2️⃣ Who are you beneath those labels?3️⃣ What are you hiding or putting to the side right now?4️⃣ What do you genuinely value about yourself?Many men are wired to operate in the mind and logic, but Brother to Brother is a space helping tāne reconnect with their heart and emotions, while being supported by others walking similar paths.If you’re a brother who feels the pull to grow, connect, and do some real inner work, you’re welcome to join us.If you’re interested in joining the Brother to Brother kaupapa, please use the link below to express your interest:🔗 Register your interest:https://form.typeform.com/to/lA0kwq8H

In this episode of the Planting Seeds Podcast, I sit down with Kaukaohu Wahilani, a Hawaiian elder and activist who accepted the invitation to share a kōrero during Waitangi this year.Our conversation explores the deep similarities between Hawaiian and Māori cultures, histories, and experiences under colonisation.Kaukaohu speaks openly about a powerful identity shift in his life, reclaiming his traditional Hawaiian name, which he describes as a step that emancipated him mentally and spiritually from what he calls “the matrix.”We also speak about the impact of colonisation on Hawai‘i, the movement to protect Mauna Kea, the devastation caused by the recent fires in Hawai‘i, and the ongoing desecration of Hawaiian lands through military occupation.This kōrero is one of indigenous connection, resistance, identity, and remembering who we truly are.If something from this conversation resonates with you, please share your favourite highlight in the comments and follow the links below to stay connected with the kaupapa and mobilisations that Kaukaohu is part of.🔗 Follow Kaukaohu Wahilani & Stay Updated:👉 https://www.kalahuihawaii.net/🔗 Planting Seeds Offerings:👉 https://form.typeform.com/to/PqdcWDEW

In this Grow With Me episode of the Planting Seeds Podcast, I reflect on the month of February as we’ve already stepped into March.I unpack some of the gems that came out of our recent wānanga, where the theme was DIRECTION, bringing focus back to what truly matters and creating simple, actionable steps that support clarity and forward movement.March isn’t about doing anything different. It’s about more of the same. Sticking to structure. Staying grounded. Controlling what’s in my hands.I share why getting caught in the “bigness” of a month can create overthinking, procrastination, and anxiety AND how simplifying things back to daily structure removes unnecessary pressure.If you’re someone who tends to overcomplicate growth or feels overwhelmed by what’s ahead, this episode may bring you back to steady ground.🔗 Planting Seeds Offerings