Ever flown over a city at night and seen the thousands and thousands of lights twinkling back at you. They all represent another household, another family, another group of people with passions, struggles, battles, all trying to make their way through the hustle and bustle of life to find meaning, love and contentment. This week we unpack drinking problems, relationships, retail therapy and gym addiction all in a hope that we might highlight to you some of the things that you may do to run from your own journey of self awareness and contentment that you deserve. Jacob gets real about some struggles he has, and we give some super practical tips on things you can do to make sure you’re living a thriving life, not just surviving life.

With the coroner’s report out this week in New Zealand, we thought it was a good time to release one of our banked episodes on counselling. By no means is this a comprehensive talk about all things counselling, but it’s a great start unpacking some of the fears, misconceptions and myths around what it can mean to begin your journey of therapy or counseling.

In this talk we cross some topics that may be triggering for you, if so please don't hesitate to speak to a licensed professional and reach out and ask for help.

Helplines in NZ

Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor.

Lifeline – 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE) or free text 4357 (HELP).

Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO).

Healthline – 0800 611 116

Samaritans – 0800 726 666

It’s considered by many to be one of the hardest words in the English language to say. What’s worse, it often gets delivered in a way that comes across as fake or forced. Ethan and Jacob (who both admit to not being the best at saying “sorry”) want to help by chatting about apologies and how we do them better.

Check out the 5 apology languages test that we reference at https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/apology-language.

Welcome to the first episode of Strength In Lunacy, a podcast between two guys discussing many things (mainly, mental health) in Aotearoa New Zealand. Listen in to hear a little bit about who we are, what we are about, where the name Strength In Lunacy comes from, and some of the topics we are going to cover.