The Weekend Lifestyler, June 2nd 2023

A place of heart

For nurse Jacqui O’Connor, providing people on the front line, such as healthcare workers and teachers, a place to find help for their personal health needs became her passion when she found she couldn’t find help for herself. Jacqui suffered from compassion fatigue and was

determined to get her dream, Heart Place Hospital in Mangawhai fully established and now has a team of service providers working alongside her, ensuring front line workers and others have access to the help they need available.

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The joy of a swing

u by Ann van Engelen

For Christa Ah Kiau and her son Elias Fualau, taking the opportunity recently to try the newly installed wheelchair swing at the Waihoihoi River Park playground in Waipū proved to be a lifechanging experience.

“Elias is six years old and lives with a brain injury that resulted in spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and other challenges,” says Christa.

“We are always trying to find ways for Elias to experience life and have fun and heard about the swing through another parent, Kerry, who used it for her son. They had been to the opening of the swing, and it was his first time on a swing ever, and he loved it.”

Christa took Elias to try the swing, and they now visit the park on a regular basis.

“It is an amazing experience for him, and he absolutely loves it. We have our system where we use the swing and then go for a cold drink. It is really cool how the locals welcome people into the village, and they are always friendly and say hello to us. The swing creates conversation and awareness of people who have different needs and abilities.

“Access on to the swing is by a concrete path and small grass level area. There is a grab bar that comes down and a ramp to drive aboard. The ramp lifts up and also acts as a guard that you can bolt or unbolt into place. I wasn’t too sure how to use it when we first got there, but fortunately, another parent showed me. The parent had an able-bodied child, and I was so grateful

that she knew what to do — she saved me a lot of stress.

“His wheelchair goes on the swing, which makes it so easy for me, as I don’t have to do a manual transfer. He is a growing boy, and I push him with absolute ease on to the platform, and he is comfortable.

“It isn’t a typical experience for us to have other parents tell us what things Elias can use, and I believe the swing has created an attitude of caring. There are also ropes that the user can hold on to — to rock the swing themselves, or you can hook and tuck them out of the

way. I recommend locking your wheels against the front bar as we slid a bit with our tyres.

“A swing for him is really good to regulate him emotionally. He also has sensory needs with prospective feedback, which is about movement and the brain seeking that feedback. Even though it takes us a long time to get there from our home, it is worth it for Elias to have positive experiences.

“To see our son moving through the air being free, and the smiles on his face makes it worth it. I have told people all around about the swing because everyone with disabilities wants to enjoy things in life. ¢

p Elias Fualau loves his outings to the wheel chair swing at the Waihoihoi River Park playground in Waipū

“A swing for him is really good to regulate him emotionally”

u by Ann van Engelen

Jack Panoho from Waipū is one of six Northland students set to receive $4,000 in financial assistance and paid work experience thanks to Northland Regional Council’s Tū i te ora Scholarship.

“This is the fourth year that council has awarded the scholarships, and the first time that work experience has been included as part of the scholarship award package,” says NRC chair Tui Shortland.

“Each year, we review the scholarship to see what improvements could be made to strengthen the relationship between recipients and council and provide more value to both parties. After seeking feedback from previous recipients and seeing many of them apply for our internship programme, we decided to offer work experience as part of the scholarship award package.

always liked the bush, birds, insects and nature. I was a mechanic and engineer and decided to follow what I like. I took a leap and jumped into study, and this is where I am currently at. Being an older student, I found it quite hard working with computers, but my tutors and fellow students at the hub have been supporting me heaps.

“The way I look at it is I bring other experiences to help them as well. It was a huge step, but it is going to be worth it. I grew up in Whangārei, and my family has property in Portland. The land is important to me, as is looking after the

“They also have a specific aim to build Māori capacity within Te Tai Tokerau, with at least three of the six scholarships earmarked for Māori who whakapapa to Te Tai Tokerau. The recipients will join NRC from mid-November 2023 to midFebruary 2024 in the Governance and Engagement, Biosecurity, Community Resilience and Environmental Services departments.”

Jack Panoho is of Ngāpuhi, Te Uriroroi, Te Parawhau and received the scholarship for his Diploma in Environmental Management (Level 6) at Te Pūkenga/NorthTec. “I am studying environmental sciences because I have

insects, birds and wildlife. My dad knew everything about our land, and one day, I hope to write a book of Māori knowledge on nature and the surrounding area here.

“What I am doing is really hard and intense, and once I finish, I am looking at going back on to our land and working in the marine and coastal area looking after the environment and waterways. I do Patuharakeke monitoring as well at the Portland Cement works, and have good talks while working alongside them.

“The scholarship certainly takes a little bit of pressure off, especially being an older student. It will take me four

years to complete my studies, but it is very worth it.”

The other five winners are Ruby Crawford, Stephanie Membery and Te Karira (TK) Ruakere-Norris, (Te Parawhau, Ngāpuhi, Patuharakeke) from Whangārei, Malindi Reihana-Ruka,

(Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pakau) from Kerikeri and Shavonne Toko, (Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kurī, Te Rarawa) from Omamari and Whangārei.

For more scholarship and recipient information, go to scholarships.nrc. govt.nz. ¢

p Jack Panoho from Waipū is one of six Northland students to receive Northland Regional Council’s Tū i te ora Scholarship

“It will take me four years to complete my studies, but it is very worth it”

The gift of warmth

u by Ann van Engelen

Ruakākā resident Tania Papera started collecting jackets in 2020 to help people stay warm, and The Jacket Drive — Northland began.

“I worked at Land and Sea Cafe and heard stories of people in the community struggling financially and decided to find a way to help people practically and thought of jackets,” says Tania.

“My siblings and friends pass their jackets on when they are outgrown or not needed, so I thought collecting them and handing them to people in need would be a great initiative.”

Tania researched and found the idea was very successful in the USA and took notes on how they collect and distribute the items. “I started to connect with people in need by utilising Facebook

as an open forum, and they could ask privately or publicly. I let people know where I am collecting from and where I am distributing, such as at the local sports grounds on Saturdays.

“One family had 20 people in the house, and the parents had jobs, but to me, not having to buy a jacket for everyone meant they could use the money for other expenses. I had a Kōhanga Reo get in touch with me too. The price of jackets has gone through the

roof, and if you are buying for kids, they only last one season because they grow so much.

“I am often donated really goodquality items and know some people could never afford what I get in their wildest dreams. One lady I gave a beautiful long duffle jacket to just as she was going to attend a funeral and I loved knowing she had something nice to wear.

“Open Arms in Whangārei is one place I go to as they do things like help the homeless and provide meals for people. I take the jackets and distribute them

or hang them up so they look nice, and people choose the one they want. Sometimes they collect for friends and family in need too.”

Tania says she knows what it is like to need help.

“Ten years ago, I was on the bones of my bottom, and understand what it’s like to not have enough money. I don’t understand how people are making ends meet nowadays, and love doing what I do to help others.

“I wasn’t going to do it this year, but there is such a need I have to because

it feels good knowing people are a bit warmer.”

The initiative goes until July. Good usable jackets can be left at Land and Sea Cafe at Marsden Cove Marina, NZ Chambers of Commerce Northland inside The Orchard Business & Event Hub Whangārei, the Office Cafe at Maungatapere, Becky and The Apron team at Whangārei airport and Northland Hospitality at 106 Lower Dent Street, Whangārei, or check out the Jacket Drive — Northland NZ Facebook page for more information. ¢

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p Tania Papera with DJ, Jacob and Lucy Moke handing over jacket donations for the Jacket Drive — Northland NZ winter initiative

“I am often donated really good-quality items”

Friends exhibit together

u by Ann van Engelen

An exhibition celebrating the blossoming of 11 artists and their art journey opens tonight, at 6pm

May 30, at the Mangawhai Artists Gallery.

Beginnings, is an exhibition by local artist Raewyn Vague and friends. The 11 artists are all fellow students of renowned Mangawhai artist and tutor, Elena Nikolaeva, who have recently completed a five-week programme in creative acrylics with Elena. Many have attended other classes with Elena over the last three years.

Raewyn commenced her painting journey during the Covid lockdown when another respected Mangawhai artist and tutor, Wendy Leach, offered online mentored art classes.

“I had never painted before. Wendy’s course inspired me,” says Raewyn.

“The mentored approach was incredibly supportive. The course was

one-on-one and personal but we also benefitted from Wendy’s feedback on everyone’s work. It was amazing, and I have since attended several of Elena’s courses, and was also supported by the late Wendy Clifford.

“Wendy was very generous with her time, knowledge and patience. She would visit and critique my work, encouraging me to make the odd change here and there to bring out the best in a work. I miss her. My work comprises 3D works in the steampunk fashion as well as 2D acrylic paintings with a seascape theme together with birdlife associated with the coastal environment.

“Steampunk is a design style inspired by Victorian-era industrialism. I’ve been

fascinated by it ever since visiting Steampunk HQ in Oamaru — I was wowed by the exhibition there. These works are my take on the steampunk genre. The paintings have all been created since I’ve attended classes with Elena. They celebrate the sea and surf in its many forms. The timing of this exhibition is perfect, coming a week after the last class in the Creative Acrylics series. It’s an opportunity to celebrate a wonderful learning experience and to showcase our collective work.”

Marion Bilton, Linda Francis, Lesley Smith, Paulette Phillis, Alan Snaith, Chris Cowley-Thomson, Ann Connew, Shirley Emerson, Grainne WhittleyPegg and Alix St Clair are all regular contributors to members’ exhibitions at the Mangawhai Artists Gallery. The exhibition has been curated by Grainne Whittley-Pegg.

Beginnings is open daily at the Mangawhai Artists Gallery, 45 Moir Street, from 10am to 3pm until midday Wednesday, June 7. ¢

p Raewyn Vague with one of her seascape works

p Some of the exhibiting group (from left) Linda Francis, Paulette Phillis, Raewyn Vague, Chris Cowley-Thomson, Ann Connew, Shirley Emerson, Lesley Smith, Alan Snaith, Elena Nikolaeva and Geraldine Speed

Food for the bees

u by Liz Clark

During the winter months, food scarcity for bees and other beneficial pollinating insects is thin on the ground; however, some plants provide sustenance.

Throughout winter, bees and butterflies still need nectar to survive the cold days and nights. With the global issue of pollinator populations declining, especially in the case of bee numbers, providing a consistent food source is becoming a necessity in the garden.

Fruit trees, flowers and vegetables are predominantly reliant on pollination by bees and other insects to set fruit and seed.

Shrubs and trees

You can’t go past the camellia for reliability when it comes to winter flowering. The flowers provide a rich source of high-quality protein-rich pollen

— single flowering cultivars are the best option for bees to access.

Kowhai is a reliable late-winter flowering tree that provides not just food for bees but also for native birds such as tūī, which are also nectar-feeders. This native tree has also been developed by horticulturalists as a dwarf variety — Dragons Gold. It flowers in late winter and into early spring. Its compact growing habit makes it suitable for smaller urban gardens.

Mānuka Winter Cheer is another reliable flowering shrub suitable for smaller gardens reaching 1.5 metres in

height at maturity. A fast-growing shrub, it puts out a profuse amount of bright deep-red flowers — mainly in late winter to early spring.

Winter flowers

Cornflowers top the list as favourite nectar sources for bees and butterflies. Flowering throughout winter, these plants can be easily grown from seed as an annual and planted in the garden or pots.

Snapdragons flower well throughout the winter months. Another that is easily germinated from seed and grown as an annual. With a profusion of cultivars available in many shades, these will

provide another reliable source for visiting pollinators.

Calendula is always reliable. A great companion plant for winter vegetables, these plants are frost-hardy and also utilised by visiting bees. Easy to grow and self-seeding. These also come in various colours available from your local garden centre.

Other plant varieties

The list is extensive; here are just a few of them. Flowering from autumn onwards borage is a good start. Also, consider pineapple sage, rudbeckia, native hebes and lavender as options for keeping the pollinators catered for. ¢

experience

u by Ann van Engelen

Hamish Fryer at Barefoot and Wild Waipū is offering men the chance to invest in themselves and experience a day on horseback on Sunday, June 11.

“My wife Dawn and I thought it’s about time men got in on the horse riding action, so we decided to run a men’s personal development day,” says Hamish.

“I began working with horses later in life as we couldn’t afford one when I was young. Dawn and I started horse riding with our kids, and I found horses taught me a lot about interacting with people better. They have an amazing ability to test and bring out the best in people.”

Hamish has trained in the awardwinning Horses Helping Humans programme designed to help people on their life journey.

“I think it’s about time guys know that lots of men ride horses, too, because there is such a stigma that only girls ride. On the day, we teach techniques for real-life situations using the horse as a vessel and guide to each individual’s personality.

“We saw a need for mental wellbeing work through our existing clients, so we found Horses Helping Humans, and it was a perfect fit with what we were looking for. Sue Spence was the founder and has developed an amazing programme that is huge in Australia, and it’s spreading in New Zealand.

Laura Menzies has had huge success in Taranaki with disadvantaged youth.

“We thought it was about time there was an opportunity for men to experience the same benefits of the programme. There is not a lot out there for men and nothing like this. It’s not about horsemanship — it’s about learning about ourselves and our conditioned response.

“We work on techniques to lower adrenalin for the introvert, all the way to softening our approach for the extrovert. With practice, we can potentially make long-term chemical changes within the body and brain and change how we handle different situations, from anxiety to anger management.

“Horses see right through you, and if you are not being honest with yourself, they let you know through their behaviour. You get instant feedback from the horse because it won’t want to get away from you if you are relaxed. The horse can engage with you, and you learn to be more assertive and communicate without the high adrenaline rush, if necessary.

“If someone has anger management issues or a strong personality, we teach them to soften their approach,

and the horse won’t want to bolt away from them. It is a half-day programme to give us blokes some awesome tools to help with a range of issues, including anxiety, confidence, selfesteem, anger management and emotional regulation.

“The tools help people communicate better with others, improve relationships at home and work and improve your general wellbeing. The cost is $140 per person. For more information, go to barefootandwild.co.nz or check out the Barefoot & Wild Facebook page.” ¢

p Hamish Fryer is encouraging men to try horse riding through the Horses Helping Humans programme at Barefoot and Wild in Waipū

Out and about for King' s Birthday

Keeping retirees busy

u by Ann van Engelen

The Mangawhai Rebus Club is a place retirees join together on a monthly basis to enjoy outings, hear guest speakers on a variety of topics and experience different activities.

“We are the offshoot of Probus, which is Australian based,” says club president Gordon Lees.

“Anyone is welcome to come along. Although it is mainly designed for retired people, we are happy for others to join us. We have interesting speakers come along, or organise outings such as a bus trip, a visit to a museum or dinner at places like the golf club.

“The club has been going for at least 30 years starting as Probus but new Zealand clubs moved to Rebus or friendship clubs. We meet on the third Thursday of every month at 2pm in the Mangawhai Citizens Hall in Fagan Place, which is off Wood Street.

“We have a lot of interesting members like Jim Wintle, who was the person who built the Mangawhai Museum, organised the historical buildings at the museum site. He helped bring the Daring shipwreck home to Mangawhai, and was also involved in digging the

channel at the Mangawhai estuary. Christine Bygraves is also an active member. She is very involved with the museum along with her husband, Bill, who is a well-known dairy farmer in the area. I am the current president and have been a member here since moving after finishing my working career at Auckland University.

“At our June meeting, we are having a beekeeper chat with us, and the month after, we are hosting a dinner at the golf club with Laura Andrews, originally from Waipū, speaking on her ski trip to the South Pole.

“In the future, we will take a bus trip and visit a few organisations in Whangārei, like the Hundertwasser Art Centre, Claphams National Clock Museum and the Packard Motor Museum. We also have a trip to the Mangawhai Museum planned and will have the director chat to us about the exhibits.

“People are really enjoying the club. We have afternoon tea, and quite often, one of the local members gives a short talk on what they do and what their interests are. People build new friendships, and that is what the bus trips are designed as they are a less formal setting.

“Rebus is a really friendly group, and we look forward to meeting new people as they come and chat together. We

are going to approach other community housing groups, too, to see if there are people who would benefit from coming along.

“There is a $25 annual membership fee to help with the hall hire and morning teas, and we subsidise the trips or dinners when possible. For more information, go to the Mangawhai Rebus Facebook page or call Gordon on 09 945 0546.” ¢

KING’S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND

p The Mangawhai Rebus Club members visited Kiwi House and Tuatara in Whangārei

A right royal long weekend

u by Andy Bryenton

It still feels strange for many of us to say that King’s Birthday Weekend is here; for decades, the holiday in June had been assigned to Queen Elizabeth II.

It has led to many questions this year, foremost among them the query as to why both monarchs, mother and son, share the same birthday. Surely that’s an incredible coincidence, even for royalty?

The truth is that the official birthday of the monarch hasn’t moved since 1936. Prior to that date, when George V ended his reign, the actual birthday of the ruling sovereign was marked by parties, parades and a large show of military might, with marching, flotillas of tall ships, and sometimes even mock battles, like those staged in the late 1600s to shore up the popularity of the previous Charles, the second of his name.

Mediaeval kings took their own birthdays very seriously as a chance to keep their subjects loyal and happy. While the wealthy lords who supported the crown were compelled to offer ever more extravagant gifts, like the solid gold, jewel-encrusted table fountain given to Henry VIII for his birthday in 1535. Meanwhile, the ruler lavished beer, wine, food and a public holiday

on the common folk, especially in cities like London.

This tradition of a public holiday persisted up until the reign of Queen Victoria, who famously loved to receive gifts of fine art for her birthday. Many

masterpieces of sculpture, jewellery and painting exist because of this tradition, and she gave art back, too, even going so far as to commission a marble statue of her husband, Albert, depicted in full Roman armour as Caesar.

Some countries still celebrate the actual day of the King’s birth. The Falkland Islands, fiercely patriotic to the crown, insist on toasting Charles III on November 14, his real birthday. However, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and many other Commonwealth countries switched to the birthday of George V back in the 1930s to make the year’s calendar regular for reasons of financial and government administration. A public holiday can be costly, especially if it shifts.

Perhaps the most time-honoured tradition on this day, aside from a lie-in, is to listen out for the list of notable Kiwi citizens who have been awarded special

titles and medals, acknowledging their achievement throughout the year. Could it be you this year? Best polish up that tiara, just in case.

p As well as all of the official regalia of state, the King gains a second birthday to match his royal status

Welcome to the District

A map of history

u by Amy Fifita

The Bream Bay area, southeast of Whangārei, is dotted with notable place names and stories of how it came to be a significant part of New Zealand heritage.

Upon anchoring in the bay on a November evening in 1769, Captain James Cook caught approximately 100 seabream. They were snapper, part of the Bream family, so the seafaring adventurer named the area Bream Bay.

Not far from the Ruakākā township, meaning the nesting hole of the kākā, is Marsden Point. Its namesake comes from Samuel Marsden, known to have preached the first sermon on Aotearoa lands.

After studying at Magdalene College in Cambridge, Marsden became an ordained minister in 1793. A year later, he stepped on to the Australian continent, and by 1800, he was the sole chaplain for New South Wales. Marsden visited New Zealand seven times in his work as a missionary.

James Busby purchased land in Bream Bay from the local Te Parawhau iwi. Following a delay in reporting the

changing of ownership, a legal dispute in ownership was roused, lasting 23 years.

It prompted other notable people to come forward, including rangitira Te Parawhau Te Tirarau Kūkupa. The Māori leader also had links to Marsden, who visited him at his main lodgings in Tangiterōria.

Scottish clergyman Norman McLeod sought a block of land in New Zealand by writing to Governor George Grey asking for a place to settle and was granted the Waipū land. The townspeople still celebrate their heritage to this day. ¢

p Marsden Point was named after Samuel Marsden who held a significant role in bringing Christianity to New Zealand

A place of heart

u by Ann van Engelen Mangawhai

Heart Place Hospital founder Jacqui O’Connor was a New Zealand registered nurse for 28 years before changing direction and adapting her career to help the helpers along with others.

“I worked through a year and a half of Covid and was the sole clinician at the first community case at Auckland’s Marist College,” says Jacqui.

“Previous to Covid, I saw a lack of support for our front liners in health and education through my own lived experience. I experienced burnout and compassion fatigue and couldn’t find the support needed, so I knew others couldn’t either.”

multi-dimensional healing health and education system.”

Last week Heart Place Hospital became a New Zealand registered charity that supports the prevention of dis-ease over the pressure of fighting for a cure. As well as commercial consent to complete the fit out of the first physical hospital in Mangawhai.

but everything right with us. When we feel unwell, it is often our awe-inspiring body giving us messages to slow down or change directions. This can include our inner knowing, relationships, money mindset, creativity, sexuality and environment. We are often conditioned to work in one place and in one job.”

“Compassion fatigue is the physical, emotional, and psychological impact of helping others — often through experiences of stress or trauma. I had been building myself and Heart Place Hospital for seven years until leaving traditional nursing two years ago to fully devote to my hospital.

“If we don’t have healed healers in front of our most vulnerable citizens, we don’t have a society. I now have a very successful movement, and believe I’m leading a revolution of a

“We don’t symptom control, we support the root cause of dis-ease and behaviour of all mental and physical reality targeting front-line people, but it is ultimately for everybody. We support our front-line workers who see up to 60 people a day, ultimately for all of humanity.

“I see symptom control disempowering our front liners. My vision is to heal them so they can continue serving our most vulnerable people. We are all our own best healer, but we’ve been conditioned to have someone else fix us when there is actually nothing wrong, bad or broken

Since changing her career path, Jacqui now lives according to her emotions and feelings.

“If I am tired, I sleep, and if I want to have time in nature, I do. I no longer earn $33,000 per year, being undervalued and disrespected after being a nurse for 26 years, which is very common. I tolerated it as I hoped to support from inside the industry and out, but I didn’t have management support.

“I’m a leader of what multidimensional health and education can look like. There are many opportunities to remember and access what we’re designed to do, repair and heal with the

“Everyone’s living in abundance and receive what they deserve, are valued, respected and heard”

p Jacqui O’Connor began Heart Place Hospital to ensure front line workers have a place to go for their own health needs

support of what nature intended. We’re conditioned to work so many hours, earn so much money and have a certain amount of time off.

“I now show up, stand up, speak up and stay standing. I’ve been an advocate and activist from 11 years old but have always been gaslighted. I was gaslighted two years ago in my nursing role, and up until then, I would sit back down as I never saw examples of people staying standing.

“Now, I stand because our kids and men are dying too, and unless we allow ourselves to feel our emotions and feelings when our body is giving us a message, we can manifest disease. It’s OK to feel mad, sad, bad or glad. We are souls having a human experience — we are 100 per cent divine and human.

“Our divine feels through our body, and at Heart Place Hospital, if you have pain, let’s see why and what it is. We are all about conventional medicine when it is needed. If I get my arm ripped off in an accident, I don’t want to sing Kumbaya and think happy thoughts — I want a surgeon and pain relief. Heart Place Hospital demystifies the

magic and science. It’s not Jacqui, it’s healed healers all around the world who are service providers providing multi-dimensional support in groups or one-on-one, and if you’re not much of a ‘to be seen’ person, we offer messenger support.

“My vision is to have physical satellite hospitals. In Mangawhai, we have satellite clinics, workshops and accommodation options. Ultimately, everyone leaves Heart Place Hospital with healed boundary wounds and the ability to advocate for themselves and others, and the tools to craft a life that best suits them.

“If you are cool working shift work, go for it, but if it is slowly taking your life away, we will guide you on what your next best thing to do is for your whole healing and living. We want to sustain a health system. If we have people with long-term disease or an accident, we want to have conventional medicine. However, we need to normalise that we are multi-dimensional beings who have a mind, body and soul.

“All of our healers keep up their personal healing. They work on one

another and collaborate together, knowing who does what and refer people to each other. Everyone’s living in abundance and receive what they deserve, are valued, respected and heard. If they’re feeling tired, they don’t work. It’s not about swapping money with time — it’s about energy for energy.

“We say, ‘have you ever had a feeling to do something different in your life?’ We all have, and we totally normalise that we are souls that were taught to switch that off. Our emotions, feelings and intuition are what is right with us.

“The Heart Place Hospital service providers include trained psychiatrists, medical doctors, nurses and midwives, teachers and physios with various cutting edge healing modalities attached to them. They each have a purpose in everyone’s pain and wisdom in everyone’s wounds. Wouldn’t it be awesome if our teachers, health professionals and parents learned that we can heal ourselves?

“New Zealand has the highest youth and male suicide rate in the OECD — imagine if we allowed people to feel their

feelings. Feel it, reveal it, deal with it and heal it. That’s exactly what I did, and every time I step off my line of devotion, my wound gets picked. When you follow your devotion, you live in abundance and receive amazing opportunities and gifts daily.”

“I’m currently working through Open Collective and have a variety of funraising awareness items to help others, including limited edition Blue Lotus Flower tea, a natural aphrodisiac, sleep aid and anxiety reliever. We also have very limited numbers of Wild Heart Medicinal cacao, which is high in iron, magnesium, calcium and a natural mood elevator.

“Go to opencollective.com/heartplace-charity-hospital to order our beautiful products and support the front liners we support. I’ve created what I was looking for. Heart Place Hospital provides a safe space for people working on the front line, such as nurses, midwives, doctors, emergency services and teachers, who give so much.

“Let the fun, magic and miracles begin. Go to the Heart Place Hospital Facebook page or website for more details.”

“Now, I stand because our kids and men are dying too, and unless we allow ourselves to feel our emotions and feelings when our body is giving us a message, we can manifest disease”

p The team at Heart Place Hospital all work in various modalities and collaborate together to help others

p Sean, Jacqui’s husband is also fully committed to supporting her with her passion to help others

p Through Heart Place Hospital, Jacqui has created what she was looking for when she needed help

PUZZLE TIME

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Sudoku

ACROSS: 1 Evict, 4 Wear the trousers, 14 Sitar, 15 Ashes, 16 Passionate, 17 Metro, 19 Elf, 20 Cayenne, 21 Street map, 22 Favour, 25 Escalator, 27 Campus, 28 Arabic, 33 Leprechaun, 35 Spa, 36 Bombay, 37 Owls, 39 Moo, 41 Nomadic, 42 Stereo, 43 Guarantor, 44 Issue, 45 Delegate, 50 Is, 51 Rickshaw, 55 Third, 58 Incognito, 59 Elixir, 60 Invoice, 61 Era, 63 Dune, 64 Genius, 65 Leg, 66 Amateurish, 68 Bleach, 69 Grubby, 71 Hackneyed, 76 Solder, 77 Billiards, 79 Slacken, 81 Yew, 84 Error, 85 Invitation, 86 Major, 87 Impel, 88 Money for old rope, 89 Drill.

DOWN: 2 Visual, 3 Crete, 5 Edam, 6 Risotto, 7 Hoover, 8 Trait, 9 Overarm, 10 Sumo, 11 Ritual, 12 Steer, 13 Traffic, 14 Sojourn, 18 Antarctica, 23 Madam, 24 Rummage, 26 Surface, 27 Chamois, 29 Bewitch, 30 Remote, 31 Usurp, 32 Safari, 34 Note, 36 Boast, 38 Screw, 40 Tack, 45 Dried, 46 Licence, 47 Gags, 48 Toiled, 49 Rises, 50 Ideally, 52 Cinderella, 53 Scourge, 54 Access, 55 Topiary, 56 Tinge, 57 Diva, 62 Lanky, 67 Scalpel, 68 Babysit, 70 Bailiff, 72 Auditor, 73 Weirdo, 74 Pastel, 75 Recoil, 76 Swaps, 78 Liver, 80 Chair, 82 Tree, 83 Soap.

Last week’s crossword solution 5x5 Insert the missing letters to complete ten words — five across the grid and five down. More than one solution may be possible.

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