Perspectives on wellbeing

Based on research by The Foresight Project, the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand is promoting five ways everyone can support their own wellbeing and that of the world around them, including family, friends, colleagues and the wider community..

Judi Clements

Mental Health Foundation Chief Executive Judi Clements gives an overview of the five ways: connecting, being active, taking notice, learning and giving.

Fighting Shadows CD and video

Johnny Matteson has devoted the past two decades to motivating and entertaining with his music and spreading positive messages about mental health through music. Find out more about this on our Fighting Shadows page: read the research report, listen to the song inspired by it and watch the video of the making of the CD.

Ruth Makuini Tai

Maori language scholar and author Ruth Makuini Tai talks about finding out who you really are as well as providing new insights into the meaning of 'aroha' and the simple greeting 'kia ora'.

Karin Byrt

Primary Care Liaison Nurse Specialist Karin Byrt explains how mental and physical wellbeing are interlinked.

Minnie Baragwanath

Minnie Baragwanath, disability programme advisor with the Auckland City Council, talks about maintaining wellbeing when living with a disability.

Song credits

The Winning Ways to Wellbeing videos feature music from The SOUL Project, a collaborative album by New Zealand singer/songwriters who share their experience of mental illness in song, a project funded by a Mental Health Media Grant.

Songs featured:

Many Lines - Sarita Murdoch
Worthy - Jenn Shelton
Addiction - Sam Saffery & James Tait-Jamieson One More Day - Josh Palmer Out Of The Blue - Lee Lawrence My Journey - Josh Palmer & Jenn Shelton

Buy your $20 album by internet banking: 01-0527-0047817-30. Please put your name as a reference and send an email to: sound.of.us.living   "at" gmail.com with your postal address.