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Conversations with ordinary people who are helping to bring a bit of heaven Down to Earth. A fortnightly podcast hosted by Andy Dickson - a husband, father, poet, preacher, business owner and sports nut.
Episodes
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Te Karere Whitiao Scarborough joins me to talk poetry, parenting, and being Māori in a society who often asks those who aren't Pākehā to leave their culture at the door. He talks about his experience at the Parenting Place where he was asked to intentionally bring his Māoritanga to work with him. We talk about what that journey is like and how other organisations can think well about honouring all people. We also talk about what lead to him changing his name and how that came about.
You can hear some of Te Karere's poetry on YouTube here or here
And find the Parenting place on Facebook at facebook.com/parentingplacenz
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Facebook: facebook.com/downtoearth.conversations
Instgram: @downtoearth.conversations
Email: downtoearth.conversations@gmail.com
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Blair Ashdowne is the owner and director of Christchurch business Heat Pumps Now. We talk about his business philosophies and what makes Heat Pumps Now different to other businesses, including the way he selects his staff and the focus on community and social engagement. We also spend some time talking about the professional and personal impact of the business nearly going under a couple of years ago and how things turned around.
We also go into emotionally challenging spaces around losing a son during pregnancy.
This is a conversation full of heartbreak and hope.
Find Blair at:
Website: heatpumpsnow.co.nz
Facebook: facebook.com/HeatPumpsNOW/
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Connect with me at downtoearthconversations.com or at:
Facebook: facebook.com/downtoearth.conversations
Instgram: @downtoearth.conversations
Email: downtoearth.conversations@gmail.com
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If you need further support around mental well-being, here are some support avenues in New Zealand:
Youthline – 0800 376 633, free text 234 or email talk@youthline.co.nz
Healthline – 0800 611 116 – to get help from a registered nurse 24/7.
Lifeline – 0800 543 354
Depression and Anxiety Helpline – 0800 111 757 or free text 4202 (to talk to a trained counsellor about how you are feeling or to ask any questions)
Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Jeremy Baker is a GP who brings the worlds of medicine and spirituality together in a society where they have been intentionally wrenched apart. With a keen interest in mental health, he is also behind an initiative to help churches to walk with people who need mental health support but who don't yet meet the criteria to enter the system.
We talk medicine, spirituality, opera, and explore the gaps in the mental health system.
To find out more about supporting Deacon Trust or to inquire about their training contact:
craigl@workplacesupport.co.nz or jeremy.baker@settlers.pegasus.net.nz
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Connect with me at:
Website: www.downtoearthconversations.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/downtoearth.conversations
Instgram: @downtoearth.conversations
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Jeremy Faumuina is a man with a big heart for people. We talk about listening, holistic approaches to working with youth, the migration patterns of butterflies, adoption, and what it means to support those who are different to us...those who are often shoved to the margins, such as the deaf or the LGBTQI+ communities.
Check out the work Jeremy does with his wife Shelley to support SVSG at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/samoaalofatrust/
Instagram: @samoaalofatrust
Website: https://samoaalofatrust.wixsite.com/samoaalofa
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Connect with me at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/downtoearth.conversations
Instgram: @downtoearth.conversations
Website: www.downtoearthconversations.com
Email: downtoearth.conversations@gmail.com
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Jared Yeoward is a photographer living and working in Christchurch. With a background in construction and retail before his shift to photography, and stories including deportation and U.S. federal prison, this made for a very interesting conversation. We talk photography, beauty, joy, creativity, faith, vulnerability, and about finding the good wherever you can find it, even within chaos.
Facebook: facebook.com/jayyeoward.com.au/
Instagram: @jaredyeoward
Website: jaredyeoward.com/
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Connect with me at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/downtoearth.conversations
Instgram: @downtoearth.conversations
Email: downtoearth.conversations@gmail.com
Monday May 11, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Juliagrace is a keynote speaker, Tui Award-winning singer/songwriter (New Zealand Music Awards), registered teacher, writer/blogger and mental wellness advocate. She's also a good laugh as highlighted by her recent facebook parody "Nobody knows the stubble I've seen" about the length of her leg hair, which you can see on the Down to Earth Conversations Facebook page.
We talk music, teaching, storytelling, performance highlights and disasters, and her move into a focus on mental wellness driven by personal experience.
Find Juliagrace at:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/juliagracenz/ or https://www.facebook.com/mentalwellnessmattersnz/
Instagram: @juliagracenz or @mentalwellness_matters
Website: juliagrace.co.nz
Blog: juliagrace.co.nz/blog
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Connect with me at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/downtoearth.conversations
Instgram: @downtoearth.conversations
Email: downtoearth.conversations@gmail.com
If you need further support around mental well-being, here are some support avenues in New Zealand:
Youthline – 0800 376 633, free text 234 or email talk@youthline.co.nz
Healthline – 0800 611 116 – to get help from a registered nurse 24/7.
Lifeline – 0800 543 354
Depression and Anxiety Helpline – 0800 111 757 or free text 4202 (to talk to a trained counsellor about how you are feeling or to ask any questions)
Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
In this episode I'm joined by Frank Ritchie - broadcaster, minister, media chaplain. Frank is involved in talk back radio, having previously been a DJ on a music station, as will as being a Wesleyan Methodist minister of a small congregation in Hamilton, and a support for media across Aotearoa.
Our conversation journeys through all these aspects of his life, including his role in supporting the media in the wake of the March 15, 2019 mosque attacks in Christchurch.
To hear more from Frank check out his social media sites
Facebook: www.facebook.com/francisritchienz/
Instagram: @frank_ritchie
Twitter: @frankritchie
And to gain access to more content, head to:
Patreon: www.patreon.com/frankritchie
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/downtoearth.conversations
Instgram: @downtoearth.conversations
Email: downtoearth.conversations@gmail.com
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
This episode I talk to Emma Chilvers. Emma works at the Champion Centre at Burwood hospital in Christchurch - a charity who work with kids with 'diffabilities', as Emma calls them. We talk work, personal struggles, church, parenting, worship, and everything in between.
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To support the work of Emma and others at The Champions centre, head to https://www.championcentre.org.nz/
Facebook www.facebook.com/TheChampionCentre/
If you are interested in supporting them with events email karon.storr@championcentre.org.nz
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Instgram: @downtoearth.conversations
Email: downtoearth.conversations@gmail.com
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
In this bonus episode, Andy talks mental health during lockdown and the power of words.
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
In this episode I chat with Ben Scott from Benny's Barber Shop in Christchurch. Ben is a guy full of dreams and ambition, backed up by a huge heart for others. We chat about how things got started for him, where his crazy journey has taken him, and the way his barber shop has become so much more than just a place to cut hair and trim beards.
Check out Benny's Barber Shop at:
Facebook: facebook.com/Bennybarbermobile
Instagram: @bennysbarbershopnz
Website: bennysbarbershop.co.nz
And I'd love to hear your thoughts on this conversation. Connect with me at:
Facebook: facebook.com/downtoearth.conversations
Instagram: @downtoearth.conversations
Email: downtoearth.conversation@gmail.com