The Good Day Matrix
Our wellbeing podcast shares epic stories of New Zealanders and their wellbeing journeys! We weave body, mind, identity, community and environment together through people’s stories to encourage connection, challenge perspectives and empower action. All of our kōrero are also available to watch on our website thegooddaymatrix.com, amongst these interviews are a bunch of amazing FREE resources from HIIT to Pilates, Self-defence to Cooking our website has something for everyone! So get comfy and join us for an epic kōrero with another great Kiwi, we hope you enjoy it! For more content and to let us know your feedback head over to @thegooddaymatrix!
Episodes
Introducing Di Foster!!!
Di is a powerhouse wāhine whose story can’t be contained in just one podcast - but we’ve tried! A wife, mother, business coach, and dynamic speaker, she brings raw honesty, heart, and humour to everything she does.
Di has journeyed with cancer and opens up about navigating this, the ebbs and flows of perimenopause, and the real conversations we all need to have around self-talk, identity, and we...
Honey Hireme-Smiler is a wife, mum, and proud Nan-Nan — and so much more.
Many know Honey as a legend in the oval ball game, having proudly represented Aotearoa as a Black Fern, Kiwi Fern, and Black Ferns Sevens player. She now brings her incredible sporting knowledge to our screens as a respected commentator and TV presenter.
Beyond the field, Honey wears many hats! She’s an author, ambassador for the TimeOut charity, ...
Today, we share our kōrero with the amazing Astra Patmore! Astra is a mum, wife, and entrepreneur, and among many other hats she wears, she is also the General Manager of Community Link Trust!
We kōrero about the incredibly impactful mahi they do at Community Link Trust, how you can get involved, and the special ‘From the Streets’ event they run annually!
We also kōrero about navigating the fine line of burn...
Today, we kōrero with Gareth Duncan—a man with many stories to share!
With nearly 40 years in education, Gareth has dedicated his career to inspiring tamariki and fostering a love for learning. Beyond the classroom, he has played a significant role in rugby across Waikato and Aotearoa, managing teams such as the New Zealand Secondary Schools, Black Ferns, and Chiefs Manawa.
In this kōrero, we explore his wealth of knowledge i...
Mary Haddock-Staniland, a vibrant and powerhouse wāhine!
Mary is a Global DEIB advocate, Aotearoa’s first C-Suite-level Chief People and Inclusion Officer, and an Ambassador for Lifeline, just to name a few!
This kōrero is truly incredible.
We kōrero about being a trans-women in Aotearoa, the difference between equality and equity, leaders showing up for their people, her mahi with Lifeline, being a hyper-curious human, wa...
Today, we kōrero with Sam Dakin—New Zealand Olympian, Cyclist, and Co-Founder of Slow Coffee Roasters.
We explore his upbringing and the value of quality time with loved ones, his life as an athlete the supportive environment he’s built, and his entrepreneurial journey, including the lessons and learnings from launching Slow Coffee Roasters.
As a passionate advocate for...
Welcome to This Is How We Do It! Join us as leaders from across various industries share their career journeys, insights, and lessons learned. Discover how to break into diverse fields and gain practical advice from those shaping the future. Have a listen to elevate your leadership and explore new career paths.
Today we kōrero with Dr Amy Marfell, the General Manager of Regional Leadership at Sport Waika...
Welcome to This Is How We Do It! Join us as leaders from across various industries share their career journeys, insights, and lessons learned. Discover how to break into diverse fields and gain practical advice from those shaping the future. Have a listen to elevate your leadership and explore new career paths.
Today we kōrero with Gabrielle Pritchard, she is a talented human, a Fractional CMO, a Marketing...
Welcome to This Is How We Do It! Join us as leaders from across various industries share their career journeys, insights, and lessons learned. Discover how to break into diverse fields and gain practical advice from those shaping the future. Have a listen to elevate your leadership and explore new career paths.
Today we kōrero with Rosie Spragg, who at the time of this podcast was the Regional Manager Econ...
Welcome to This Is How We Do It! Join us as leaders from across various industries share their career journeys, insights, and lessons learned. Discover how to break into diverse fields and gain practical advice from those shaping the future. Have a listen to elevate your leadership and explore new career paths.
Today we kōrero with Farnoosh Farahi, she is the Associate Director of Engagement and Wellbeing ...
Welcome to This Is How We Do It! Join us as leaders from across various industries share their career journeys, insights, and lessons learned. Discover how to break into diverse fields and gain practical advice from those shaping the future. Have a listen to elevate your leadership and explore new career paths.
Today we kōrero with Richard Douch, who is the Regional Manager of Beca and an experienced Plann...
Welcome to This Is How We Do It! Join us as leaders from across various industries share their career journeys, insights, and lessons learned. Discover how to break into diverse fields and gain practical advice from those shaping the future. Have a listen to elevate your leadership and explore new career paths.
Today we kōrero with Mitch Mace, who is the CFO and Commercial Manager at BCD Group Limited and ...
Welcome to This Is How We Do It! Join us as leaders from across various industries share their career journeys, insights, and lessons learned. Discover how to break into diverse fields and gain practical advice from those shaping the future. Have a listen to elevate your leadership and explore new career paths.
Kylie Matthews is the Co-Founder and Pou Manawataki (COO) AWWA Period Care, a Mentor, Climate Ac...
Welcome to This Is How We Do It! Join us as leaders from across various industries share their career journeys, insights, and lessons learned. Discover how to break into diverse fields and gain practical advice from those shaping the future. Have a listen to elevate your leadership and explore new career paths.
On this episode, we kōrero with Dan Walker from Microsoft New Zealand!
Dan Walker ...
Nichola is a wife, mum and Narni, she is also a talented Māori designer and founder of three fashion labels! Nichola is the Co-Chair of the Kahui Collective and a fierce advocate for Māori in Aotearoa and on the world stage!
We kōrero about goal setting, having mantras to keep moving forward, her techniques for re-centring, her involvement with the Kahui Collective, creating safe environments and more of her epic journey!
Charlotte Lockhart and Andrew Barnes are the Co-Founders of the not-for-profit 4 Day Week Global and the World Wellbeing Movement.
Charlotte has been contributing to business and advocating for health outcomes for many years and became a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in 2023. Charlotte was also named as Forbes’ inaugural Future of Work 50, in 2022.
Andrew is the Founder of ...
Jennie is a mother and wife to the late Sir Rob Fenwick. She is also an NLP Master Hypnotist coach, qualified yoga instructor, and board member for Save the Kiwi!
We kōrero with Jennie about her NLP journey, what it is and why she decided it was something she was interested in sharing with others. We also kōrero about replenishing your energy, thinking bigger thoughts, navigating anxiety, feelings, and grief and why connection is ...
Alice Soper is filled with passion for all thing womens sports, particularly rugby, her knowledge is truly something out of this world!
We kōrero about her identity journey being a part of the rainbow communities, and the power of visibility for sports, specifically womens sports. The impact being curious can have to make a change, mental health in sport, her own rugby journey, understanding why you’re awesome and so much more!
Dr Phil Borell is a proud husband and father, he could also be known as potentially the biggest WAHS fan!!
We are grateful to share Phil's journey, one filled with resilience, perspective and learnings that shine throughout this kōrero!
We dive into masculinity and contact sport, the power of contributing to your community, understanding your privilege, powerful moments in storytelling, how being yourself is the best in all envi...
Today we launch our kōrero with proud husband and father Grant Schofield, Professor of Public Health at AUT and among many other things, Grant is also the Chief Science Officer at PreKure.
We kōrero about mental health, some staggering statistics of our Rangatahi and some handy mindset tools. We also delve into Grant’s idea of free-range kids, sleep and it’s importance, languishing and what it is, acceptance commitment therapy, th...
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