Kerry Makin-Byrd, PhD

Kia ora friends, This month my migraine prevention plan got an update. Now I spend many nights swaddled in blankets on the couch, watching 'Slow Horses', and chanting to myself you are safe, this feels good, there's no danger here, you are with your husband, this

Happy week! If you are reading this, you are alive and breathing. Woohoo! Congratulations to the Open Closed Doors organisation who is bringing the robust OCD treatment, The Bergen 4-Day protocol, to New Zealand. (They are currently collecting client and clinician expressions of interest here.) The new documentary, Exposure,

Kia ora koutou (hello all!), Wowza, my family has had a hard few months. As we settle our health and our hearts, I wanted to share a few things that helped me this season. Things That Helped During A Hard Few Months Books These books served as a sanctuary and/

Kia ora and dear Friends, Happy pride month darlings! Here's to love and legally protected rights for all to love whomever they do. Fun & free-ish things * Re-falling in love with the magnificent work of therapist & artist Lindsay Braman: * please peruse her site to see

Kia ora Friends, I'm refining my "START HERE AND KEEP GOING" talk and reflecting on the lessons from my personal life (supported by science) that loosened my tight grip on perfectionism. [Shameless plug, early bird pricing ends this weekend for the 19 June Wellington training. Get

Kia ora Friends, Oh my loves. I wasn't sure what I wanted to say today. There are many flooded houses here. My daughter's days left at home sift through our fingers with the urgency of a star racing toward explosion. I count again and again, looking

Kia ora community, Oh darlings. What a few weeks its been. I did a podcast interview and I'm planning a Wellington training for June (online one coming in November). I'm in the olive oil of life, Kenny Chesney's good stuff, not simply the things

Good morning friends, I'm back from two weeks of work travel. First, I was at a staff retreat for a non-profit I just joined, Te Kiwi Maia, who supports current and former first responders and New Zealand Defence Force personnel struggling with stress and burnout. Then I

Kia ora e hoa! Lots more below but briefly I have openings and would love your advice for a talk I'm drafting. xx Kerry Dear Helpers, It is common for us to feel grief and sadness when we work with the best of intentions then see so little