Planting Seeds Podcast

EP275 – Why the People Closest to You Don't See You Growing | Grow With Me

949 views · 2mo ago · 8:26

Your silence might be costing you your peace. Here's why the people closest to you don't see the work you're doing , and what to do about it. This Grow With Me episode comes straight from a story shared inside the Planting Seeds Community. I share a perspective of why the people closest to us – whānau, close friends, often can't see the version of ourselves we're becoming, and why that gap becomes one of the stickiest parts of personal growth.

EP274 – Why We Sabotage Ourselves When Life Finally Gets Good | Grow With Me

448 views · 3mo ago · 10:42

You finally get what you've been working for . . . and suddenly you're sabotaging it. Here's why your nervous system does this, and what to do instead. In this Grow With Me episode, I build on the "full cup" kōrero from the last solo episode, unpacking why we self-sabotage the moment life starts to feel good — in relationships, in mahi, in finances, in our own wellbeing.

EP273 – Chain Breakers | How Monique Taipeti Turned Her Rock Bottom Into a Calling

1.4K views · 3mo ago · 56:47

She looked in the mirror one New Year's Eve and barely recognised herself. That was the moment everything changed. Monique Taipeti is one half of one of the most powerful couples to sit on this podcast. When Marley Taipeti shared his story, it opened a door, and Monique stepped through it to share hers.

EP272 – You Can't Give What You Don't Have | Grow with Me

328 views · 3mo ago · 11:46

Guest: Ngaire Tuhua

This is a Grow With Me episode — in this one, I share the pressure and expectation I was putting on myself to keep giving, but receiving grace from the community unlocked a shift in terms of how I shows up. Inspired by a recent conversation with Ngaire Tuhua, who spoke about being No. 1, 2 and 3 on her own priority list, this episode unpacks what it actually means to consciously and deliberately choose to fill your cup, and why doing so isn't selfish, it's essential.

EP271 – She Stopped Running on Empty | Ngaire Tuhua on Filling Her Own Cup First

754 views · 3mo ago · 1:00:52

⁠Ngaire⁠ is a Māori creative — artist, moko practitioner in training, wahine deeply rooted in te ao Māori and committed to uplifting other wahine through her mahi. Recorded on the East Coast at Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, this kōrero feels like sitting in the sun with someone who has walked through real darkness and come out clearer on the other side.

EP270 – Rob Hayne on Watching His Members Become Proud of Themselves | Chur Kaha

672 views · 4mo ago · 1:00:32

Guest: Chur Kaha

Rob Hayne is the founder of Chur Kaha, a CrossFit gym built on community, love, and the belief that everyone deserves to feel proud of themselves — no matter where they start. In this kōrero, recorded on a trip to Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, Rob opens up about where his deep sense of care comes from (his mum, unsurprisingly), the leap of faith it took to open his own gym, and the philosophy that drives every part of his life: freedom. Freedom to choose how your day goes.

EP269 – Why Running From Pain Never Works (Q&A) | Grow With Me

358 views · 4mo ago · 23:39

What got you here won't get you there. In this Grow With Me Q&A, I unpack the belief of why running has never once solved anything. This week's Grow With Me session is a community Q&A — real questions from the Planting Seeds whānau, answered through lived experience rather than theory. I move through identity, healing, relationships, and what it actually takes to build a community of caring tāne.

EP268 – Nepia Takuira-Mita On The Season of Giving to Self, Sobriety & Finding Your Why

1.4K views · 4mo ago · 1:01:46

You can be giving everyone the best of you AND still be running on empty. What happens when you finally choose yourself — and why that took courage for Nepia Takuira-Mita? ⁠Nepia Takuira-Mita⁠ is an actor, musician, and creative — known for his work on Ahikāroa, one of Aotearoa's first bilingual dramas.

EP267 – Stop Focusing on What You Want & Do This Instead | Grow With Me

542 views · 5mo ago · 19:44

What if the reason you can't get to where you want to go... isn't about what you're doing but who you're being? It took me half a year to learn this lesson. And one simple shift at 4:15am changed everything. This is a Grow With Me solo episode, coming straight off the back of our brother-to-brother wānanga where tāne came together in person after 12 weeks of journeying online.

EP266 – The Real Story Behind Māori Health in Aotearoa | Dr Nina Scott

636 views · 5mo ago · 35:54

Guest: Dr Nina Scott

What if the system that's meant to heal us is actually the thing keeping our whānau sick? Dr Nina Scott has spent six years fighting for something basic: a seat at the table for Māori in cancer care. And the government still said no.

EP265 – The Truth About Māori Health Outcomes | Prof. Jason Gurney

367 views · 5mo ago · 35:37

Guests: Prof. Jason Gurney, Professor Jason Gurney

In this episode I sit down with Professor Jason Gurney, epidemiologist, researcher, and author of The Twisted Chain, to unpack one of the most uncomfortable truths in Aotearoa: that the health outcomes for Māori aren't a story of personal failure. They're a story of systems.

EP264 – The Old Me Was Sabotaging The New Me

129 views · 5mo ago · 11:30

What got you here . . .won't keep you here. The old version of me was quietly running the show AND I almost didn't catch it. This is a Grow With Me episode, just you and me, no guest, raw and reflective. From my 34th birthday to my 35th, I made a commitment to ask myself one simple question every single day in my journal: "What will I embody today?"

EP263 – Living Fully While Dying with Dr Jacquie Kidd

351 views · 6mo ago · 34:59

Guest: Dr Jacquie Kidd

Deeply honoured to be joined by Dr Jacquie Kidd, a respected Māori health researcher, advocate, and wahine toa whose life's work has been about creating equity within Aotearoa's healthcare system. Jacquie shares the path that led her into healthcare, beginning as a young girl caring for her pāpā, and opens her heart about her current journey of "living fully while dying" after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis.

EP262 – Day 3 Of My 4-Day Juice Fast | What This Fast Is Teach Me

123 views · 6mo ago · 10:17

What if you put yourself first? I'm 66 hours into a 4-day juice fast and I want to take you inside what's actually happening — physically, mentally, and spiritually. I aligned this fast with my deload week of training on purpose. Giving back to my tinana by giving it the space to rest, recover, replenish and rebuild. In the second half I get into something I've been sitting with for a while which is, the cost of always being the sacrifice.

EP261 – The Truth About Meth in Our Whānau | 3rd Gen Black Power Marley Taipeti

1.8K views · 6mo ago · 47:54

Meth is in almost every whānau in Aotearoa — whether we want to admit it or not.This kōrero might be the one that finally cracks it open. Marley Taipeti is a third-generation Black Power member who walked through the fire of addiction, dealing meth, violence, and the kind of pain most people never speak about. But instead of leaving the environment that nearly took him, he chose to stay in it AND change it from the inside.