Brady Lloyd

Director of Students

To sum it up, this course was transformative, personally and professionally. The tone was set from the first minutes I arrived by Dr Denise and Debs. Warm, inviting, friendly. Our group was full of extremely special people and the time spent connecting with each other to begin the course was so important and allowed us to truly gel as a class.

The topics were fascinating and Dr Denise was incredible in her presentation of the material. She was engaging and personable and so knowledgeable. She is a master teacher and one of those educators who you can’t help but hang off every word she says. She was beautifully sensitive, funny, clear and informative, all at the right times. Her personal touch is very special.

I am so grateful she was teaching this course and feel so lucky I was able to learn from this very impressive person. – I think there was a special something I experienced, coming from Australia to do this course in Christchurch. There is such a rich beauty in the Kiwi way and I was so welcomed. I loved learning about the Maori culture and connecting our discussions of wellbeing to cultural traditions, customs and history. – The content of this course was so interesting.

I felt it was well paced and timed and offered so much to learners. Everyone could take something personally or professionally from the material covered. While we did spend considerable time listening, this was not an issue because of the delivery of the material. In addition though, we did some incredible activities. The Helping Hands/Charity Team Building Activity in particular was such a special way to introduce meaning for instance.

I also loved the art activity (placed perfectly on the Friday afternoon) and the sessions where we got up, moved around and connected to ideas in different ways. Some of my favourite topics were the self compassion and the values/strengths. It was really great to have done some of the surveys/inventories before we came so that we could really dive in on the course.

I am still really connected to the learning around my values and have this visible in my house to continue to come back to and be motivated by. I think the layout of the course across the weekend was fantastic as we were able to park and digest the content over the weekend then come back to it freshed. I really liked the homework/assessment books and look forward to completing the homework.

I can’t thank Sue, Dr Denise, Debs and the class enough for this beautiful experience. Would highly recommend to anyone. THANK YOU 🙂

Industry: Education

Christchurch, November 2023