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Changing the world through LOVE, LAUGHTER and a lot a bit of ACTIVISM

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Nikki Jayne is sharing her journey through burnout recovery. All the ups and downs, in almost real time. As honestly as possible. With a splattering of black humour thrown in – we could all use a good laugh. So strap in, buckle up, get ready. We will be going for a ride – slowly – one blog post at a time.

  • What does home look like?

    So we are looking at Te Whare Tapa Wha at the moment. This post will focus specifically on Whenua – land / roots – part. Essentially this is building the foundations. Some people are lucky and this aspect of their lives is particularly strong, they don’t have many questions about it. To these people I say you are very lucky and please do not take it for granted.

    For myself, I have spent a reasonable chunk of time now in self reflection so that I can start to rebuild from this very place. And now I am going to share how that has been going. Share where I am at in the hopes that someone else will find it useful.

    Ultimately I see whenua as the place you call home. Home incorporates many facets, and ideally it is a place where you can be yourself and feel safe emotionally, physically and psychologically. Here is how I have broken it down.

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  • What the hell is burnout recovery?

    In the previous post I explained who I was and that I burnt out. In the next few posts we are going to focus on where I am at. In burn out recovery. The details of the car crash will come later. Right now, I am focused on establishing a new baseline for myself – rebuilding the roots, one step at a time. And for that I need a plan.

    I have learnt that if the plan is unrealistic, then you are setting yourself up for failure. I know this because I have failed many times. In life you need to not be afraid to make mistakes, but you also have to learn from them. Otherwise you find yourself repeating the same patterns of behaviour and burnt out again.

    What I am finding tricky about this loop is that each time I go through it it gets harder. This time I am determined to take things slow, build each layer of my life strong before stepping full steam ahead into the next thing. 

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  • Who the hell am I?

    I attempted to start this blog with my next post, when it was politely pointed out to me that as soon as I put this up onto the internet the readers will not necessarily know who I am, so I first need to give some context.

    My name is Nicola Jayne Peeperkoorn (pronounced ‘peppercorn’). On Dad’s side I’m Dutch, and on Mum’s Irish & Samoan. I’m a second generation kiwi, born and raised in the East Coast Bays of the City of Sails – Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand.  I have done many things in my years on this earth, some of them spectacularly… and then I burnt out. Hard. More than once. That will be the essence of my personal sharing on this blog. My journey through burnout recovery.

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