Just a Minute with Dr Kumari

Mar 21 2025 47 ep. 11 mins 11

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We discuss mindfulness and try just a minute of mindfulness and self care. We explore issues of attachment trauma and experiences in childhood that influence our beliefs, behaviors, and relationships

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Protecting Psychology and the Public: The Threat to Evidence-Based Practice

Mar 21 2025 22 mins

Very recent developments in New Zealand’s mental health sector have raised serious concerns. The government is proposing an Associate Psychologist role, allowing individuals with only an undergraduate degree and one year of training to become registered health professionals. This risks public harm, creates confusion about professional qualifications, and undermines the foundation

Eating for a Stress Less and more Healthy Christmas with Bridget Foliaki Davis

Nov 26 2024 33 mins

Can the way we eat affect how stressed we feel? The Christmas or holiday season is typically associated with a variety of stressors. In this episode with award winning chef and author, Bridget Foliaki Davis, we talk about gut health, stress, and eating. Bridget has some amazing tips to eat better this season in order to really nourish you and manage stress better. Bridget has TON

Mood Boosting Strategies Backed by Science

Sep 21 2024 20 mins

Low or depressed mood affects EVERYTHING. I am a clinical psychologist with almost two decades of clinical experience as well as previously having been a researcher and lecturer in psychological science. In this episode, I share some evidence based tips for lifting low mood or maintaining mood. The awful thing when you feel low is that it feels like ”this is it”! It isn’t! Yo

Mindfulness and Relational Trauma

Aug 28 2024 22 mins

Mindfulness has many benefits but can also be misunderstood. I talk about what mindfulness is and how it can be useful when we are dealing with relational trauma.

The Gut Brain Axis and Polyvagal Theory in a Nutshell

Jul 20 2024 13 mins

Episode 47: There is so much to the Gut Brain Axis but I give you a very quick overview and briefly cover Polyvagal theory.

People Pleasing and Fawning in Response to Relational Trauma

Jul 03 2024 20 mins

Do you struggle with people pleasing and perhaps even identifying your own needs? In this episode I talk about the ”fawn” response to relational trauma. My deeper self care course is available here: https://kumari.gumroad.com/l/deeperselfcare

The Body in Stress and Six Things I did during an Extra Stressful Week

Feb 25 2024 20 mins

I often talk about the nervous system and soothing it for dealing with stress and trauma. Here I talk about what I mean by the nervous system. A couple of weeks ago, I had an extra stressful week and was pleased with a few things I put into place - I’m always learning! I hope these tips are useful to you too! Here is a download to the handout I talk about: 5 strategies to sooth

Some Reflections on Waitangi Day 2024

Feb 18 2024 6 mins

Waitangi Day is pretty important in New Zealand and a day I have mixed feelings about. One the one hand, it is really important, I feel, to honour our known guardians of the land and the special history and culture. On the other hand, there has been so much wrong doing, bias, racism, and disadvantage to the indigenous people of this country.

New Year Goals Driven by VALUES

Dec 27 2023 17 mins

Best wishes for the holiday season! This is often a time of year when we start thinking about ”resolutions” and ”goals”. These are more likely to succeed when they are driven by values. In this podcast, I talk about how we might discover or re-discover our values and some tips. Goal setting and values clarification are always easier when coming from a place of a more s

Intergenerational Trauma

Nov 01 2023 21 mins

I’m Dr Kumari Valentine, Clinical Psychologist. I’m interested in trauma, including relational trauma. I’m an EMDR therapist amongst other things. I’m talking about intergenerational trauma and intergenerational resourcing on this podcast. I talk about soothing the nervous system and talk about 5 strategies I commonly teach and use. Here is the link for that download (o