Just a Minute with Dr Kumari

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Just a Minute of Mindfulness and Self Care. Healing the Wounds of Childhood.

FEB 14

Deeper Self Care - Looking After Ourselves

This Valentine’s Day, Just a Minute with Dr Kumari invites you to turn your attention inward and practice deep self-love. In this episode, I explore how to hold your inner child, vulnerable self, and past and future selves with compassion. I released my first digital journal and colouring book based on my self care cards: https://kumari.gumroad.com/l/nurture In this episode I talk about What deep self-care and self-love really mean How to acknowledge and soothe the parts of yourself often overlooked Practical journalling and colouring exercises from my new book, Nurture Your Inner Self Ways to show kindness to yourself, even if Valentine’s Day feels difficult or brings up challenging emotions Whether today is joyful, bittersweet, or hard, this episode offers a gentle, practical pause—a chance to breathe, reflect, and nurture the most important relationship you have: the one with yourself.

21 min
09/29/2025

The Invisible Load

In this episode we talk about overwhelm, stress, the invisible load of mothering and the role that progesterone can have on working memory.

18 min
07/05/2025

A Just a Minute Manifesto

In this gentle and grounding episode, Dr Kumari Valentine shares the Just a Minute Manifesto—a compassionate philosophy of healing through micro-moments of self-connection. Rooted in trauma-informed mindfulness, this episode explores how just one minute can reconnect us with our body, our breath, and the parts of ourselves that need care. You'll be invited into reflection, regulation, and a quiet rebellion against burnout culture. A soothing listen for anyone craving deep self-care, one deliberate minute at a time.

16 min
05/09/2025

Dissociation

In this episode I talk about Dissociation and introduce the idea of the Dissociation Thermometer I developed this week. You are welcome to download it and use it. Please share: https://pdflink.to/eccbd83c/ I also mentioned the petition that is taking up my time and is part of the concerning things happening for psychologists in New Zealand alongside other health professionals. https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/protect-public-safety-and-psychology-in-new-zealand-a-petition-by-psychologists-and-supporters

21 min
03/22/2025

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

I had planned to talk about this at a later point, but recent events have caused me alarm. The Minister for Mental Health (NZ) revealed on Tuesday that the government is developing Associate Psychologist Scopes of practice, with the help of the Psychologists Board in NZ. The proposed pathway means that people with a basic undergraduate degree (where there is no clinical or hands on training) would do a one year training and then be registered health professionals, Associate Psychologists. Amongst the many issues of harm to the public, including that the vulnerable public might not know what an Associate vs Clinical or Registered Psychologist is, is the erosion of one of our foundations of practice - the Scientist Practitioner Model. In this podcast, I talk about the importance of the Scientist Practitioner Model to Psychology.

22 min
11/26/2024

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

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 TONS of free resources. She also has a transformative 28 day boost camp: https://bridgets.shop/ Free resource from me about 5 strategies to soothe the nervous system and proactively manage stress? Here is a PDF with audio guide I put together. Want to do a deeper psychological dive into a Stress Less Christmas? https://payhip.com/b/Ixcvg

34 min
09/21/2024

Mood Boosting Strategies Backed by Science

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! You can improve your mood. Stress also affects mood. Would you like some additional quick strategies to help soothe the nervous system, decrease stress, and feel better? download at: https://drkumari.ck.page

20 min
08/28/2024

Mindfulness and Relational Trauma

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.

22 min

Just a Minute of Mindfulness and Self Care. Healing the Wounds of Childhood.

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Dr Kumari Valentine
Years Active

2022 - 2026
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51
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Clean
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