EP271 – She Stopped Running on Empty | Ngaire Tuhua on Filling Her Own Cup First
About this episode
Ngaire Tuhua discusses her journey of self-prioritization and creativity as a Māori woman, emphasizing the importance of self-care and personal growth.
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. In this conversation, Ngaire opens up about what it means to stop surviving and start thriving! The real mahi behind that shift, the trenches she had to walk through to get there, and why she now puts herself at numbers one, two, and three on her own priority list. She also talks about creativity as a way of life, losing her nan during COVID through an iPad screen, the moko style she's developing exclusively for wahine, and what it means to be a portal, a creative, and a wāhine in full becoming. Episode Breakdown ✨ Stepping out of the shadows to be seen ✨ Two types of fear: the one that destroys you, and the one that expands you ✨ "Don't let loss be the lesson", shifting out of survival mode into a thriving mindset ✨ Creativity as a way of life ✨ How living outside of clock-based thinking keeps her present ✨ The real work behind…
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