http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.ashleesturme.com en-us Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:10:41 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/post/159676/forest-school-as-learning-and-wellbeing-support/ Starting our fifth year of service in our bush school by sharing our work with pastoral care teachers from across the country. Forest schools as a support for our students recognizes that nature is a powerful therapeutic tool.Combined with child-led play, a coach approach, trauma informed care, inclusive priorities and passionate educators, forest school delivers wellbeing and learning results. Our collected data showed significant reductions in extreme behaviour incidents, self harm incidents, ... Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/#post159676 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/post/159680/retreat-magic/ Another fantastic women's retreat with a focus on biz development and planning alongside cup-filling wellbeing!... Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/#post159680 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/post/159677/eonz-professional-practice-journal/ ... Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/#post159677 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/post/159678/hcanza-finalist-announcement/ ... Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/#post159678 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/post/159679/residency-opportunity/ The foundations of a new novel written this month after the amazing opportunity to stay at the MKWC ❤️... Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/#post159679 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/post/150074/enspirited-continues-to-grow/ Hosting a collaboration course and journal, our own coaching packages, our new online learning programmes, our podcast, and our social platforms, Enspirited is increasing presence and making an impact on the selfcare routines of women!https://linktr.ee/enspiritedwellness ... Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:13:11 +1200 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/#post150074 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/post/150073/elevate-your-energy/ Te Whakarōpūtanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa - New Zealand School Boards Association (NZSBA) held their annual conference this month (always a highlight of my calendar) and I had the joy of sharing my top tips for wellness (whilst trying not to say the word 'wellbeing'!)I was incredibly nervous after being moved from a workshop space to the main auditorium, but had the wonderful @Pio Terei to give me a pep talk before I hit the stage!Busy school Board members are juggling many balls and don't ne... Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:09:53 +1200 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/#post150073 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/post/150070/pages-down-under-podcast/ I really enjoyed having a delightful chat with Abigail from Pages Down Under about indie publishing, how I've woven my skills as a writer and my passion for women's health together to create INSPIRE, and the launch of PAUSE, a collection of writing from NZ wahine.Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4exjgGTTsXl8HZbMbIZ8iB...INSPIRE and both INHALE and PAUSE books: https://www.koreromaia.com/buy/p/inspire-journal-1Amazon link for PAUSE: https://www.amazon.com/PAUSE-Words-Wahin... Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:58:58 +1200 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/#post150070 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/post/150069/forest-learning/ Another term down, to mark three and a half years of our one-day-school nature space.This journey continues to evolve but with the right team, we're committed to our kaupapa and our values drive our decision making. Inclusive Child-led Play-based Holistic care and education... wellbeing first, always Protected risky play Trauma-informed Neurodiverse safe KindnessThis is a beautiful team that prioritises awhi and aroha and ensures our outcome is always achi... Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:57:08 +1200 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/#post150069 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/post/150067/nzsba--mental-health/ This week I met the gorgeous and equally pink gal Julia Grace Cato-Booth, who has the most incredible singing voice! She's also working in the mental health space and has an important message to share. We need to be able to talk about our feelings more and have safe people to check up on us when things are feeling wobbly, even if we dont recognize it ourselves ... Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:54:45 +1200 http://www.ashleesturme.com/blog/#post150067