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  Episode 19 - The Schooling Years Click above to go to Episode Kia Ora Welcome to my Nineteenth episode. In this episode you will be told the story of my schooling years. Starting at kindy and ending at my years at Waikato University in Hamilton New Zealand. I moved around a little and so have been to a few schools. In NZ we call kindy what they call pre-school here in USA. I headed into primary school, which is called elementary school here in USA. I attended three different primary schools, Waikiwi, Middle and Caversham, with a variety of teachers. I then headed off to McAndrew Intermediate where I had three teachers, two great and one not so great by default. I started to become a rebel. Here is also where we started to wear uniforms. I then attended Southland Girls High, an all girls school, and went through some ups and downs. Then we all know I went to CCNZ and I dedicated a whole episode to that year of my life. After those years I attended Waikato University where I traine...

  https://anchor.fm/thecandidkiwi/episodes/Ep--18-Dru-Nakaya-e173uvp Click above to listen to Dru's episode. Kia Ora and welcome to my eighteenth episode. In this episode I introduce you to my husband, Dru Nakaya. He didn't want to do this, as he doesn't like talking about himself or being in the spotlight in any way. But I knew I needed to capture his story and he's a nice guy, especially to his wife. Dru open's up about his childhood, family, friends, joys and hardships. He's an honest and kind man who's worked hard for what he has in life. He was born in Bountiful Utah. He's the youngest of four children. His family were into the outdoors. They skied in the summer and winter. He did what he wanted with his hair. He had really good mates and loved his brother.  Here he is on his mission for the LDS church. Kayberry is in the middle and my brother, Llewellyn is on the right. He loves climbing. His father is Japanese and he served there for two years for...

 Episode 17: My Food and Body Story Click above. Kia Ora and welcome to my seventeenth episode.  This episode is about my food and body story. It took a while for me to gather all my thoughts, but I'm glad you're here and am giving me your time to listen.  I hope that you find something that can help someone in this episode, hopefully yourself. If you think someone would benefit from this episode then please share.  I start off with my childhood and venture into my food and body issues over the years. I also talk about the reasons I sought help and how much better I'm doing after seeking help and working on myself. It's been life changing. I'm super grateful that I'm doing so much better and am in a space to be able to start sharing my story with others and hopefully help someone else out there who's struggling with food and their body. Thanks for your support and for listening. Here are some of the things I talk about on the episode. I talk about the movie ...

Episode 16 Carly   Kia Ora and welcome to my 16th episode. Meet Carly. Carly and I have been friends for years and I knew when I started this podcast, she was someone I wanted on here. Carly is kind and passionate and definitely someone you want on your team. Carly’s story takes us on an educational journey about depression, anxiety, ADHD and more. She's open and honest and helps us to dig in a little more about what that means. Carly gets real about her children and the things she’s learned with her Autistic daughter, Hadley, and her type one diabetic son, August, and the joys and struggles that go along with that. To know them is to love them. Carly’s husband, Levi, loves cars and even has his own podcast talking about just that. They’ve been together for 16 years. Here's the link to his podcast: https://anchor.fm/levi-gates She’s a fabulous memer? Is that what we call it? And has over 40k followers on her Instagram page @mommymemejeans Go follow her if you like to laugh. Sh...

  Episode 15 My Mental Health Story Kia Ora and welcome to my fifteenth episode. Today I share about part of my mental health story. I go into detail about my struggles with depression, anxiety, postpartum and suicidal thoughts.  I also talk about a little bit of family history about some mental health as well. I'm nervous to talk about my mental health story, but I know when we talk about it openly we can make connections as well as educate others about being more accepting of others journey. I'm glad you're here and I'm glad you're with me in this podcast adventure. Until next time....... Ka kite ano au i a koutou

  Episode 14 - Bro. B Kia Ora Welcome to my fourteenth episode on The Candid Kiwi. I'm excited to introduce you to my seventh guest ........ Brother Royce Baucke.  Bro. Baucke, or Bro. B as we used to call him at school, has lived a full, wonderful life. He tells all on this podcast with me, on an early Brisbane morning where he currently lives.  I got to know and love Bro. B when I went to CCNZ for my last year of high school. He was my art teacher and one of the best people I know in real life. His art room was a safe haven for many students. He's inspired almost all he's come in contact with and a lot of his students have gone on to be successful and creative people in their atmosphere's. At CCNZ we called all teachers Brother or Sister then their last name. That's why I'll always refer to Royce as Bro. B. Yes that's me in the front in the PJ's not looking at the camera. His son Jershon that he talks about is the tall one right in the back. One of my ...