ABOUT FLOWERS
Ko Titirangi te maunga, Ko Uawanui o Ruamatua te awa, Ko Te Aitanga a Hauiti te iwi. Ko Ōkuri rāua ko Hinemaurea ki Mangatuna ōku marae, ko Horouta te waka, Ko Te Kani a Takirau te tangata. Nau mai, haere mai e te iwi.
My name is Putiputi Flowers Kaiwai and I hail from the small township of Tolaga Bay (Uawa) on the North Island’s East Coast of New Zealand.
I have only just retired and as such have acquired a wealth of knowledge over the many years that I have worked. So my true passion and aim are to support, motivate and inspire people to find their true potential and life purpose.
I was bought up by my two grandmothers’ and named after both. Both my nannies had significant influences in my life and both were matriarchs of their respective whanau. My whakapapa and my personality are a combination of these people. So in many ways these people have molded me into “ko wai a wau” who am I.
Therefore I am proud of my beliefs, values and morals, of which I have learned from whanau and, and I will continue their teachings consistently.
It is through whānau that values, histories, and traditions of my ancestors were adapted to the contemporary world (Taonga tuku iho) and these gifts were given to me at a young age. I was raised on two active marae, Hinuokoko in Wharekaka and Okuri Marae in Mangatuna until I was sixteen. Both my nannies had papa kainga surrounding their marae. From my marae encounter with my nannies, I learned an important aspect of this rangahau is whakapapa, which is the basis from which interactions and relationships are established, developed, maintained and severed between and among whānau members.
For example, this quote, ‘Families are like branches on a tree, we all grow in different directions, but our roots remain the same.
So we all have whakapapa regardless of whom we are, it can’t be altered even if we choose other -stigma significant people to be in our lives.
So being bought up on these marae has shaped me into who I am and given me the cultural understanding of a community setting.
"Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou ka ora ai te iwi." "With your food basket and my food basket we will prosper."
In the past I have experienced many challenges and helped numerous clients break through the obstacles that seemed to be holding them back in life. Life's too short to be unhappy, unsure, or unfulfilled.
I am here to help my clients achieve a more positive outlook on life, and provide them with all the tools necessary to get them where they need to be.
Let me help you learn and develop better ways to handle the issues that are standing in the way of your goals.
Career Coaching
I worked for New Zealand Employment Service as an Employment Advisor for 6 years, helping clients into work. I then transitioned to Work and Income New Zealand as a Work Broker and Case manager for another 6 years still helping people into employment.
For the next 15 years I worked in a Private Training Establishment working within the Education sector with Youth Guarantee students aged 15 years - 19years. Prior to this I worked as an administrator in the Manufacturing sector.
Diploma Life Coaching ANZCAL※ Diploma in Psychology and Counseling ※ Diploma Professional Spiritualism ※ ANZCAL Member ※ Diploma Level 5 Te Ronakitanga ※ Graduate Diploma Professional Supervision
(Biculturalism in Practice).
Health and Well-being Life Coach
I am a Coach who specializes in therapy for anxiety/stress and depression, so through meditation and prayer, (if required) distance healing, (if required) clearing, and cleansing, (if required). Breathing techniques, solution-focused therapy, and spiritual healing (if required) I could help you.
Bereavement Counselling: There are six main stages we can feel when going through the trauma of losing a loved one. I can help you through meditation and prayer, talk therapy, solution-focused counseling, cleansing, clearing, and spiritual work could be an option should you want it.
Stages some people will go through Shock:
Initial emotion of grief when encountering the passing of a dearly beloved individual. This stage is usually of short duration, sometimes hours or until reality sets in.
Sometimes Denying or Denial: can set in at this time as well. No, it just can't be, it has to be a mistake, how can it happen? This again has a short time span lasting hours.
Anger: could set in and we could project this onto an innocent person, family member, hospital staff, the divine source, higher power or even the deceased loved one for leaving. Again could be of short duration.
Depression: bought on by sleepless nights, being listless and tired, being very emotional, crying a lot, or having no energy. This stage is the most difficult of the grieving process and the longest but also allows us to let go of our deepest and darkest thoughts.
Accepting: This stage is where our physical being transcends to a spiritual one with our beloved and we can reflect on all the enjoyable times we encountered.