Table of contents for Issue 90 Oct/Nov 2023 in Good

@caitlin.whiteman @albrownchef @nutritionwithlils Caitlin Whiteman Caitlin is our friendly neighbour from our sister magazine dish! With a combined love for nourishing food and all things social media, she naturally thrives in her position as dish’s digital editor where she writes web articles, shoots video content, and engages with readers online. When she’s not behind a screen (for work, of course), you’ll likely find Caitlin at the yoga studio, fan-girling over an F1 race at 2am, or out on a walk with headphones blasting and an iced latte in hand. Lily Henderson Lily is a food and nutrition communicator, NZ Registered Dietitian and board member of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Lily is passionate about using the latest scientific evidence to educate Kiwis with simple, practical and meaningful advice. As…

A is for awareness. That includes understanding of yourself, understanding of others around you and of your situation. Appreciating that our minds get distracted and scattered by all sorts of different things. If we want to build and broaden our resilience, we need to be really selective around what we pay attention to. So that awareness in the moment of ourselves and our opportunity is the starting point. B is belonging. Many of us think that we have to be fixed to the circumstances we find ourselves in, be those that we are born into or that we have arrived at. But belonging for resilience is more about the vision that you have for yourself, the outcomes that you wish to achieve for yourself and for those around you. It…

No person should ever feel guilt when it comes to self-pleasure, it is a body function as natural as breathing. When it comes to the modern world of intimacy, we’ve seen it all – from feathered handcuffs to tingling lubricants and glow-in-the-dark massage oils. But have you ever considered the environmental impact of your pleasure-packed adventures? If I’ve caught your eye, then the time has come to introduce you to a titillating trend that’s as green as it is arousing – sustainable and eco-friendly sex toys! Gone are the days when you had to choose between a passionate night and Mother Earth’s wellbeing. It’s time to say hello to guilt-free romps with toys that are as gentle on the planet as they are on your desires. If you’re a newcomer…

SKINCARE Cleansers: Evolu Triple Action Regulating Gel Cleanser Serum: Trilogy Nutrient Plus Firming Serum Face Moisturisers: Corbin Road Pre & Probiotic Organic Bioactives Cream Face Oils: Jeuneora Supersuper Face Oil and Pantheon Apothecary Artemis Moon Drops Phytonutrient Glow Potion Face Scrubs: Dust & Glow Powder Based Daily Polisher Face Masks: Indie & Mae Face Clay Mask Spot Treatment: Evre Face Up To It Clarifying Blemish Dry Oil MAKE-UP Lip: Aotearoad Raspberry + Rosehip Natural Tinted Lip Balm HAIR & BODY Hand Wash & Soaps: Byebyebad Prebiotic Handwash with Mandarin + Yuzu Body Lotions & Oils: Embodyme Daily Rituals Discovery Set Sunscreen: Living Nature Daily Protect Facial Lotion SPF 20 Balms & Butters: Frankie Apothecary Kawakawa Repair and Koa Organics Magnesium Body Butter ‘Lavender’ Oral Care: Grin Pro Enzyme Whitening+ Natural…

“I don’t feel like it’s enough anymore for a beauty brand to just enhance how you look. It also needs to enhance how you feel.”- Sarah Reid, founder of Embodyme In the hustle and bustle of modern life, it’s easy to neglect self-care. However, carving out time for self-care rituals, especially during your morning beauty routine, can be a transformative practice. Even if it’s just for a few moments. It can help set the tone for your day ahead, boost confidence, enhance your overall mood and build resilience. If you’re unsure where to begin there’s a new guard of beauty and body care brands offering beautiful ways to stop, reflect and reconnect with ourselves while we’re washing our face or applying body oil to our legs. Newest to market is…

Having a strong local community network is great not only for social connection and mental health, it’s also a great way to share resources and build a support network. It seems like there is an extreme weather or emergency event every other week either in New Zealand or on the news overseas. And every day life is also getting harder with higher mortgages and rising costs on everything. So its more important than ever to check how you’d cope in both emergency situations and to build resilience skills in everyday life. BUILD EVERYDAY RESILIENCE COMMUNITY SHARING AND CONNECTION Being able to do more ourselves or work within local communities to share resources can help ease financial and mental burdens. Having a good local community network is great not only for…

There are so many parallels between taking care of ourselves and taking care of a garden – in a lot of ways we are very similar. As living organisms, we share a lot of the same needs. We want to be healthy, vibrant and strong, to be able to face every season with confidence, knowing that we have what it takes to get through it and come out the other side better off. If there is one attribute we need in our modern world, marked by so much uncertainty, it is resilience. This concept of resilience applies not only to us, but also to our gardens. A resilient garden is more than just a collection of plants – it’s a dynamic and adaptable ecosystem that can withstand a range of…

Tucked within the historical walls of what was once a nunnery is restaurant Ada, which is now entering a new chapter championing Aotearoa’s cuisine. With locally sourced ingredients, traditional Māori cooking methods, and a team filled with aroha, newly appointed head chef Kia Kanuta is paving the way for Māori restaurant representation. TELL US ABOUT YOUR STORY COMING INTO THE FOOD SCENE. It’s a bit of a long story, I’ve always loved food. Cooking, gathering and how it brings people together. I spent countless hours with Mum, Nan and Aunty Ju in the kitchen as a kid. I was always kind of obsessed with how food is our fuel, how it comes from light and water and how everything needs to eat to live. I dropped out of school at…

DISH SWEET Sarah Tuck and Claire Aldous, SCG Media, $45 Designed to make life a little bit sweeter, this is a one-stop cookbook for the very best of dish baking, desserts, slices, ice creams, cheesecakes and more. Even the pages look good enough to eat. Did we mention there are 100-plus recipes! Chapters include baking, slices, desserts, tarts and ice creams. You’ll be loving every mouthful. WOT KNOT YOU GOT? MOPHEAD’S GUIDE TO LIFE Selina Tusitala Marsh, Auckland University Press, $30 A self-help give-it-a-go moppymayhem-filled workbook-that’s-allabout-play, where you are invited to join Tusitala as she scribbles and draws and writes her way out of the darkness – and invites you to take out a pen. For readers from eight to 80 and for anyone in a dark place. THE COMPOST…

The most uplifting book I’ve read in 2023 is Straight Up by Ruby Tui. I’ve underscored so many inspiring insights and golden nuggets throughout its pages that I’ve suggested to her publisher Allen & Unwin NZ that they produce another book just filled with inspirational Ruby Tui quotes. Incidentally, Ruby has just released a second book, Ruby Tui & Friends. It’s a children’s book that she wished she had growing up and she hopes it will not only help kids but also parents when going through emotionally tough or challenging moments. The book is also a metaphor for being brave and stepping outside your comfort zone – because “you can only be brave when you’re doing something scary”. True that. Ruby’s resilience, courage and wisdom shines a bright light on…

It’s common to skip meals, forget to eat or to feel unmotivated to prepare a meal. Here are five tips to help you get through the busy, stressful or overwhelming days. 1. Be kind to yourself It’s easy to forget about your own needs. If you look after yourself by eating something nourishing, moving your body (even for 5-10 minutes) and going to bed early, you’ll feel more prepared to face challenges each day. 2. Keep it simple Now is not the time to start a new diet, try your hand at baking sourdough or attempt a complicated recipe! Stick to the meals you know and can make while on autopilot. Some days just eating will be an achievement in itself. 3. Take shortcuts A quick meal will give your…

If you have trouble sleeping you probably have the wrong pillow, or it could be concerns about climate change that are keeping you up. A Kind Face pillow provides plenty of good stuff to sleep on. The refillable pillow is made in New Zealand and filled with 100 per cent premium Tairawhiti Gisborne-farmed Wisewool ‘Cloud’ for starters. Unlike pillows made from synthetic fibres, the wool content of a Kind Face pillow regulates your temperature, providing a better, deeper sleep. And the wool inner is naturally hypoallergenic. The pillows also have a Japara cotton outer with a zipper, so that you can add or remove the Cloud wool fill to suit your preferential pillow comfort. And when it’s time for a refresh, it can be refilled and the used wool composted.…

CUSHION YOU WILL NEED • White washed linen• White sewing thread• Narrow twill tape (for the bows), 4 x 15 cm• Liquitex Paint Marker in Raw Sienna 0330 15 mm• Liquitex Paint Marker in Raw Sienna 0330 2 mm Cut two 55 x 75 cm rectangles from the linen. On one of the short sides of both pieces, neatly top-stitch the fabric, finishing the rest all around with a zigzag stitch. Stitch the two zigzag-stitched long sides and one short side together. The top-stitched short sides are now your opening. Make a hem around the opening and stitch in place at 2 cm. Stitch the twill straps to both sides of the opening. Cut a 55 x 15 cm strip from the linen. Zigzag stitch it all around. Stitch this…

TIPS FOR MAKING INFORMED CHOICES My gut feeling is that most first-home buyers are not experienced gardeners. From my own perspective, I can say that ploughing time and money into a rented outdoor space outweighed the benefits of getting into growing. Understandably, it’s far more appealing to build a home with pieces that can be packed up and taken. On arriving at a fresh property as an owner, where investment into the ground holds some new personal value, the potential can be overwhelming. Our first-time homeowner knows more than they care to admit about interest rates and very little about the seasonal behaviour of their inherited planting! Here are some tips I have pulled together from my own experience of going from a renter to a home – and garden…

TURNOVER PIES WITH SAVOURY SHORTCRUST MAKES: 12 I PREP: 1 HOUR I COOK: 30 MINUTES At the cookery school we use the cold smoker a lot, but don’t despair if you don’t have one as there are plenty of buy-off-the-shelf replacements. Smoked salt, smoked paprika or even smoked oil would give you a similar flavour. 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil1 cup finely diced onion500 grams beef mince½ cup breadcrumbs1 tablespoon whole grain mustard2 teaspoons fine sea salt½ teaspoon allspice½ teaspoon ground cloves1 egg, lightly beaten 1 tablespoon sesame seedsSmoked Tomato Ketchup (see recipe page 81) SAVOURY SHORTCRUST 340 grams plain flour¼ teaspoon fine sea salt170 grams butter, cubed and chilled6 tablespoons cold water SAVOURY SHORTCRUST: Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl. Rub in the cold butter, one cube…

Imagine savouring a great tasting pinot noir made from your own vineyard, as the sun sets over your own little slice of vinous paradise. Or enjoying the intoxicating aromas of early morning espresso while the dappled autumn sunshine steadily ripens your chardonnay grapes. Winemaking. Rewarding, romantic and grounding, or not for the faint-hearted? The reality is that it can be a mix of both, but to do well, a winemaker needs to have truckloads of resilience. The reason is the weather. Mother Nature can be benevolent, such as in 2020 when the autumn was long and dry, and sunny days stretched on forever. Or she can be a cruel parent, intent on causing havoc, such as in 2023 when rain, wild winds and more rain made such a steady appearance…

1 SUSHI SEED NURSERY Clear plastic sushi or salad ‘clamshell’ containers make great mini greenhouses for getting seeds started. Just poke a few vent holes in the lid, fill the bottom half with seed-raising mix and sow your seeds. Add a little bit of water, close the lid and place the container in a sunny spot. Yates 2 Test old seeds Check seed packets for ‘sow by’ dates but before binning any expired ones, do a germination test. Space out seeds on a damp paper towel, fold the towel over them and leave in a lidded container somewhere warm. After a week or two look for signs of germination. Count how many seeds there are and how many have germinated to get your percentage success rate. Anything above 50 per…

Kia Ora Good, I have been away for a while and I’m just catching up with Good. Yesterday I submitted my master’s thesis! Today I’ve got the whole day for the first time in a long time to do whatever I want. It’s midday, I’ve got a glass of bubbles on the go and I’m baking the One-Pot Oaty Caramel Slice from issue 88. Cheers to free time and academic success! Faye White I have just started reading your magazine. I read an article about Wendyl Nissen reclaiming her health at 60. She talks about struggling through menopause that left her “constantly tired, irritable, bleeding so profusely that it could have filled a blood bank on one single day, moody and depressed” and endless visits to gynaecologists to find out…

“We are the best storytellers in the world. You know, the stories we tell ourselves.” World Cup-winning Black Fern, rugby winger, Olympic gold medallist, bestselling author, public speaker, sports commentator – Ruby Tui’s list of accomplishments is long, but that’s not why people hold her up to the light or are irresistibly pulled towards her. On and off the field Tui, 31, acts from the heart and lives her values. Her authenticity and enthusiasm is contagious. Just being in her presence is uplifting and she’s all about lifting up others, and helping their dreams come true, too. After the Black Ferns’ World Cup win at Eden Park in 2022, she famously gifted her gold medal to a young fan who had recently recovered from leukaemia and whose dream is to…

“How we feel isn’t who we are, but often we allow heavy emotions in the moment to become who we become.” Collectively, we humans are a resilient bunch. Resilience is a necessity, a superpower that each of us can tap into given the right approach. In most cases, when challenges present themselves, we’re good at rising to the occasion and pushing through. It’s when that challenge becomes an endurance event – such as waiting months for an insurance assessment or being displaced and living out of a suitcase – that it can be very wearying on our spirit, if we allow it. Learning ways to strengthen our resilience can enable us to thrive, despite our circumstances, explains resilience specialist and peak-performance psychologist Dr Alia Bojilova, author of The Resilience Toolkit:…

aliceboyes.com When people think of resilience what often comes to mind is mental strength or grit. However, resilience is multi-faceted, and you can become your most resilient self by bolstering each type. Your resilience comes into play during times of stress, and when the unexpected happens, like getting long Covid or a similarly debilitating health condition. Let’s explore different types of resilience and how to build them. 1 Physical resilience Typically, people begin losing muscle in their 30s. We need muscle volume and strength to maintain our independence and our capacity to do standard activities of daily living, such as carrying shopping bags (which requires grip strength) and squatting to use the toilet. When people gain muscle, physiological changes happen (e.g. in satellite cells) so that, even if the person…

We do things daily to look after our bodies – we try to get enough sleep and water, and make a doctor’s appointment if we’re feeling ill. One appointment we might put off, though, is a pap smear. It might not be an appointment you particularly look forward to, but cervical screening is vital in helping to detect early changes in the cervix, which, if left untreated, can develop into cancer over the course of many years. Previously, a pap smear test was the only way to perform this screening. The test involves a vaginal examination using a brush to sweep the cervix for cells, which are then examined under a microscope. This screening is scheduled every three years, starting at the age of 25. HPV testing However, there’s now…

AND THE WINNERS ARE…. The 2023 Best of Natural Awards judges Liz McNamara, Sara Corleison and Melissa Williams-King spent countless hours testing and trialling products before deciding on the best of the best. Here are the category winners for the Best of Natural Awards 2023 and why the judges loved them. CATEGORY WINNERS make-up A versatile as well as economical two-in-one product that provides a smooth dewy finish and is packed with goodness. Love the circular packaging, too. A gorgeous good lengthening and volumising mascara that has staying power and doesn’t irritate. And it comes in a glass tube! An extremely moisturising balm that glides on beautifully and feels silky smooth. Packaging also gets a tick. CATEGORY WINNERS skincare Soothing as well as clarifying, this spot treatment works well and…

In 2019, I finished building my original tiny home in New Zealand. After many years of dreaming, the project finally became reality. I called this home the Seed of Life because that’s exactly what it was for me. A new beginning. A launch-pad for a whole new life, one that contained everything I needed to be safe and secure. It was also a nod to my love of sacred geometry. Since its completion, the Seed of Life has been a full-time home for Rasa and me. Roughly 15 square metres (160 square feet), it measures approximately 6 x 2.5 metres (20 x 8 feet). Despite its compact footprint, I designed the Seed of Life to be almost like a life-raft, housing everything that we would need. It has a compact…

TOP TIP For a fun drawing space, finish your table in Resene FX Chalkboard Paint and allow to dry. Then arm your children with chalk and let them have fun creating their own designs. Children grow fast and their furniture needs to change as they do. Use Resene paint and colour to transform boring but functional pieces, adapting them to best suit each life stage. It’s a chance for you to explore your creativity – you get to play a little as well. Use Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne enamel for a low-VOC, tough and wipeable surface. Some furniture may need a primer or sealer – check with your local Resene ColorShop staff. YOU NEED: • Sandpaper and cloth • Thick paper, scissors, 2B pencil and eraser • Paintbrushes: medium-sized and…

MACADAMIA NUT BRANDY SNAPS MAKES 12-18 (DEPENDING ON SIZE) My mother often used to serve brandy snaps as a quick and easy dessert for a dinner party. It was always the first thing I scoured the fridge for the morning after, hoping there may be one or two left. They would have gone a bit soft and sticky after that amount of time in the fridge but, being the store-bought variety, they were relatively thick, and would still have a bit of crunch to them. There is something wonderful about the contrasts offered up when eating whipped cream-filled brandy snaps. The textural difference is so extreme, but there’s also the contrast of toffee sweetness tempered perfectly by the blandness of the cold cream. The following recipe makes a more delicate…