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The Nutters Club is a world first, online and offline media phenomenon that has changed and saved lives. It has spawned a very large, strong and supportive Facebook community and morphed into a popular television series on Maori Television. Over 500,000 people view the Nutters Club Facebook page every week.
It’s stated mission is "to forever change the way people, feel, think, talk and behave in relation to their mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural and sexual well being; and in doing so encourage us all to take ownership of our own health and well being.” In plain English it’s a show about “Nutters helping other Nutters live at peace with themselves and others, so that we can all lead meaningful lives.”
The Nutters Club deals with all the tough stuff that many in society would prefer to keep in the closet. Topics like mental health issues, drug/alcohol addictions and the socially taboo. The show is hosted by Hamish Coleman-Ross and Kyle MacDonald.
Hamish has worked in radio and media since age 12, drawn to it for the power that it had to share stories and help others. Involved with “The Nutters Club” since 2009 he has been a regular fill in for Mike King until becoming the main stay in 2017. Having experienced the impact of suicide personally he understands first hand challenges of mental health.
Our resident psychotherapist with 20 years experience - also writes a weekly mental health column for the New Zealand Herald (see: www.nzherald.co.nz/author/kyle-macdonald).
“Secrets keep you sick” is our motto. There are no secrets at The Nutters Club.
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Discovering gratitude through the rollercoaster of 2021
20 December 2021: Even in our darkest days, although it may seem counterintuitive, finding gratitude is a significant tool that can help us move through our hardships...
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Doing Christmas with Covid for 2021
12 December 2021: Christmas can be stressful any year with family tensions, financial strains, alcohol, food and addiction issues heightened. With an added dose...
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Finding mental fortitude through our failures
05 December 2021: Failure happens to all of us in different ways and can cause a great amount of mental and emotional suffering and impact our self-worth negatively. Hamish...
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Growing resilience to face change and crises
28 November 2021: Resilience is the ability to mentally or emotionally cope with a crisis, or return to pre-crisis status quickly. It’s a set of mental processes,...
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Navigating communication with our kids
21 November 2021: Parents are the very first relationships in our lives and profoundly significant attachments in our developmental years. Learning to be parents...
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An epidemic of loneliness amongst a world of digital hyper-connectivity
14 November 2021: Chronic loneliness has the same physical health effects as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald...
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Therapy hesitancy: how to find help that's right for you
07 November 2021: Therapy has the potential to help people make major break-throughs with their mental health, though understandably, some may feel anxious or uncertain...
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Helping ourselves and helping others through challenging times
31 October 2021: Acts of kindness and positive attention of our energies can help us to navigate ongoing challenges we face through pandemic unknowns. Hamish Coleman-Ross...
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The lingering effects of trauma and how we can deal with them
24 October 2021: Past traumatic experiences can inform so much of our mental health, in fact it’s a common reason people end up in therapy. Traumatic childhood...
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Lies, lies, more lies and mental health
17 October 2021: What are the psychological motivation and implications of lies and lying? Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald discuss, not just...
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Lockdown habits: What's healthy and what’s not?
10 October 2021: Life routines have been turned upside down during the pandemic as populations go in and out of lockdown. New habits are formed to adjust to new...
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Grief over pandemic losses
03 October 2021: There have been many losses associated with the pandemic; from lives, jobs and relationships to losing the ability to plan and in many cases the...
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The effect of anxiety of the unknowns
26 September 2021: As uncertainty over Aotearoa’s pandemic response continues, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald talk about how the anxiety...
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Navigating the liminal space of the pandemic
19 September 2021: The pandemic continues to have many of us live in an daily reality of uncertainty, where the future is unknown. Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist...
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Mental health diagnoses: Help or hinderance?
12 September 2021: For some, a mental health diagnosis can be liberating, relieving and provide a supportive pathway to wellness. For others it can feel more like...
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Lockdown meanderings: Isolation, loneliness and resilience
05 September 2021: As New Zealanders make their way through the third week of the most recent pandemic lockdown, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald...
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Celebrating our lockdown wins
29 August 2021: Focusing on positives especially through challenging times, supports better mental health and helps to keep anxiety and depression at bay. Hamish...
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Lockdown Mental Health Survival Guide 101
22 August 2021: Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald check in on people’s experience of the first nationwide full Covid lockdown in over a year. They speak...
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Dale Owens: Recovering from high pressure career burnout
15 August 2021: As a journalist for six major international TV and media networks over the years, Dale Owens came to know high-pressured work environments and relentless...
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Dion Jensen: From military incited PTSD to empowerment
08 August 2021: Founder of the Lion Academy, Dion Jensen began his professional life in the military which included doing service in Iraq. After a chance to begin...
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Jacob Leo Skilling: The power of forgiveness to heal past trauma
01 August 2021: Chairman of Broken Movement Trust, Jacob Leo Skilling grew up in a chaotic family environment laced with domestic violence and surrounded by gang...
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How can we best support our young people?
25 July 2021: How do we support our young people and how do we talk to to them in the most effective and helpful ways? What works and what doesn’t? Hamish Coleman-Ross...
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Matt Doocey: Prioritising mental health in NZ
18 July 2021: MP for Waimakariri and National Party Spokesperson for mental health Matt Doocey talks about creating positive policy for mental health in New Zealand...
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Mark Belchamber: Paramedics and PTSD
11 July 2021: Mark Belchamber talks about the effects of work as a paramedic on his mental health after experiencing PTSD through repeatedly attending traumatic...
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People and places doing good things for mental health in NZ
04 July 2021: With so much public discussion about New Zealand’s broken mental health system, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald decide to talk...
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Robbie 'Gooserooter’ Shefford: Rural mental health
27 June 2021: Born and breed in Geraldine, self-described jack of all trades and master of none, Robbie 'Gooserooter’ Shefford has spent his life working as a farmer,...
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Brendan Smith: Why kids need Dads
20 June 2021: CEO of Kidz Need Dadz, Brendan Smith became a stay at home dad of two young children when his wife wanted to return to work. He talks about how he...
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Facing the fear of death and dying
06 June 2021: How can we accept the inevitability of death while living? Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald discuss terminal diagnoses, and how...
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Georgia James: Resilience and survival through childhood neglect
30 May 2021: Georgia James was one of the first babies in NZ to be born with Ventricular Septal Defect, a hole in the heart, and have it repaired by Sir Brian Barret...
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Mike King: Gumboot Friday 2021: Raising $5 million for kids' counselling
23 May 2021: The original founder and host of The Nutters Club, Mike King joins Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychologist Ingo Lambrecht to talk about this year’s Gumboot...
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Verna McFelin: Family life with a husband behind bars
17 May 2021: Verna McFelin's husband was charged and convicted of crime and sent to prison unexpectedly. While Verna was moving through the passage of holding her...
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Mothers Day: Understanding the mother relationship: Part 1
09 May 2021: The mother relationship is often seen developmentally as our most significant in terms of our emotional development through childhood. Mothers' Day...
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Mothers Day: Understanding the mother relationship: Part 2
09 May 2021: The mother relationship is often seen developmentally as our most significant in terms of our emotional development through childhood. Mothers' Day...
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Dean Kini: 26 years clean and sober: Part 1
03 May 2021: Long-time friend and supporter of The Nutters Club, Dean Kini, returns for his third time on the show. The former drug addict shares his story of long-term...
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Dean Kini: 26 years clean and sober: Part 2
03 May 2021: Long-time friend and supporter of The Nutters Club, Dean Kini, returns for his third time on the show. The former drug addict shares his story of long-term...
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Chloe Swarbrick: Changing the way Aotearoa thinks about mental health: Part 1
25 April 2021: MP for Central Auckland Chloe Swarbrick talks about her personal journey with depression and how she’s now come to understand it. She discusses with...
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Chloe Swarbrick: Changing the way Aotearoa thinks about mental health: Part 2
25 April 2021: MP for Central Auckland Chloe Swarbrick talks about her personal journey with depression and how she’s now come to understand it. She discusses with...
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Panic on the high seas: Part 1
18 April 2021: Seafarer and chief marine engineer Brendan Wade, experienced a massive anxiety attack at 24 off the coast of Western Australia. This wake up call...
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Panic on the high seas: Part 2
18 April 2021: Seafarer and chief marine engineer Brendan Wade, experienced a massive anxiety attack at 24 off the coast of Western Australia. This wake up call...
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Understanding and navigating the grieving process: Part 1
11 April 2021: Grief eventually touches us all in some shape or another, whether through death or other forms of loss. What ways do we deal with grief when it touches...
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Understanding and navigating the grieving process: Part 2
11 April 2021: Grief eventually touches us all in some shape or another, whether through death or other forms of loss. What ways do we deal with grief when it touches...
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The current state of mental health services in New Zealand: Part 1
04 April 2021: How is the mental health system in New Zealand performing after lofty promises of transformation from the 2017 mental health inquiry? Hamish Coleman-Ross...
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The current state of mental health services in New Zealand: Part 2
04 April 2021: How is the mental health system in New Zealand performing after lofty promises of transformation from the 2017 mental health inquiry? Hamish Coleman-Ross...
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Alana Thomas: Opening my world beyond the clutches of meth addiction: Part 1
28 March 2021: Walking on eggshells through childhood with a mother dealing with mental health challenges and drug addiction, meant Alana Thomas grew up without...
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Alana Thomas: Opening my world beyond the clutches of meth addiction: Part 2
28 March 2021: Walking on eggshells through childhood with a mother dealing with mental health challenges and drug addiction, meant Alana Thomas grew up without...
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Bridget Wilson: Therapist speaks on sex and love addiction: Part 1
21 March 2021: Bridget Wilson is an therapist, who's speciality is helping people recover from sex and love addiction. She speaks with Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist...
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Bridget Wilson: Therapist speaks on sex and love addiction: Part 2
21 March 2021: Bridget Wilson is an therapist, who's speciality is helping people recover from sex and love addiction. She speaks with Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist...
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Paora Raharaha: Choosing life beyond prison walls: Part 1
15 March 2021: Paora Raharaha began experiencing the adrenaline rush of crime, after joining a gang as a teenager. He was soon convicted and sentenced to prison,...
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Paora Raharaha: Choosing life beyond prison walls: Part 2
15 March 2021: Paora Raharaha began experiencing the adrenaline rush of crime, after joining a gang as a teenager. He was soon convicted and sentenced to prison,...
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Pandemics, earthquakes, tsunamis: the anxiety of uncertain times: Part 1
07 March 2021: After this week's earthquakes and tsunami warnings in New Zealand, coupled with yo-yoing pandemic lockdowns, heightened levels of anxiety due to...
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Pandemics, earthquakes, tsunamis: the anxiety of uncertain times: Part 2
07 March 2021: After this week's earthquakes and tsunami warnings in New Zealand, coupled with yo-yoing pandemic lockdowns, heightened levels of anxiety due to...
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Managing the frustration of the latest lockdown: Part 1
28 February 2021: Levels of frustration with Auckland's latest lockdown have escalated amongst the public. Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald...
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Managing the frustration of the latest lockdown: Part 2
28 February 2021: Levels of frustration with Auckland's latest lockdown have escalated amongst the public. Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald...
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Nick Scott: Blogging on mental health to help others: Part 1
21 February 2021: After a series of challenging life events, Nick Scott experienced his anxiety levels increasing exponentially. He began therapy sessions to help...
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Nick Scott: Blogging on mental health to help others: Part 2
21 February 2021: After a series of challenging life events, Nick Scott experienced his anxiety levels increasing exponentially. He began therapy sessions to help...
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Getting through the latest NZ lockdown: Part 1
14 February 2021: With New Zealand COVID restrictions increasing again, including another 3-day lockdown in Auckland with cases of community transmission in Auckland...
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Getting through the latest NZ lockdown: Part 2
14 February 2021: With New Zealand COVID restrictions increasing again, including another 3-day lockdown in Auckland with cases of community transmission in Auckland...
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Tui McGeorge: Finding happiness again after loss: Part 1
07 February 2021: Tui McGeorge was forced to mature very quickly as a young woman, falling pregnant to her first child at 15, mothering 3 children by the age of...
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Tui McGeorge: Finding happiness again after loss: Part 2
07 February 2021: Tui McGeorge was forced to mature very quickly as a young woman, falling pregnant to her first child at 15, mothering 3 children by the age of...
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Margaret Skipper: Surviving childhood neglect and Meth addiction: Part 1
31 January 2021: Margaret Skipper survived a neglected childhood, turning to drugs as a young woman to cope with an upbringing that had a negative impact on her...
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Margaret Skipper: Surviving childhood neglect and Meth addiction: Part 2
31 January 2021: Margaret Skipper survived a neglected childhood, turning to drugs as a young woman to cope with an upbringing that had a negative impact on her...
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The Nutters Club Returns for 2021: Part 1
24 January 2021: The Nutters Club returns for its 12th year running, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald take calls on how 2021 has been for...
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The Nutters Club Returns for 2021: Part 2
24 January 2021: The Nutters Club returns for its 12th year running, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald take calls on how 2021 has been for...
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