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To overcome prenatal depression during her twin pregnancy, Je t'aime dedicated herself to daily mindfulness and meditation. The difference in her well-being was transformational. Determined to help reduce our 'anxiety epidemic' by sharing these valuable life skills with children, she trained as a mindfulness teacher and self-published The Little Tiger with the Big Temper. To further engage people of all ages in mindfulness, Je t'aime is also a meditation teacher on Insight Timer and has created a number of digital mindfulness tools (posters, worksheets and eguides) that parents, teachers and caregivers can use in the home and the classroom to engage children in mindfulness practices.

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Dr Carrie Hayward is a clinical psychologist dedicated to helping individuals lead more meaningful lives. A specialist in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Carrie applies these principles in her personal and professional life.

Dr Carrie Hayward is a clinical psychologist dedicated to helping individuals lead more meaningful lives. A specialist in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Carrie applies these principles in her personal and professional life.

Bruce W. Hayward is a retired geologist and marine ecologist based in Auckland. He is a former member of the New Zealand Conservation Authority, former president of the Geological Society of NZ and Honorary Life Member of the NZ Marine Sciences Society and the Geoscience Society of NZ. He is the founder and convenor of the NZ Geopreservation Inventory which documents and seeks greater protection for NZ’s geoheritage features like those highlighted in this book (naturemaps.nz/maps/#/context/Geopreservation-Context/). His wide interests in natural and human history have resulted in twenty-two previous books on topics as diverse as archaeology, the kauri timber and gum industries, New Zealand fossils, volcanoes, building stones and geoconservation, and the popular Out of the Ocean, into the Fire on the geology of northern New Zealand. He is author of AUP titles Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide (2019) and Volcanoes of Auckland: The Essential Guide (2011).

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Relocating in 1967 to Amman, in Jordan, the author worked as a radio programmes producer and freelance journalist contributing Middle East coverage to UPI, BBC, NBC TV & Radio News and later as both cameraman and radio reporter with ABC TV & Radio News of New York. He also acted as media advisor to Prince Hassan of Jordan. In 1990 Tuma joined UNICEF as Director of Information for the Middle East and North Africa, working there until 1997 when he took early retirement and settled with his Kiwi wife in New Zealand.

Amy Head is the author of the novel Rotoroa, and a collection of short stories, Tough, which won the Best First Book Award for Fiction at the New Zealand Book Awards. She is a graduate of the International Institute of Modern Letters, and was Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at the University of Canterbury in 2020. She lives in Otautahi Christchurch.