First Insights

First Insights is the beginning of an inner journey, noticing the natural rhythms of your body, heart, mind, and spirit, and accepting yourself as you are in this moment. This phase isn’t about fixing or achieving, it’s a gentle awakening, helping you slow down, notice, and respond to yourself with care.

with Nat.

I’m Nat, I practice self-kindness every day, it’s a way of staying gentle and grounded, even when life feels hard.

While working on the frontline during the pandemic, I saw how deeply people felt disconnected across every wellbeing dimension. I realised that to support others well, I first needed to cultivate calm and strength within myself. From that personal journey of self-kindness, reflection, and care came a series of insights, and from those insights, Kind Caller®, Living Gently™, and Compassionate Strength™ emerged.

Designed to meet you where you are, Compassionate Strength™ training helps you grow a sustainable wellbeing practice and inner life skill while exploring what brings you into the kindest connection with yourself, others, and the natural world.

Ngā mihi,

Nat – Kind Guide, Kind Caller
Accredited mindfulness facilitator and Compassionate Strength™ Trainer

  • Nat is founder and Kind Guide at Kind Caller. As an accredited mindfulness facilitator and Compassionate Strength™ Trainer, she supports people in practicing self-kindness, mindfulness, and connection to self, others, and the natural world. Nat’s education in Iwi Environmental Management (BA) and Human Science, Communications and Technology (MA), along with her experience delivering digital transformation programmes and participating at the UN in the Draft Declaration on the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples, have all helped shape the development of Kind Caller.

Practice and Approach

Disclaimer: The journey and experiences are for personal growth and wellbeing. They are not a substitute for therapy or crisis care. Read Full Disclaimer

What’s included

  • Slow down and notice the present moment through mindfulness practices, such as mindful breathing, walking, or observing nature.

  • Explore your thoughts and feelings through journaling, gratitude, and self-compassion exercises, cultivating self-understanding, self-kindness, and gentle awareness toward yourself.

  • Our approach is guided by research in this field, wellbeing science, proven frameworks, and Indigenous wellbeing models such as Te Whare Tapa Whā, ensuring practices are safe, thoughtfully designed, and culturally grounded.

  • For groups who are mana whenua, there is the option to co-design your journey and content with guidance from tikanga and mātauranga Māori. This may include reflection on kaitiakitanga, whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, and community wisdom. Groups retain ownership of what they contribute, while the journey, framework, and delivery method remain supported by Kind Caller, honouring local guidance to nurture whānau wellbeing.

What’s involved

  • Gentle, guided practices that are safe, culturally grounded, and easy to follow. These practices focus on nurturing self-kindness and connection, rather than fixing, performing, or achieving anything.

  • The journey unfolds in three stages: Kind, Kinder, Kindest™, gently moving through each stage of Compassionate Strength™ through the Living Gently™ App.

  • Participants are supported through in-app messaging, monthly meditation sessions, and optional 1:1 training helping to integrate practices gently into daily life.

  • Connection to self, others and natural world nurturing relational and environmental wellbeing alongside personal growth.

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