{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65a0beacdea995001680faf1/6a7d70e37d85cbdf96d795a9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":" How Rural Communities Stay Strong When Everything Is Changing : Kathryn Wright","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65a0beacdea995001680faf1/1786605698740-680c2ca4-5e8a-4f13-9d2b-0ab597d3d473.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>EP 133  | &nbsp;How Rural Communities Stay Strong When Everything Is Changing : Kathryn Wright</p><p><br></p><p>The advice people give rural communities about mental health is often built for the wrong world. </p><p><br></p><p>Kathryn reveals why New Zealand’s rural struggles are different, why young men are not always facing the stressors you expect, and why land-use change can feel less like economics and more like grief.</p><p>If you live rural, work with rural people, or love someone who does, this conversation will change how you think about help-seeking, connection, and what really holds a community together. Kathryn shares the research behind her nearly finished 89,000-word PhD, along with the real-world counselling work that keeps her on the ground with farmers, shed hands, and families every week.</p><p>You’ll discover:</p><ul><li>Why the biggest barrier for rural men is often not shame, but not knowing where to go for help</li><li>The surprising main stressor behind rural male distress in New Zealand</li><li>How forestry conversions, carbon farming, and dairy change the social fabric of whole regions</li><li>Why rural women carry so much invisible emotional labour, and why it matters</li><li>What social infrastructure actually looks like in a thriving rural town</li><li>Practical pathways to support, including brief intervention therapy, ACC sensitive claims, Rural Support Trust, and more</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Kathryn also breaks down the hidden power of connection, the role of female friendship, the reality of succession stress, and why asking for help is not weakness, but one of the smartest things a rural person can do. Her perspective is both deeply personal and backed by years of research, making this essential listening if you want a clearer, kinder, more accurate picture of rural mental health in Aotearoa.</p><p><br></p><p>If you need a conversation that is honest, useful, and immediately relatable, this is the one to hit play on. And if you know someone who keeps saying \"I'm fine,\" send this episode to them too.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow Kathryn on instagram:</strong></p><p>Kathryn Wright rural mental health NZ (@ag_mental_health_nz) </p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>See below for more information and help and advice that may have been prompted from these conversations</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>ACC sensitive claims service:</p><p>Support if you’ve experienced sexual abuse or assault</p><p>acc.co.nz</p><p><br></p><p>Brief Intervention Services</p><p>wellsouth.nz</p><p><br></p><p>WINZ funded counselling:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Counselling</p><p>workandincome.govt.nz</p><p><br></p><p>Rural Support Trust funded counselling:</p><p>Ignite</p><p>rural-support.org.nz</p><p><br></p><p>Big thanks to our partners <a href=\"https://www.cinta.co.nz/join-our-community\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cinta Insights</a> and <a href=\"https://www.agassist.co.nz/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ag Assist</a> for supporting our podcast.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Sign up to our newsletter <a href=\"https://www.aginconversation.com/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HERE</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>HOSTS | <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tupustrategic/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@‌emilywalker</a> <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/penmark_farms_nz/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@‌myfanwyalexander</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Intro/outro copyright info</p><p>Track: \"Sunrise Instr\"</p><p>Music provided by <a href=\"https://slip.stream/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Slipstream - Tell Your Story with Music | 1 million+ Songs &amp; Sound Effects</a></p><p>Free Download / Stream: <a href=\"https://get.slip.stream/nZIKpF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sunrise Instr 001 by The Rhinestone Cowgirls | Slipstream</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Emily Walker and Myfanwy Alexander"}