Panel Members

Ingrid Vercammen

Women Beyond Ordinary I Facilitator & Founder

An intuitive entrepreneur, Ingrid evolved from the Psycho Therapist she once was in her home land Belgium, to become a highly successful business women who has dedicated herself to mentoring others.

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Emigrating to New Zealand in February 2000, Ingrid founded a globally successful food manufacturing business, Van Dyck Fine Foods ltd,  brand "Marcel's" pancakes.

Winner of several Business Excellence Awards during her time at the company.

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In January 2018, Ingrid found her calling and has since dedicated herself to helping and empowering women with her organization Women Beyond Ordinary. She regularly facilitates meetups, panel discussions, mentoring, public speaking and workshops aimed at empowering and teaching women about their inner strength.

Kama Burwell

Landscape designer | Engineer | Changemaker.

Kama likes to “create the world she wants to live in”. And that world is lushly forested with flowering pastures, diverse food production, and healthy waterways. In that world people are happy and are connected to their neighbours and the community around them.

Throughout her life, Kama’s work and community projects have been about creating that world. This has included setting up the Enviroschools program in Taranaki, establishing the farmers market in New Plymouth, teaching ecological literacy, setting up an interest-free financial cooperative, working with land owners to heal landscapes, and establishing the New Plymouth Cohousing neighbourhood (in progress!).

Dr. Stephanie Mines

Neuroscientist I Psychologist I Author

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She developed the TARA Approach for the Resolution of Shock and Trauma, an international training program. She is also the Director of Climate Change &Consciousness (www.cccearth.org).

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Her unique perspective on the climate crisis comes from her understanding of trauma, her academic research and her
extensive work with healing trauma in communities.

Dr. Mines understands trauma and shock from every conceivable perspective. She has investigated it as a survivor, a professional, a healthcare provider, and as a trainer of staffs of institutions and agencies. Her blend of Western and Eastern modalities offers the best of both paradigms.

www.Tara-Approach.org.

Corryn Grace

Natural Medicine Practicioner

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Corryn brings together her knowledge of both Welsh and Maori medicine working alongside nature and Wairua.

She also works in an NGO managing community projects around Taranaki, and her focus has been primarily on a holistic approach to well-being and self-determination. She believes that people sustain and create their own futures, with their own voices

Teresa Goodin

Artist | Alchemist | Spiritual Counsellor | Flower Essence Therapist

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In 2019 Teresa co-founded LUMEN Studios & Gallery where she is a resident artist. Teresa has been using collage as a tool for exploring consciousness and deepening self-awareness for over 20 years. Her artworks are alchemical tools for transforming consciousness and promoting wholeness. 

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After graduating art school and working in the arts sector for 10 years, Teresa became a mother and shifted her focus to natural health and holistic wellbeing. She has studied various pathways to wellbeing including Naturopathy, Psychosynthesis, Meditation and Shamanic Healing. She is a spiritual counsellor and a specialist in New Zealand Native Flower Essence Therapy. 

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She has been a student with the Medicine Woman Centre for Esoteric and Shamanic Studies since 2011 and studying Buddhism for 15 years, regularly attending intensive silent meditation retreats. In 2018 she became a Buddhist Chaplain apprentice and trained to assist people to pass peacefully