Some people know something needs to change but aren’t sure where to start. Others know what they need to do but struggle to make it stick. And sometimes a diagnosis, recovery or significant life change makes change no longer optional.
Better Living gives you 12 weeks of one-to-one support with a certified Guide, meeting face-to-face each week to understand what needs to change and make it work in your everyday life.
By the end of the programme, you’ll have a clearer understanding of what being well means for you, the confidence to make changes that matter, and practical strategies to help you live better every day. Not just for 12 weeks, but for the life you want to live.
Over the 12 weeks, your Guide helps you explore six interconnected areas of life and how they may influence how you feel.
Looking at these areas together helps you see the connections between them and understand where changes could have the greatest impact on your wellbeing.
Better Living is grounded in the philosophy of Jamu Lifestyle, developed by JUARA co-founder Metta Murdaya in her book of the same name, drawing on Indonesia's centuries-old tradition of herbal wellness and everyday preventive care.
At its heart is the belief that wellbeing is something we actively cultivate throughout life, rather than address only when something goes wrong. Equally important is the mindset with which we approach it. By developing greater awareness of our individual needs and finding enjoyment in the practices that support us, caring for our wellbeing becomes more rewarding and easier to sustain, even when making changes requires effort.
Better Living translates this philosophy into a personalised, guided programme that helps people identify what supports their wellbeing, put beneficial practices into action, and develop habits that fit their lives.
Based on the health philosophy pillars from the book, Jamu Lifestyle: Indonesian Herbal Wellness Tradition, by Metta Murdaya.
Better Living brings these three principles into your work with your Guide, helping you move from knowing you want to change to understanding how to make change work in your life.
Find what genuinely works for you. What is right for someone else may not be right for you. We explore your individual needs, responses, preferences and circumstances, including connections you may not have considered.
Explore what brings energy, pleasure and meaning into your life. Enjoyment is part of wellbeing too. We look at the experiences, people, activities and small things that make you feel more like yourself and whether there is more space for them in your life.
Understand what moves you and what gets in your way. We investigate the patterns, beliefs, competing demands and circumstances that derail your intentions, and help you develop ways to stay engaged, adapt and recover when life gets difficult.
12 weeks face to face
Over 12 weeks, your Guide helps you take a closer look at the different parts of your life that influence how you feel and function. You’ll explore your nourishment, body and vitality, resilience and restoration, care and sensory experience, mind and emotional state, and connection and meaning.
Along the way, you’ll begin to see yourself differently, recognising patterns you may not have noticed, understanding what supports you and what drains you, and becoming clearer about what you actually need. Your Guide gives you the space to reflect, ask better questions and make sense of what you discover.
“Learning more about wellness is important but not always sufficient. It's learning how to integrate how it applies to your life to make a difference that matters.”
Metta Murdaya, Co-Founder
The aim is to understand yourself well enough to make better decisions about your wellbeing and create a clearer foundation for the changes you want to make.
Better Living is for people who know they could feel or function better, but either aren’t sure what needs to change, or know what needs to change, but need help getting there.
If you're receiving medical care, Better Living works alongside your healthcare team. It doesn't replace it.
Your medical care addresses the health challenge. Your Guide gives you time and support to understand how it is affecting your life: your energy, routines, relationships and enjoyment. Together you explore what you can influence, and find ways of living well alongside the changes you're going through.
Enrolment
$720 NZD · twelve weeks · $60 a week
12 one to one sessions with your Guide.
Are you ready to feel better in 12 weeks?
What should I expect?
You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of what affects how you feel and function, what genuinely works for you, and what you can change. Most importantly, you'll have your own Personal Wellbeing Playbook a practical reference for the habits, practices, patterns and resets that support you beyond the programme.
Secure checkout. You will be asked for your details and preferred session time.
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After you enrol
Not sure whether it is right for you? Ask us a question first.No obligation either way.
Tell us a little about what you are hoping for and when suits you. One of our guides will call you for a short, no obligation conversation.
This is a conversation, not a sales call. If the programme is not right for you we will say so.
Author of Jamu Lifestyle, a book exploring Indonesia's traditions of wellness, self care and the use of botanicals in everyday life. Her thinking on wellness as something joyful and personal is the foundation of Better Living.
Thirty years in health and fitness, a current fitness instructor and dancer, and six years running an equine therapy programme. Katrina shaped the movement side of Better Living around balance and enjoyment rather than intensity.
A Harvard educated doctor practising integrative health, and a qualified health coach. Jill helps ensure the programme is practical, responsible and grounded in a broader understanding of health.
A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with clinical training across inpatient, outpatient and critical care. Yoshiko shapes the Nourishment area, and the point at which someone's needs go beyond a Guide and require a qualified dietitian.
Forty-five minutes a week with your guide.
Your guide is not a doctor and does not diagnose or treat anything. If something clinical surfaces, your guide can help you find the right person.
You keep your written plan. There is an optional ongoing membership, a monthly check-in and continued access to the group, this is discussed around week nine.
Twelve weeks from now you will know which few things genuinely change how you feel today.
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