Uncomfortable Is Ok Podcast

Konnichi Wa everyone. You’re tuning in to the Uncomfortable is OK podcast. I’m your host Chris Desmond. I’m just back in New Zealand this week after a very cool trip to Hong Kong and Japan, and getting in to the swing of things again. I met some cool people, saw some pretty impressive things, and had a few uncomfortable experiences myself which I’ll tell you more about next week. In today’s episode I have the privilege of sitting down to a conversation with Irene Wakefield, co-founder of PrePair NZ. Through PrePair NZ Irene is helping tackle the issues that young people in New Zealand face about abusive relationships. They have the dream of making New Zealand a country that has no domestic violence. This may seem like a radical idea to some, however as Irene points out, what was once radical is now normal. Irene is an intelligent, insightful, well spoken, courageous young woman and I think you’ll definitely enjoy listening to her. Today we talk relationships. Irene speaks about some of the drivers of abusive