Kia ora my name is Cosette Calder. I’m a massage therapist, writer, artist, cancer survivor. My work is informed by both professional practice and lived experience. As a 10 year cancer survivor, I bring a deep, embodied understanding of what it means to live in a body that has carried illness, treatment, recovery, and change. This perspective shapes how I work — with sensitivity, patience, and respect for the body’s pace. Alongside my hands-on work, I write a monthly wellbeing column for Metropol lifestyle magazine and have contributed articles to MiNDFOOD magazine, exploring themes of resilience, nervous system health, emotional load, and what it means to feel well beyond the surface. This writing reflects the same philosophy I bring into the treatment room: thoughtful, grounded, and human. Clients often come to me when they are carrying stress that runs deeper than muscle tension and my approach honours that complexity without pathologising it.This is unhurried, intuitivbe work. For those seeking personalised, compassionate care especially during demanding or vulnerable seasons my work offers steady, respectful support.