22 Jul 2023

New app launched aimed to help Kiwi men overcome violence

From , 6:01 am on 22 July 2023
Sarah and Matt Brown

Sarah and Matt Brown Photo: Jared Yeoward

If 'it takes a village to raise a child,' then it must also take a village to heal the 'inner child.'

That's the mana behind a new mental health tool called 'innerBoy'
 
'innerBoy' is a website based programme aimed at men in New Zealand and created by Matt and his wife Sarah Brown, the founders of the global anti-domestic violence movement, She Is Not Your Rehab.

Matt Brown is a Samoan-Kiwi barber, who over the years has shared his own experience of overcoming family and childhood sexual abuse. 

RNZ Pacific's Eleisha Foon spoke to Matt Brown about his hopes for the app and how it would help men heal from inter-generational trauma