Twenty five years as a psychologist has given Helen McNeil's writing both insight and compassion. She writes about ordinary people dealing with the deep question she struggles with herself. Where is home? What does family mean? Are my beliefs worth the pain? Helen grew up in Kawerau where her own immigrant family found it a different life than the one they had anticipated. Helen currently lives in Earthsong Eco-neighbourhood (Auckland, New Zealand) alongside chickens and organic gardens.