Had to change the way it was imported - use dereferencing

import { auth, storage } from '../../helpers/nhostSdk';

when you use the auth library, you'll need to pass an object with params instead of email and password separately

  await auth.login({email, password});

  // instead of

  await auth.login(email, password);

  // same deal for auth.register()

I've got my starter up at this GitHub repo