It’s no secret a lot of people exercise for aesthetic and physical reasons. However, rather than viewing exercise as a means of losing weight or ‘getting fit’, I prefer…

This week, changes to the NSW high school curriculum were announced, heralding a return to studying the ‘classic’ core subjects (think grammar, statistics, Shakespeare, World Wars) in greater depth. The…

As my thirtieth birthday draws perilously close, here are four things I wish I’d told my twenty-year-old self.   Figure out who you are…. and accept her   You’re gasping…

The business of being paid to cuddle strangers is growing. Seriously. For $60 to $100 an hour, you can hire a stranger to hold you in a close, platonic embrace….

In April last year, my big brother ‘Spinner’ lost his battle with pancreatic cancer.  I’m still not entirely sure where his nickname came from. I’ll be damned if I know…

Getting fit. Losing weight. Being healthy. These are all common New Year resolutions. The bad news? According to statistics the majority of people are unlikely to achieve them. However, if…

Some people turn to their religion to understand what happens to us after death. Some people rely on science. Some people probably don’t give it much thought at all. Regardless…

I’m not the first (nor the last) woman to buy into the ‘happily ever after’ fairy-tale. But time and life and broken hearts have taught me that love doesn’t have…

People often talk of being ‘left brained’ (analytic) or ‘right brained’ (creative). The left-right brain theory suggests people who are dominant in their left brain are logical and better with…

Everyone cries. In my case, every time I watch re-runs of Dawson’s Creek. Statistically, women cry on average 47 times per year (and men only 7) with each bout of…