I was diagnosed

with breast cancer early June and have had a mastectomy, reconstruction and am now commencing a course of chemotherapy for the next six months. Two weeks ago I had Plan A and Plan B in place, Plan B in the event the cancer had metastasised, in other word...

What Does Your Future Look Like? Hands up those who have been struggling with this question. What do you want to do with the rest of your life.

Is it time to look at what we are being charged for food grown and produced in NZ? 

Should there be a cap on the markup that NZ producers can charge for their product to the NZ consumer.

There has been much in the news lately about the cost of butter, and dairy in gener...

I had toyed with letting my hair go grey after years of dyeing, but I enjoyed the fun I could have changing the colour. Of course, I also thought thought keeping my hair coloured was more youthful.....until I saw a recent image of myself.

Both my sisters have gone that...

We're not perfect, and we’re certainly not perfect in the eyes of our youth-centric world with its emphasis on skinny, shiny and sleek.

Some of us may be a bit wrinkled and dimpled, but we should not be afraid of our imperfections or be self-conscious – at all.

If we we...

‘Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.’ ~Lao Tzu

For years, like the continual re-run of a bad movie I was reminded of the things I have done and said, things that have ca...

A crossroad is about change.

Life’s crossroads are supposed to create opportunity for us to choose between different options, choices that must be made — not just when things are not working out as we had planned, but also during positive moments when we must choose to...

Perhaps the biggest battles we have to fight in our 60's are with ourselves.

Scientifically speaking, though, there's only one weight-loss tip you really need to learn to get a healthy figure and a radiant youthfulness. And that's to ditch diets altogether.

The importance for the older woman of remaining in the workplace cannot be underestimated. Remaining productive, maintaining social interaction and financial reasons are uppermost, in addition to just enjoying the job.