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Shelley Bridgeman: Naming your baby

It’s official. A study has discovered that the name you bestow on your newborn can affect its future.

Jog On: Staying on track

I've run my first marathon. It took nine runs spread over nearly two weeks to cover the 42km marathon distance.

Shelley Bridgeman: The cost of cheap humour in tampon ad

The latest tampon advertisement has drawn more gasps than laughs by spotlighting a vulnerable group of people in society who suffer from gender dissonance.

Shelley Bridgeman: The absurdity of camping

Camping is a Kiwi holidaying tradition that some New Zealanders just can't get their heads around.

Jog On: Achieve resolutions by walking (or running) the talk

Fitness and New Year's resolutions go hand-in-hand but what happens when the initial enthusiasm starts to wane?

Wendyl Nissen: Good night, Kiwi

You have to be careful where you sit on New Year's Eve, warns Wendyl Nissen.

Shelley Bridgeman: Tools to organise life as we know it

With organising becoming fashionable we now have a notebook to note every musing under the sun, now, what would it take to organise every single one of our thoughts? Shelley Bridgeman ponders.

Jog On: Feeling supported

While most running gear cuts across the genders with only minor variations - shoes, shorts, tops, caps and the like - one essential running item is strictly ladies only: bras.

Shelley Bridgeman: Captivated by the Coromandel

As a visitor from Hawke’s Bay, by way of Wellington, I view with an outsider’s wry detachment the exodus of a certain subset of Aucklanders to the Coromandel each summer.

Shelley Bridgeman: Done with drinking games

Shelley Bridgeman has played her fair share of drinking games. But it's been been 20 years since she helped propagate New Zealand’s boozy culture in this manner.

Robyn Pearce: Why should people set goals?

Productivity and time management consultant Robyn Pearce on why it's worth it to set goals...

Dita De Boni: Our unruly families

An ex-crime reporter once told me that police had told her that in any given community, there will be a handful of families that cause the majority of trouble - and cost to the taxpayer.

Jog On: New runners: "focus on time rather than distance"

When self-confessed chubby kid James Kuegler came back from his OE in early 2007 he set himself a goal: to compete in the iconic Coast to Coast multisport race and lose a bit of weight in the process.

Shelley Bridgeman: Chemtrails blaze path for conspiracy theorists

Are chemtrails just harmless vapour trails, or is there something more sinister going on?

Papa Don't Preach: Christmas holidays with kids

You do realise that the Christmas break you have been looking forward to for so long is not really your holiday at all? It's theirs. The kids.

Dita De Boni: Down with yummy mummies

It's supposedly the festive season, but Dita De Boni says there's plenty of news in the Herald to make one gag at the moment.

Shelley Bridgeman: Christmas gifts that give

A live goat, a couple of chickens or a pile of poo? There are plenty of Christmas gift options that make a whole lot of difference.

Debbie Mayo-Smith: Refocus for pleasure and profit

Wouldn't it be nice to spend more quality time with the family rather than doing chores?