COMMENT: No matter how young your child is, there are lots of ways you can stay connected. And it's very important you do stay in your child's life.

What makes people feel that they're at risk of losing someone, even when another part of them knows it isn't real? Psychotherapist Kyle Macdonald explains.

2016 - what a year it has been! We said goodbye to Bowie, Prince and Ali. We said hello to Auckland's Real Housewives, Brexit and

I was told there might be a little swelling, but I had no idea I would end up looking like a caricature of myself, writes Polly Gillespie.

COMMENT: In midst of all the crud, here are a few fluorescent-lit, hand-wavy things that I learnt this year.

COMMENT: Christmas is an official holiday pass to do what you want.

The fall in itself was nothing special. It was more the terrible inevitability of it, toppling so sickeningly slowly. Four stricken

After writing about wasabi rice crackers two weeks ago I realised that I had never taken a good look at two very common and popular condiments.

Many people find themselves in relationships and friendships where they feel their well of compassion has run dry. Kyle MacDonald explains what happens when we care too much.

Bill English is smart, savvy, economically sound and politically astute, but he has two things working against him, writes Polly Gillespie.

Life has never been busier. But if a relationship is truly important and of value, we will find a way to make time and make it work.

COMMENT: Spending lots of time with your kids is a test of parental creativity.

Is your baby presenting flakes, yellowish-scales or redness on the scalp? Sandra has some natural alternatives to help with cradle cap.

COMMENT: I think we overlook the fact that it is possible to be both healthy and indulgent at Christmas.

Steve Braunias made it his mission to eat at each of the 55 food joints along West Auckland's Lincoln Rd. He has come to the end.

COMMENT: I have spent an afternoon in the supermarket for you and has come up with my best selections for Christmas Day food items.

Steve Braunias has done it. He's eaten Lincoln Rd. His journey ended at the top, at the kingdom of fast food franchises - yeah, he went to McDonald's.

My son didn't like the shorts I had bought him. Wrong colour, apparently.

Going to a hairdresser is expensive. What happens when you try to cut your hair yourself? Zoe Scheltema finds out.

I don't know about anyone else, but I've pretty much given up hope that the holy grail that is the male equivalent of the game-changing pill for women will materialise, writes Shelley Bridgeman.

Five more strategies on cultivating resilience and how to bend not break when going through a tough time.

As the holiday season approaches, Beck Vass shares her mortifying experience of travelling with a toddler in tow.

Growing up, it was the norm for kids to walk alone to school. But something has changed. Something has made us scared, writes Polly Gillespie.

COMMENT: These take a dozen ingredients to get the taste of wasabi.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, uncovers a "remarkable story" at the new Denny's restaurant in Auckland.

It's happening already. Small unpleasant glimpses of what's to come. A roll of the eyeball here, a curl of the lip there. I had thought

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald explains how the term is used to describe what are often very different conditions of human misery.

Shelley Bridgeman shares the top five noises that have been compromising her inner (and outer) peace lately. Do you agree?

Auckland domestic airport is like being stuck in a ridiculously skinny corridor with crazed, bag rolling zombies. But Polly Gillespie was glad when she missed her last flight.

Learning how to boost our resiliency equips us to better ride the inevitable waves of adversity that life throws at us.