Editor’s Perspective: 28 May 2020
While medical experts have been encouraging physical distancing for the past three months, mental health experts have been encouraging us to stay more connected than ever before. Social connection is understood to be a fundamental human need; as crucial for mental development as it is for physical development. The subject of human connection […]
Editor’s Perspective: 21 May 2020
In New Zealand, a small business is a big deal. There is, after all, more than 500,000 of them. Those 500,000 small businesses employ upwards of 600,000 people and contribute 28 percent to our gross domestic product (GDP), so that makes them a big deal, to all of us! And they need us […]
Editor’s Perspective: 19 March 2020
“Accept what is, let go of what was and have faith in what will be” —Sonia Ricotti New Zealand could become a “lifeboat to save humanity from extinction” if there was a catastrophic pandemic, according to an Otago University report pre-dating COVID-19, just a few short months ago. Although it was a fictional genetically-engineered […]
Editor’s Perspective: 06 February 2020
“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognising and appreciating what we do have.” Frederick Keonig It’s long been said that money doesn’t buy happiness and I’m sure that no truer saying has been said. After all, some of the […]
Editor’s Perspective: 23 January 2020
“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” – David Bowie When a New Year dawns it is already a great year – we’ve yet again been blessed with an opportunity to live and love. And, although it seems rather cliché to say, it really is […]
Editor’s Perspective: 12 December 2019
While you’re looking after friends and family this festive season, it’s important you don’t forget to look after ‘you’. Wellbeing Specialist Sarah McGuinness shares her top tips for keeping well over Christmas. 1. Be right here, right now: Practicing mindfulness is probably the last thing you’d think to add to your festive to-do list, but […]
Editor’s Perspective: 5 December 2019
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou Remember that dress? It became a viral internet sensation on 26 February 2015, when viewers disagreed over whether the dress pictured was coloured blue and black, or white and gold. There were more than 10 […]
Editor’s Perspective: 21 November 2019
“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.” – Gore Vidal Looking down the line-up of The Crossing Fashion Starts Here Best Dressed Best Dressed finalists at Addington this year, I was struck by just how magnificent fashion is. It was Rachel Zoe that once […]
Editor’s Perspective: 7 November 2019
“Health is a crown that the healthy wear but only the sick can see it.” – Imam Shafi’ee You hear about broken hearts all the time. What you don’t hear so much of are stories of broken pancreases. The pancreas plays a pretty important role in the body, producing insulin which keeps blood […]
Editor’s Perspective: 24 October 2019
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s long been said that laughter is the best medicine and, although the sentiment behind this age-old adage is by its very nature rather sweet, the science on laughter actually stacks up. Not only does laughter decrease […]
