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Louise Thompson: 18 ways to set 2018 on fire
One of the greatest feelings is slipping into bed with fresh, clean, crisp new sheets. And so it is with the clean sheet of a new year. A whole 365 days...
Over the moon
The small Putaruru-based team behind Sue Arthur’s Over the Moon Dairy Company is trialling its latest cheese — a white mould with turmeric through the...
Louise Thompson: More relative harmony
YOU teach other people how to treat you, and you are allowed to update that treatment from 1985. One of the core principles I work with my clients on is...
Drinking season
Christmas barbecues and end of year parties provide more opportunities to drink alcohol, which can create anxiety for some over whether they should accept...
Louise Thompson: Relative harmony
There is a tremendous quote from American spiritual teacher Ram Dass that I thought would be particularly pertinent as we hurtle towards the festive season:...
Louise Thompson: Showing up
“It won’t work out for me.” “It never works out for me.” “I’ve just stopped bothering.” “No one includes me.” “There’s no point.” “It’s too hard.” “I can’t...
Allyson Gofton on the modern salad
Salads have a potted history that began in ancient times when vegetables were simply salted and eaten (salt and salad have the same Latin root word — sal)....
Louise Thompson: Falling not failing
I have a new yoga teacher. She is a willowy blonde goddess, improbably flexible and radiant in all ways. She is also funny and nice. Me and my posse of yoga...
The plant-based diet
Much of the information that is presented around a vegan diet (a diet that excludes all forms of protein from animals) ignores some basic nutrition elements...
House call: Aaron Brunet makes plant based creamy fettuccine
My neighbours John, Sue, Tyler and Emily (below) were very open to the idea of trying a plant-based meal and I chose this dish as a good family option....