Think Pieces
Confused by the world of ethical fashion campaigns? Here’s a brief overview plus the COVID Fashion Commitments to commit to this month before 17 July 2020.
Are you connecting more than ever before online but feeling exhausted? PHD candidate Lindsay Bilodeau shares her experience and why she’s looking for real connection in her bubble.
I’m back online, writing for the first time since December. A lot can change in three months…
Money expert Mary Holm and yours truly on how to not slide into debt this Christmas by making smart swaps…
Why friendship has been essential to finding the courage to embrace my next stage in life…
It’s been some time since we had a D&M. Here’s what has been going on in life for the last wee while and what The Residents, and I, am doing…
What happens as a Kiwi when you’re a divorced millennial? Three readers share their story of heartbreak and rebirth, and explain why we need to get better as a nation at talking about this taboo topic.
How we’re turning our savings around this year with some dramatic moves and a strange Aussie bloke..
Why not always getting what you want can sometimes get you want you need…My school years and why friendship troubles let to my passion for writing…
A rant about why it is so hard to figure out what way to turn in 2019 and sharing why you’re not alone in feeling like doomsday is arriving…
After 3 years of blogging about my hometown, is Wellington changing, or am I? Long rambling blog post alert!
Forget the vibratrain and South-Beach diet; here are some New Year resolutions you can actually stick to…
Reflections on Christmas, twenties, and new motherhood - guest written by Residents reader Adele Bentley
Three tips which I think are key to getting on your feet with work during your twenties (or at any stage really!)…
Feeling off-piste now we’ve hit the mid-way mark in the year? Spending too much time on the ‘Gram? This post is for you.
How to get yourself organised for your work year...plus win one of three lunch vouchers by subscribing.
Two years? Must mean it's time to thank you all with free stuff and a few drony life lessons from me!
Thinking about being kind to an inner child, nostalgia, talking to YOU and energy for new projects...
From five to twenty-seven, how Neo Pets, The Sims and MySpace shaped my identity and why good family communication is key to being safe online.
This video is a chat about the truth about my University experience at Victoria University and Auckland University...
Feel the fear, and drink warm chardonnay anyway...How to cope with your final Summer weddings...
Beaten up by life? Here's the four key things you can do right now (even if you're no longer a twenty-something)...
Get down with some tea first thing in the AM, put on some activewear and other ideas about how to beat office oppression after Summer fun...
If you wanted to know how I keep motivated with this blogging nonsense, here are the three reasons I started and keep it up.
HOW TO: Motivate yourself to exercise in Welly with three small research-backed changes.
6 key points that will change how you think about work. Megan Blenkarne shines a light on top insight from the smartest New Zealand womens' reflections on work.
What’s been happening, how has 2020 been for me and inviting you to my TWO book launch at Unity Books and The Wellington Museum (come to both!!)…