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Louise Thompson: Needing parental approval
Here's an interesting thing. As we clear up the habits of thought that have kept us stuck, many clients will get to a point where they know exactly what it is that they need to do to be happier.

My year as a 'supportive wife'
'I'm going to be a supportive wife," I said to my husband. "For a year," I added by way of an insurance policy.

Divorce heats up over $10m
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are locked in a battle over $10 million.

YouTube proposal a hit with groom
It's what you could call a public display of affection - Rotorua's Nicole Witt used Facebook and YouTube to propose to her boyfriend Todd Eckersley.

Rebecca Kamm: How dreams affect your relationship
Dreams affect our daily emotional lives - that you can wake up stressed, sad or anxious thanks to their content. For lack of a better term, they can give you an emotional hangover.

Rebecca Kamm: Men: How to avoid gold diggers
Ha, ha. You thought this would be a real guide, didn't you, but then you saw my annoying face and you knew, you JUST KNEW, it would be something different altogether. Sorry about that / not really.

Sex myths debunked
It's a myth that men want sex and women want relationships, says a Sydney professor.

Rebecca Kamm: The app to help you pick up women
The definition of cynical is an app designed to help nerds interact with women by practicing pick up artistry on cartoon ladies. For $4.19 a pop.

Could a former porn star be the next EL James?
The 25-year-old former porn superstar has reinvented herself as a novelist, and her first book, The Juliette Society, revolves around a woman's introduction to a highly secretive sex club.

Family makes a leap of faith from Auckland to Nelson
When Simon Owen and Kay McQuire moved their family from Auckland to sunny Nelson, they had no work lined up, no friends there and no home to go to.

My happy place: Peter Hayden, author
Peter Hayden - nature history filmmaker and author, and actor.

Naked ambition: Le Prou
There once was a little girl whose parents ran strip shows. Now Jacqui Le Prou’s all grown up and creating an erotic empire of her own, discovers Alan Perrott.

Rebecca Kamm: Why funny men make great one night stands
A new study says women find men who can make them laugh more attractive – but only in the context of one night stands.

Why we're still getting hitched
Kiwis are putting off getting married longer and longer - but a new study has found that most eventually end up having surprisingly traditional weddings.

Jennifer Aniston doesn't want a pre-nup
Jennifer Aniston allegedly doesn't want a prenuptial agreement.

Rebecca Kamm: Is your relationship normal?
What does a “normal” relationship look like? You may as well bellow “What are humans like?” into thin air, the answer is that elusive. Also, to be utterly cliched about it, one person's normal will always be another person's WTF.

Portia de Rossi not afraid of getting old
Portia de Rossi is embracing the aging process.

Picture-perfect tribute to daughter
Tracy Mulgrew’s only daughter Jessica is never far from her thoughts – and a tattoo on her upper arm ensures others, too, are reminded of the little girl whose life was cruelly cut short by cancer.

Diamonds celebrate life
Auckland woman Michelle often seeks solace and guidance from the 2.0 carat diamond fashioned from the remains of her late husband.

We will remember them
It had been a long time since busy mum Kylie Perry had taken a day off work to stay home with her pair of boisterous pre-schoolers.

Keeping the faith for Sonny
The decal on the back window of the Lafoga family truck is a heart-felt tribute to promising rugby league player Sonny Fai, who perished in the West Auckland surf four years ago.

No kids, no kidding
It takes guts to admit you don’t want to have children. Especially when people’s response is that you’re selfish, or you’ll grow old and lonely. Married and childfree, writer Sarah Lang looks at the pressure to procreate.

Rebecca Kamm: Sex ed for adults
Sex news! Sex news! A smattering of diverse studies about doing it has been circulating of late. Get up to speed.

Law change allows dream to be fulfilled
A Tauranga man is celebrating the historic passage of same-sex marriage legislation which means he can now fulfil a life-long dream.

Shelley Bridgeman: Busting the arguments against same-sex marriage
What do you think of the arguments against same-sex marriage? Are they inherently flawed or do some of them make sense to you?