Advice, guides & self-help

■ REVIEW: Mothers Cry Too
Understanding postnatal depression

Advice, guides & self-help

Subtitled “recognising and coping with postnatal depression”, this is a handy guide for all new mothers and their families. It discusses the whole range of conditions from the fairly innocuous three day blues to manic psychosis and bipolar disorder. The first part gives an understanding of postnatal depression. This is followed by risk factors and […]

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Emotional First Aid

■ REVIEWS: Emotional First Aid | Younger Skin in 28 Days | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ME | Intuition
Advice from skin care to intuition

Advice, guides & self-help

Self-help books available now include: We have methods of treatment for all our physical injuries but most of us have no idea how to treat day-to-day emotional injuries such as failure, rejection, guilt and loss. Dr Guy Winch – a licensed psychologist and author who has also dabbled in standup comedy – says these kinds

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■ REVIEW: How to Sail A Boat
Cute with but plenty of sound advice

Advice, guides & self-help

The latest in the Awa Press Ginger Series tackles the topic of sailing. The “Ginger” books are guides to a variety of subjects, from art to birdwatching. They aren’t guides in the traditional sense, more an explanation of what is so awesome about a particular topic, written by someone who is passionate about that topic.

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■ REVIEW: Curious English Words and Phrases
Cryer unearths the real McCoy

Advice, guides & self-help

We have some odd little sayings in our Kiwi language but the origins of those phrases are often more odd than the saying themselves. Max Cryer – language expert, Kiwi broadcasting stalwart, author and all- round clever bloke – has compiled a collection that offers explanations for the expressions we use. To be honest, I’d

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■ REVIEW: Butterflies of the South Pacific
Butterflies prove resilient travellers

Advice, guides & self-help, NZ books

Butterflies may appear to be fragile creatures but their ability to colonise the tiny, scattered islands of the vast South Pacific ocean proves they are anything but fragile. From Kiribati, Tuvalu and Fiji in the west, to the far-flung Marquesas and Austral Islands in French Polynesia in the east, this book looks at the butterflies

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■ REVIEW: Collins Pocket Guide to New Zealand Minibeasts
Leggy ones identified

Advice, guides & self-help, NZ books

I’m a fan of most four, six and even some eight-legged critters so it’s nice to have a book that is so packed with information on the little creepy crawlies lurking in our fair land. This guide covers more than 120 species of what the authors call “minibeasts”, from earthworms and leeches to springtails and

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