
Bloodied, branded, starving: The mysterious case of Sherri Papini
On November 2 Sherri Papini didn’t pick up her children from day care. That was the first sign that something had happened to...

The creepy case of Gypsea Lust and her Instagram copycat
Twenty-three-year-old Australian travel blogger, fashion designer and Instagram star Lauren Bullen, aka @gypsea_lust, recently found herself the target of an eerie online...

Can a gadget help keep you calm?
Buying a device that reminds you to breathe seems absurd. If I haven’t got breathing down I must be a) dead, b)...

Life advice from 60-year-old sex symbol Yazemeenah Rossi
Sixty-year-old grandmother Yazemeenah Rossi is known around the world for redefining the age limit for being a ‘sex symbol’. The French-born beauty, who is a grandma...

Can you float your way to good health?
A heated, pitch black, confined space, full of water isn’t normally associated with relaxation. Scenes from Stranger Things abound. However, it seems...

It’s all in the hands: Does palm reading work?
In my imagination, getting a palm reading involves a velvet tablecloth, bad lighting, dolphin stickers, a headscarf and cash-only facilities. The experience...

Health, wealth and happiness: Do life coaches actually work?
Facebook is no fool. Over the past few months the pages it has suggested may be of interest to me have been...

Going vegan: how giving up animal products changed my life
“Well that’s going to make family meals difficult,” was my father’s first reaction when he learned I’d become a vegetarian. Unfortunately, he misheard...

Embrace: one woman’s weight revolution
The parameters of the discussion around body image have become frighteningly thin and Taryn Brumfitt is doing some serious resizing. Ms Brumfitt is...