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Deborah Hill Cone: So long and thanks for the blankets
COMMENT: It's always felt less terrifying to write it down.
Deborah Hill Cone: A bit of shame isn't a bad thing
COMMENT: Being able to laugh after a fall is a path to authentic self-esteem.
Deborah Hill Cone: DHBs must start offering more talk therapy
COMMENT: I worry we are not giving people the best advice for how to treat depression.
Deborah Hill Cone: Why do I find it so hard to finish anythi...
COMMENT: Deliberately choosing absurdly tiny goals helps a lot.
Hill Cone: Can we improve after Ross mess?
COMMENT: Our mental illness is co-created with those around us.
Fearing the coming of Armageddon
COMMENT: It takes strength to see your children surpass you
Five ways to deal with women's rage
COMMENT: Anger is one of the most hopeful and forward thinking of all our emotions.
Deborah Hill Cone: What we can learn when powerful men melt
COMMENT: Kavanaugh revealed how brittle these pillars of our establishment are.
Deborah Hill Cone: The gift of my cancer scare
COMMENT: Threat of disease is enough to put life into perspective.
How to truly take care of yourself
COMMENT: Befriend your inner-child to be kind to your adult self.
Deborah Hill Cone: It's time for Daughter's Day
COMMENT: Girls need fathers who adore them — not a Steve Jobs.
Comment | The things unsaid about the death of Greg Boyed
COMMENT: It has been powerful to see the reaction to Greg's death.
Deborah Hill Cone: Let's not descend to Parliament's level
COMMENT: We can't uncover our deeper emotions if we argue like sulky teenagers.
Are you a dandelion, a tulip or an orchid?
COMMENT: Harden-up culture no value to the highly sensitive.
Deborah Hill Cone: Stop dumping kids in 'factory farms'
COMMENT: Children need to live free range in their early years.
Deborah Hill Cone: An awful inverse snob — who, moi?
COMMENT: It's hard to know how to avoid hating the ultra-rich.
Why I struggle with the Bazley report
COMMENT: A culture rooted in power and domination is extremely hard to change.
Deborah Hill Cone: In defence of Wellywood
COMMENT: Wellywood line could be proof we are still philistines.
Deborah Hill Cone: Eight things I learnt from quitting Facebook
COMMENT: It pays to choose your five chimps carefully.
Deborah Hill Cone: Stop drinking entrepreneur Kool-Aid
COMMENT: Let's stop the hero-worship of young entrepreneurs, writes Deborah Hill Cone.
Deborah Hill Cone: What two celebrity deaths can teach us
COMMENT: Praising people for outing their mental illness shows stigma is alive and well.
Deborah Hill Cone: Want to get rid of bullying? Get rid of schools
COMMENT: As far as I can see, schools are factories for shame, writes Deborah Hill Cone.
Deborah Hill Cone: Make therapy free, because it works
COMMENT: Everyone should be able to get therapy because I know that it works.
Deborah Hill Cone: I make my own rules
COMMENT: Here are 12 guidelines for living in a chaotic world .
Attacking Gayford: Hill Cone - What was I thinking?
COMMENT: If we totally avoid edginess, for fear of hurting anyone, we also avoid growth.
Deborah Hill Cone: Why does Clarke Gayford bug me?
COMMENT: There's something about our First Bloke that keeps nagging me.
Deborah Hill Cone: NZ society's having a fatal art attack
COMMENT: Why do the arts always lose out in our sports-obsessed country?
Deborah Hill Cone: We can fix our prison system
COMMENT: Inmates should be treated like family to rehabilitate.
Deborah Hill Cone: Sports heroes replaced with cheaters
COMMENT: How many stars need to be shown to be flawed before we take them from pedestals.
Deborah Hill Cone: Shall I delete Facebook?
COMMENT: Data scandal highlights danger of treating people like products.
Why I'm wary of Alison Mau's #MeToo campaign
OPINION: I worry about Alison Mau's #metoo initiative – but not for the reasons you think.
Deborah Hill Cone: 4 reasons Air NZ got it wrong
COMMENT: Air New Zealand maintains safety video was not offensive. This is arrogant.
Deborah Hill Cone: How I let younger women down
COMMENT:Scurrying around after older, powerful men isn't career enhancing. I wish I hadn't
Deborah Hill Cone: Law firm culture is still a 'Brotopia'
COMMENT: Will anything really change at law firms like Russell McVeagh?
Deborah Hill Cone: Silence is golden so let's STFU
COMMENT: I'm learning gentle art of listening - or I would if I could ever stop talking.
The secret to the best sex of your life
You don't have to be a sexpot to have great sex, writes Deborah Hill Cone.
Deborah Hill Cone: How to tackle middle-class trauma
COMMENT: Some experts argue victimhood is being encouraged among the young.
Deborah Hill Cone: Mental-health crisis needs new method
COMMENT: When is the #metoo revolution coming for mental illness?
Deborah Hill Cone: Feminism's battle of generations
COMMENT: It seems there is no love lost between new and old feminism.
Deborah Hill Cone: Why tech giants need kick in the software
COMMENT: They're over-large, under-regulated and of zero conscience.
Deborah Hill Cone: How 'doing a Trump' makes things worse
COMMENT: Trump compounds issues when he doubles down.
Deborah Hill Cone: Facing up to ultimate change
COMMENT: Accepting our fates might help us enjoy simple pleasures of being alive.
Deborah Hill Cone: Blocks that stop us accepting truth
COMMENT: We can react like a possum, freezing and playing dead so predator loses interest.
Deborah Hill Cone: I'm so glad I'm not like Tina Brown
COMMENT: I used to idolise her but now I almost feel sorry for her.
Deborah Hill Cone: Introvert's guide to Christmas
COMMENT: Why do I still feel like running a mile when I see real fake snow?
Deborah Hill Cone: 10 things for a teen girl
Deborah Hill Cone: Happy birthday Gussie and here is a column for you.
12 ways to lessen the grief of ageing
It's inevitable. You have to give up things when you get older.
Hill Cone: So sue me, I still like men. And it's not all their fault
Comment: Since the Weinstein scandal there has been a lot written saying men are sleazy.
Deborah Hill Cone: Confessions of a reformed right-winger
COMMENT: It's not weak to care or to acknowledge you need other people.
Deborah Hill Cone: Weinstein scandal turns into a catfight
COMMENT: In the wake of scandal many women have felt able to share their stories.
Deborah Hill Cone: No end to age of power abusers
COMMENT: Weinstein scandal show little has really changed.
Deborah Hill Cone: A John Cleese kind of school
COMMENT: Opting out of mainstream education can lift creativity.
Deborah Hill Cone: A pro real estate vote result
COMMENT: Sometimes it feels like we have become a nation of real estate agents.
Deborah Hill Cone: Learn how to love yourself
COMMENT: Embrace all your flaws and shed the self-loathing.
Deborah Hill Cone: The true secret to wealth
COMMENT: I get the feeling it is increasingly awkward being seen to be rich these days.
Deborah Hill Cone: Don't overthink this election
COMMENT: Deborah Hill Cone presents six easy steps to understanding the election.
Deborah Hill Cone: The Big Feels Club gets my vote
COMMENT: Consultant's view on mental health system rings true.
Deborah Hill Cone: There's a toddler in charge
COMMENT: Whoever you vote for this year, choose a grown up, writes Deborah Hill Cone.
It's the end of the world and I feel fine
COMMENT: Whatever your idol, you will eventually be disappointed.
7 things I have learned from Jacinda
COMMENT: Jacinda's rise to the top Labour job has taught me some things.
What we can learn from Charlie's death
COMMENT: We should be reminded that we don't own our children.
10 great things about turning 50
COMMENT: There's no point in wishing we could relive our younger days.
Deborah Hill Cone: Can TNZ foil Google too?
COMMENT: After all, ComCom isn't doing anything to stop power of web giants.
The truth about middle-aged women and sex
A new TV series is being lauded for its depiction of middle-aged female sexuality.
Puzzling politics of preferential treatment
COMMENT: Getting into the University of Otago medical school is not the same for everyone.
Hey MPs - learn from House of Cards
COMMENT: Hill Cone says our government could learn a few tricks from Frank Underwood.
Hill Cone: I was an intellectual bully
COMMENT: In society which judges us by our smarts, it's wisest of all to avoid being dill.
Hill Cone: Jail doesn't help addicts
COMMENT: New Zealanders are starting to think the current approach does not work.
Hill Cone: Two weddings and a bottom
COMMENT: Pippa Middleton's wedding makes me feel like an alien, writes Deborah Hill Cone.
Sex, power and Brigitte Macron
COMMENT: Brigitte Macron sends a scary message about older woman syndrome.
Sometimes I parent like a maître d'
COMMENT: We are putting far too much pressure on our kids, says Deborah Hill Cone.
Ten tips from 550 hours of therapy
COMMENT: Deborah Hill Cone shares her top life tips gleaned from 550 hours of therapy.
Immigration - looking in the wrong queue
COMMENT: Immigrants are neither the scourge or the solution, says Deborah Hill Cone.
Hill Cone: Education's art attack is wrong
COMMENT: Obsessive focus on literacy and numeracy is squeezing lifeblood from creativity.
We need to talk about autism
COMMENT: Parents need Govt to fund help courses, writes Deborah Hill Cone.
The travails of getting a column out
It's hard to learnt lessons without experiencing pain first, says Deborah Hill Cone.
Winner-take-all attitude switches off sensitivity
We learn gentleness and empathy from experiences not a whiteboard
Hill Cone: Ten ways to restore goodness
COMMENT: 'I would like to proffer a list of some of the good things that have been making life worth living', says Deborah Hill Cone.
'A shambles: My years of ego and lust'
COMMENT: I've had a lot of love affairs. Years of crushes, hangovers and hookups; silly, slutty, unrequited, quick and dirty, writes Deborah Hill Cone.