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Just two letters, it's such a small word. But is not being able to say no making your life unmanageable? Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald has some tips.

If you were looking for an excuse to share that bit of juicy gossip, a group of psychologists might just have provided it.

Pay attention to this story as if your life depended on it.

Depression is just as dangerous for your heart as obesity and high blood pressure, new research has revealed.

District health boards are making their final preparations for the three-day strike by unionised resident doctors that starts tomorrow morning.

This quiz is set to determine those who can spot a misspelled word from those who are obsessive about spelling.

Parents who choose single-sex schools do so for many reasons, but a major one is the belief that "boys and girls learn differently."

As long summer days on the beach draw to an end, Kiwis could be forgiven for having a dose of the back-to-work blues.

Waikato District Health Board is postponing around 500 patients' appointments because of the strike.

Two investigations are underway into the death of a highly respected data expert with CERA

COMMENT: Not everyone is long and lithe - it's time adverts celebrated a range of body shapes and sizes and recognised beauty is diverse.

We all know how depressing it is to put on weight. This doctor has some tips of his own.

Greg Bruce's wife is a yoga teacher. She thinks him taking it up will change his life. Is she right?

Mental health campaigner tries to get video link removed.

John Hinckley Jr committed one of history's most famous crimes, all for the sake of a desperate delusion. In his mind, it was love.

She's not a hypnotist, but she can convince you that you're a criminal or were traumatised as a child. Elizabeth Loftus has ways of making you think.

Actress Carey Mulligan has urged people to keep close ties with relatives with dementia.

A Christchurch mother who shed 20kg in nine months simply by slashing sugar from her diet is today launching a recipe book to help others.

COMMENT: Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald identifies the most important thing you can do for some battling depression.

Prepare to get stumped all over again with a look back at the trickiest optical illusions from this year.

The most 'trendy' psychotherapy around, here are five tips to get you started.

I often get asked "How do I cope with Christmas", which is weird, because it's the most wonderful time of the year apparently. But

The RSA is calling for post-traumatic stress disorder to be referred to as a battle wound to properly reflect what service people go through.

Start de-stressing as soon as you can once on holiday

Photographer says people opposed to gender diversity need to 'get over it'.

Leading ED doctors are calling for New Zealand's drinking culture to change because they are sick of dealing with drunks.

What makes people feel that they're at risk of losing someone, even when another part of them knows it isn't real? Psychotherapist Kyle Macdonald explains.

A mother humiliated over her children's bad behaviour by a fellow supermarket shopper has posted a heartbreaking open letter on Facebook.

Retraining the brain to beat stress is the key to losing weight and keeping it off, a leading Australian neuroscientist says.