A Waikato wellness retreat that has nurtured hundreds of earthquake-frazzled Christchurch residents back to health for free may have to close its doors.

I hope your vision for what you want for yourself is coming together! Over the coming weeks we are going to refine it and start subtly evolving it from dreams into goals.

When people have expressed concern about me climbing Kilimanjaro, going hot-air ballooning or even running marathons, my response has been the same.

Research has shown that with certain mental exercises you can learn to see that the glass of life is half full.

An Auckland man accused of killing his flatmate was legally insane at the time, according to two psychiatric reports.

Want to know something interesting? A spooky number of clients come to see me when they have a big birthday coming up.

A new generation of legal highs could be hitting shelves as early as this summer, despite a bill that puts the onus of safety on manufacturers.

Love, money and a rewarding hobby are the so-called keys to happiness.

A record number of defence staff last year sought psychological help as the country suffered its greatest combat loss since Vietnam.

Creating a delicious vision of the future is a really interesting, fun process; but some struggle to find the thing that is “their thing’’.

Mentally ill people will be moved off state-funded benefits and into work using private employment agencies who will earn hefty fees for the service.

A 22-year-old mental health patient has been arrested after a 21-year-old man was allegedly stabbed multiple times in Wellington today.

One in every eight patients admitted to an acute psychiatric unit had been using the synthetic cannabis K2, an audit published today has found.

The commanding officer of the New Zealand Army deployment on which Corporal Douglas Hughes committed suicide while in Afghanistan has defended the training of the unit before its went overseas in 2011.

Today is Autistic Pride Day. Some might ask, what is there to be proud of about being autistic? Surely autism is something no one in their right mind would want to have - or is it?

This is a fun exercise. It's also super-powerful. I used to get surprised when clients did this and amazing stuff started to magically happen and appear in their lives.

I became aware of the social networking site ask.fm in April when a mother of a girl in my daughter’s class copied me in on a letter she’d sent to the school principal.

If you’re worried about going grey – try to relax. Scientists have found too much stress really does turn our hair white.

Low levels of vitamin D can trigger high blood pressure, a new study shows.

From heartache to hangovers, it's the emotional crutch that many a woman will turn to. But why is it so hard to stop after a few scoops of ice cream?

Rebecca Barry Hill meets three women whose suffering taught them survival — and led them to success.

Actor Stephen Fry has revealed he tried to commit suicide last year and was only saved by a producer who discovered his unconscious body.

Coroner finds Christchurch man killed himself after his home became uninhabitable.

The playlist of evidence that music has a special role in our lives and health has been getting longer in the past few months.