Picks of the week All the Best (and Worst) With Mr and Mrs Hinch Instagram’s leading cleaning guru Sophie Hinchliffe has become a vinegar-touting sensation with four million followers. She kicks off her new podcast with the story of how she and husband Jamie met...
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Battling anorexia: ‘There must be so many suffering in silence’
By Annabel McCarthy * Warning: This story discusses eating disorders. Opinion – Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Yet somehow, in Aotearoa, eating disorders seem to be amongst the hardest illnesses to access treatment for. Photo: RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod I was...
Dying for help: Eating disorder treatment waiting lists months long
The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a wave of serious eating disorders that are overwhelming treatment providers. How do you help a loved one in crisis when there’s a waiting list everywhere you turn? Photo: RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod Warning: This story discusses eating disorders and suicide. As...
Warmth and wisdom from queer trailblazers – podcasts of the week
Picks of the week Call Me MotherShon Faye’s new podcast rails against the patronising image that reaching your 60s and 70s involves sitting under a blanket and knitting, by talking to older LGBTQ trailblazers. First up is 73 year old Kate Bornstein, who talks about...