The Hope Factor
Courageously coping with cancer
A CONVERSATION WITH KAREN McMILLAN
CANCER. THE 'BIG C'. The dreaded condition that will touch the lives of ...
How to Hug a Hedgehog
Connecting with Teens
IS THERE A HEDGEHOG IN YOUR HOUSE? Do you have someone at home who tends to be nocturnal? … who emerges occasionally and reluctantly from a darkened habitat? … and whose prickles make him sometimes unapproachable? In short, do you have a teenager?
If so, you may need help navigating past his defenses, coaxing him into the light, and tenderly approaching his (or her!) sensitive side.
In How to Hug a Hedgehog – 12 Keys for Connecting with Teens, co-author Brad Wilcox offers some great advice for making contact with that loveable-yet-mysterious creature in your home. We had a chat with Brad to get some tips first-hand on how to best approach the challenge of creating and nurturing a relationship with your resident teenager.
Issue 4 2015
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Boys to Men
Creating your own rites of passage
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The Geezer
That Interwebby Thingee
THERE’S NOTHING AN OLD GEEZER hates more than being unable to handle new technology. Speaking for myself, I have ...
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Back Chat
Lucky to be alive!
WE SEEM, THESE DAYS, TO have an over-supply of rule-makers, risk-avoiders, party-poopers and wet-blankets. No, ...
Going Places
Paris – A moveable feast
SOMEBODY (PROBABLY A FRENCHMAN) once called Paris “le deuxième pays de tout le monde” – everybody’s second ...
Pick of the Bunch
Afro-Terrorists & Lexophiles
HAIR SCARE
A 53-year-old Dallas woman cleared security without incident at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson ...
Home Sweet Home
How to be Polite
BEING POLITE IS SIMPLY A combination of saying please, thank you and letting other people do things before you do ...
The Game Chef
Grilled Greek Pork Chops with Roasted Potatoes PLUS Smoked Brown Trout with Watercress Salad
SUCCESSFUL RESTAURATEUR Angelo Georgalli has created a selection of his favourite recipes that are nutritious, ...
Shortcuts
You forgot the eyebrows!
LATE ONE NIGHT, A FEW years ago, I was sitting in my lounge making notes for an upcoming interview. I was getting ...