Have you ever gone into someone’s phone, email or Facebook and looked at their messages? Maybe it was your boyfriend, friend or family member? Most of us have before. I’m definitely not proud to admit I have. Just picture it: they’ve left the room for a couple of minutes and their phone is sitting on [...]
Okay, we’ve all heard it before, you need to have self esteem. All this is is just another way of saying that you love yourself. We’re not talking about the term ‘love yourself‘ we use to describe those girls who are so full of ego and consider themselves better than others. ‘Love yourself’ is when [...]
Good friends are hard to find. There is nothing like having a friend to share good times and not so good times with. Surprisingly enough, it takes work to find a good friend and to be a good friend, however it is definitely worth it once we find one. Girls can tend to be too [...]
I’m sure most of you already know what sexting is. I’m also sure plenty of you reading this have sexted before, or know someone who has. For those of you know don’t know, sexting is texting someone sexually suggestive messages along with nude or semi-nude photos. There are some things that you should all be [...]
One of the most unfortunate things about being a female is the bitching. You know: the hurtful XTL gossip, the spreading of rumours and lies, and that horrible feeling that people are whispering about you as you walk by. We’ve all been there, and it’s not a nice feeling at all. It’s one of those [...]
Ever had trouble fitting in? Just how far would you go to fit in? Have you ever crossed the line to fit in? For the majority of us, high school is a nightmare. For some, it’s the insane amount of homework that gets them down. Others, because your dream guy has been in the same [...]
Having worked with couples, families and individuals for over twelve years, I have come to believe that a huge proportion of the problems we face in our lives come from a breakdown of, or absence of, crucial relationships. (In this article I am focusing on couple relationships but relationship health refers to all types of [...]
In today’s society there’s a lot of confusion amongst young people around sexual boundaries and what is XTL. The truth is that many girls feel anxious about saying, or are even unable to say no, and sadly when they are brave enough to say no they are often pressured into changing their minds or made [...]
Friend ~ “a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard” . Sitting in the computer lab after school hours, You Tubing the Elephant Love Medley from my favourite movie Moulin Rouge and singing along, I knew I’d met one of my best friends. Bonding over our mutual love of Ewan McGregor, [...]
The quality of friendship varies; we have those amazing friends who we can confide in when we need to, the fun loving friends who we choose to let our hair down with and push us out of our comfort zones, then we have the frenemy, the one that we’ve tried to push away in the [...]
Would it surprise you to learn that 1 in 3 women will be beaten or raped in her lifetime? 1 in 3 is one billion women. For some this statistic may come as a shock, but for many who have experienced domestic or sexual violence or felt the effects of it through the experiences of [...]
I’m 45 years old so you’re probably thinking, “What could you possibly understand about me and my love life?” Well, I can only say to you that I have been where you are and I know all too well the pain and frustration of young love. I spent most of my childhood and adolescent years [...]
Once upon a time the biggest issue you had to deal with was “What TV show do I want to watch tonight” and now suddenly you’re a player in your very own TV drama. Enter “Teenage life. Hormones. Lust. Love. Jealousy. And other melodramatic fun stuff.” Dealing with guy dramas is funny at first [...]
You arrive at school thinking it’s going to be another normal, boring day. At least you’ll get to see your friends, right? Remember how scary it was in your first year of high school; you didn’t know anyone and you weren’t sure if you were going to make any friends. Some other kids had started [...]
Relationship breakups are one of the hardest to deal with. And no amount of, ‘you’re not the first and you won’t be the last’ or ‘there are plenty of fish in the sea’ can ease the pain of it. Because who cares who else is dealing with it, they couldn’t possibly feel as helpless as [...]
When I was in year 12, I had a small group of close friends within our bigger group. The five of us were pretty inseparable, and all had quite similar goals and interests. We did all the things close groups of friend do: gossip sessions, shopping trips, parties, study sessions, and celebrating triumphs and commiserating [...]
I met some great people at the launch of Rebecca Sparrow’s new book Find Your Tribe (and 9 other things I wish I’d known in high school). What I didn’t get to talk about at that time was the book itself… // Something for us all – regardless of age The book is promoted as [...]
You know which girl we’re talking about, right? That girl, the one you can’t help but be a little jealous of. You see her Facebook pics and constant status updates, she’s always wearing the latest clothes and checking in to all the cool places while you’re at home in your pyjamas watching sitcoms. If you’ve [...]
