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  • How to survive travelling with a toddler

    How to survive travelling with a toddler

    Tips for making the most of your holiday with a toddler, brought to you from our summer holiday in Nelson-Marlborough.

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    Jana

    February 15, 2021

    4 min read

  • Letting go of 2020

    Letting go of 2020

    Reflecting on the year that was 2020: the good bits, the shit bits, and knowing whether to say yes or no.

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    Jana

    December 26, 2020

    4 min read

  • Book review: Pain and Prejudice – chronic illness, pain and its disproportionate impacts on women

    Book review: Pain and Prejudice – chronic illness, pain and its disproportionate impacts on women

    Pain and Prejudice is a book about the structural prejudice that the health system displays towards women’s pain. It’s a memoir about having endometriosis and a powerful history…

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    Jana

    October 24, 2020

    4 min read

  • A petition to fund a biologic drug for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    A petition to fund a biologic drug for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Why another biologic would help the estimated 20,000 New Zealanders living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (including me) achieve a better quality of life.

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    Jana

    September 13, 2020

    4 min read

  • A reading list for resilience in uncertain times

    A reading list for resilience in uncertain times

    Here are the top three books I’ve read over the years that have given me resources for resilience or taught me about mental strength.

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    Jana

    August 22, 2020

    4 min read

  • Flexible working arrangements in a post-COVID world

    Flexible working arrangements in a post-COVID world

    COVID-19 gave many of us the experience of working from home full time. Will organisations allow us to continue this practice?

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    Jana

    July 3, 2020

    4 min read

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  • Barbie with a pink background
    General

    Is Barbie feminist… enough?

    Jana

    July 23, 2023

    4 min read

  • A census question on unpaid work

    A census question on unpaid work

    March 7, 2023
  • Wrapping up the cost of postpartum healthcare

    Wrapping up the cost of postpartum healthcare

    December 29, 2022
  • Periods should not be painful

    Periods should not be painful

    July 23, 2022

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