Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression..

Having lived a full and stimulating life before I had my kids, I've relished every minute I've had to spend with them and felt a degree of confidence….

Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!.

Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy..

It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair..

In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security a….

For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became a reality, the romcoms, like hor….

Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it..

Far too many girls' and women's romantic relationships are formed around a negation of their own worth and attributes rather than a confirmation of t….

With longer life spans and better health and education, many feel that giving birth to a baby a mere couple of decades after they themselves were in ….

Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in, external situations cause internal friction, you grow apart and then boun….

Placing "amicable" and "separation" together creates an oxymoron - we don't usually decide to end a partnership until the very sight of our soon-to-b….

There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks and Harriets rush….

In romance we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship we tend to do the opposite, avoiding co….

Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for..

Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we believe in the re….

The point of the feminist movement wasnt simply to set our underwear on fire and muscle into small spaces in the male-dominated workplace, but to cre….

From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women determined to cha….

Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory..

There are two ways of approaching your time on this planet: one is to sit around waiting for something to happen that will make sense of your existen….

I was told that when you hit forty men stop looking at you. It's true, until you slip on a mini-skirt..