health care
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Turns Out Private Health Insurance ‘Barely Makes a Dent’ in Public Hospital Wait Lists
Governments encourage us to buy private hospital cover. But what if private health insurance doesn’t have any meaningful impact on public hospital waiting lists after all?
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Why You Should ‘Resolve’ to Only Make Tiny Self-Care Changes This Year
How many New Year’s resolutions have you made over the course of your life? And how many have you kept? We all know that most grand resolutions, unless accompanied by deep commitment and accountability, stay where they began: in our heads. I don’t know about you, but after two years navigating work, family life, and…
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Does It Matter If Your Therapist Likes You?
It’s natural to wonder whether your therapist actually likes you, but “getting your therapist to like you should never be the goal,” according to Sean Grover, a Manhattan-based author and psychotherapist who spoke with Lifehacker. “The goal is to form an authentic, honest working relationship.”
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What to Do When Your Child Is Terrified of the Dentist
As we emerge from our pandemic cocoons and begin catching up on all the things we either purposefully put off or simply couldn’t fathom attempting over the past year, we may come to the realisation that it’s been way too long since a dentist has seen the inside of our kid’s mouth. Whether they’ve got…