Asha French pens a letter to her delightfully disheveled daughter about the importance of packing light.

Dear Daughter, For days now, we’ve been putting our shoes where they belong as soon as we walk into our home. It’s a tiny step toward the life I want for us both: a life of clean, free space. Neatness will become our habit, then our lifestyle.  For now, it’s just an annoyance that makes you huff like a teenage me. It’s ok. We’re both learning that it’s not just about stuff.

It's that time of the year and the cold is really starting to creap in, there are aasy ways to boost your immunity and avoid colds and flu this season.

When is the European HIV testing week happening? Friday 22 to Friday 29 November 2013. This is the week leading up to World AIDS Day on 1 December 2013. What does the European HIV testing week aim to achieve? The ultimate goal of the European HIV testing week is to make more people aware of their HIV status and reduce late diagnosis by communicating the benefits of HIV testing.

It’s a general rule that when your girlfriend decides to leave you,  it means there are problems. Chances are, you’ve done a lot of things wrong and, depending on your situation, she is probably leaving you for reasons you didn’t think about. Here are some reasons women leave men.

It’s not easy for a man to tell his wife or girlfriend what she does to irritate him. In my experience, confessions like that tend to lodge themselves deep inside a woman’s subconscious, never to be forgotten…ever.

We all experience moments of insecurity, frustration, stress and even depression, but for some of us, these moments last longer than others, writes Shannon Kaiser.

If all your friend does is take from you, without giving anything back in the friendship, there is no point in being friends anymore. A good lover can complete you and make you feel alive. And just like that, a good group of friends too, can motivate you and cheer you up.

Normally associated with depression and sadness, researchers at the University of Southampton in England have found that the bitter-sweet emotion of longing in fact counteracts loneliness, boredom and anxiety.