Our need for love and connection is not just romantic or fanciful?
Our need for love and connection is not just romantic or fanciful; and it's not just the result of immense social pressure to achieve coupledom as a badge of adulthood or maturity (though these pressures are REAL).
Our need to feel connected is *primal*. But there is no way to completely avoid the pain of uncertainty that relationship will confront us with - and that is because we are not meant to sacrifice growth for certainty.
Fear of uncertainty, of heartbreak, of the inevitability of loss - these are an essential part of the experience of relationship. They make us stretch and evolve and adapt into something greater than we were. If we persist, allowing our primal need for closeness and connection to guide us, painful experiences forge us into something greater, wiser, and infinitely more compassionate and loving than we were before.
Each heartache can makes us more qualified - infinitely more qualified - to love BIGGER, stronger, more fearlessly than before. And so, strangely, loss can make us greater...so that when we love again, we attract a FAR greater love than the ones we've known before. You can heal your heartache and move forward.
Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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53.3% Human-centred experience and communication
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14.3% Critical thinking
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29.5% Resilience and adaptability
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2.9% Other - I will share below!
Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!
Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.
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