Lissa Christopher
Lissa Christopher is a Journalist for Fairfax Media.
Pets
Life in a bubble
Lissa Christopher Fish are smart, social and find plants an interesting diversion. Who knew?
Dummy love
Compiled by Lissa Christopher The best way to clean a dummy may be to pop it in your mouth.
Merv's story
Lissa Christopher When the life-loving heeler cross developed bone cancer, his owner faced an agonising decision.
Enough to drive you mad
Lissa Christopher Rage's short-term impacts can have dire long-term consequences.
Delayed gratification
Trouble with toys
Lissa Christopher A reliance on gifts to appease and reward children could be harming their development, writes Lissa Christopher.
5 things to improve your life
Compiled By Lissa Christopher From goggles to kefir yoghurt, five things to add to the sum of your experiences.
Fat boy slims
Lissa Christopher Overweight pets can suffer from diabetes and arthritis, so if you really love them, put them on a diet.
Craving chips? Accept it. Move on
Lissa Christopher When it comes to the urge to eat junk food or avoid exercise, acceptance and commitment therapy says: don't fight it, resistance is futile.
Santa scent it
Lissa Christopher I'm still waiting for buttered toast, roast potatoes and the first drops of rain on hot concrete to be bottled as eau de parfums. Preferably in schmick bottles.
Aussie wool
A right royal yarn
Lissa Christopher The Prince of Wales was treated to a show of the best in Aussie wool - as designed by a shy year 10 student.
What the gossip magazines say
Matt Buchanan and Lissa Christopher TOM hasn't seen Suri for 60 days. Tom needs to see Suri. Tom quits Scientology. Is it to see Suri?
Secrets of salt
The secrets of salt: it's good for you, it's bad for you and it's in almost everything you eat
Lissa Christopher Even eating a simple ham and cheese sandwich can put you over the recommended daily limit.
Average sodium content in a sample of everyday supermarket items
Lissa Christopher Breads and biscuits
Glaze into the distance
Lissa Christopher It has become virtually impossible to buy locally-made glace fruit, a reader lamented to Good Living recently. And it's true.
Disease's days could soon be numbered
Lissa Christopher Cancer should be concerned for its future. There are so many passionate, clever researchers looking at ways to contain, destroy and prevent it that its capacity for wreaking havoc on human lives...
Super pups with a nose for easing trouble
Lissa Christopher KNOWN as ''super pups'', they unload washing machines, turn on coffee makers, fetch items from the fridge and lift spirits with their tail-wagging affection.
