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Kate Whitehead
Kate Whitehead
Kate Whitehead is a journalist and author of two Hong Kong crime books, After Suzie and Hong Kong Murders. She is also a qualified psychotherapist and recently won the MIND Media Award for the second consecutive year.

The death of a pet can be painful, but don’t bottle up your grief. Mental health and animal experts explain how to manage your emotions for your benefit and that of other pets in your family.

New Yorker Alison Loehnis, the Yoox Net-a-Porter boss, tells Kate Whitehead about falling in love with fashion, being trained to within an inch of her life at Ralph Lauren and landing her dream job in London.

Fresh from her talk at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, newly minted author Sonia Leung tells Kate Whitehead about life in a Diamond Hill slum, a devastating rape and how she finally followed her dream.

In a new book, Big Bites Break Boundaries, Hong Kong-based mental health advocate Stephanie Ng reflects on her years of anorexia nervosa, her recovery, and the pressure of diet culture.

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British cookbook author Fuchsia Dunlop talks about her career spent learning about regional Chinese cuisines, ahead of her appearance at this year’s Hong Kong International Literary Festival.

Influential art figure Yeewan Koon, associate professor and chair of the University of Hong Kong’s art history department, talks about overcoming adversity and her book on Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara.

‘Hong Kong’s ghost net hunter’ Harry Chan talks about nearly being sold as a baby, why he tried to get expelled, how his business bloomed and then went bust, and finally finding peace under water.

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Daphne King-Yao, niece of Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, talks to the Post about growing up around art, joining her mother’s art gallery and opening a branch in the United States.

Wildlife trade researcher Astrid Andersson tells Kate Whitehead how her passion for Hong Kong and its flora and fauna fuelled a career in conservation.

One in 50 people are narcissists, so it pays to know how to spot one. A psychologist helps us understand what leads to narcissistic personality disorder, and how to deal with those with the condition.

Nick Tsao tells Kate Whitehead about the passion he saw interning at Foster + Partners that made him want to be an architect, learning traditional Chinese paper cutting and looking for ways to update it.

Japanese contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara, whose Knife Behind Back sold for US$24.9 million at auction in 2019, talks to Kate Whitehead about his journey and influences, and why he isn’t driven by money.

Swedish climber Matilda Soderlund tells Kate Whitehead about honing her competitive spirit as an infant, finding her life’s passion in an instant and getting engaged at sunset atop Kowloon Peak.

Mental health charity Mind HK is offering a free Emotional Wellbeing Check-in service in Hong Kong to help people who may otherwise not have access to support understand their care needs.

Osteoporosis, which makes bones brittle, causes fractures in one in three women and 20 per cent of men over 50. A scan that can check for ostopenia – loss of bone density – and exercise lower the risks.

Sarah Greene, the Belgian founder of Hong Kong’s Blue Lotus Gallery, reveals how she went from being an in-demand shipbroker to opening one of Asia’s art hotspots showing photographers like Fan Ho.

Hong Kong choreographer Yuri Ng tells Kate Whitehead about his illustrious career in ballet, incestuous dance companies and why having a much younger partner keeps his creative juices flowing.

Decision paralysis, or analysis paralysis, may occur when a person is overwhelmed by the available options, a condition often related to perfectionism and a fear of failure, psychologists say.

Adultery, sexless marriages – the relationship problems of wealthy Asian couples are dissected by psychotherapist Allison Heiliczer in a new book. She explains how relational life therapy (RLT) can help.

Christmas and Lunar New Year festivities can be tricky to deal with when you face financial pressure or are dealing with difficult emotions. A psychologist shares tips on how to get through the holidays.

Recovering drug user Ah Sze tells Kate Whitehead about her mother’s murder, falling into crime and searching for her dead son’s ghost before finding redemption and escaping yet more jail time.

From pharmaceuticals to horses to massive oil pipes, Cathay Pacific’s cargo division delivers hi-tech and efficient air transport of all kinds of goods to every corner of the planet.

Gallerist Pearl Lam tells Kate Whitehead about growing up the daughter of tycoon and Lai Sun Group founder Lim Por-yen, shedding her ‘colonial attitude’ and finding pride in her Chinese identity.

Having lost her son to addiction, Cammie Wolf Rice speaks out about the risks of opioids. She’s helped place specialists in hospitals and raises awareness of the dangers of extended use of the pills.

The British writer tells Kate Whitehead about surviving the drug-addled 1970s as a reporter on punk rock before finding his voice, love at first sight and how Hong Kong blew him away and still does.

People in Hong Kong dealing with grief ‘have no idea where to go’, says the founder of the local branch of a charity that offers free peer support to help people cope with the loss of a loved one.

Stand-up comedian Amit Tandon, who is performing in Hong Kong in December, takes Kate Whitehead on his journey from overcoming shyness to landing the first Hindi-language solo comedy show on Netflix.

The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre actress tells Kate Whitehead about being the eldest child in a traditional family, her director grandfather’s dramatic death, and finding a new sense of purpose.

With a dire shortage of psychiatrists and psychologists in Hong Kong, Mind HK’s Youth Wellbeing Practitioner programme helps address the lack of timely professional mental health support.