Maddison Leach

5 days ago | honey.nine.com.au | Maddison Leach

"Your gums are super pale."Those five words a dentist uttered in 2018 may well be the reason Natalie Diepenhorst is still alive today.

1 week ago | travel.nine.com.au | Maddison Leach

I was relaxing in a hammock strung between two palm trees on a white sand beach when I vowed that I would never bother travelling to Bali again. That was almost a year before Bali's governor Wayan Koster announced a list of new rules tourists must follow while visiting the Indonesian hotspot. But I didn't swear off holidaying in Bali because of those restrictions or a bad experience – I did it because I found a spot just as close to Australia that blew it out of the water.

1 week ago | honey.nine.com.au | Maddison Leach

My wedding is still about a year away and while there are plenty of decisions I've yet to make about what I want on my big day, there are three trends I refuse to buy into. Not only are all three ridiculously expensive, especially when you consider the average Australian wedding costs about $35,000 according to Easy Weddings, I'm also certain they won't make me any happier on the day I say "I do".

1 week ago | honey.nine.com.au | Maddison Leach

After years of struggling to catch a full breath, Caitlin Magagna was overjoyed when a potentially life-changing drug was approved for Australians like her. Magagna, 25, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a newborn and carries two rare gene mutations that make the genetic disorder, which damages the lungs and digestive system, difficult to treat.

1 week ago | 9news.com.au | Maddison Leach

In an era where Andrew Tate, incels and the online 'manosphere' dominate headlines about modern misogyny, so-called 'soft sexism' can slip under the radar. Described as the "polite cousin of outright misogyny", soft sexism is characterised by subtle, everyday behaviours, comments, or attitudes that reinforce gender stereotypes and inequality. Academic and activist Tarang Chawla points to a 52-second clip of The Pocket Podcast co-host Chris Griffin that recently went viral as an example.