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Book Critic: 'Mrs D is Not on a Diet', 'Route 52', 'Book People'
Today Catherine Robertson reviews two nonfiction books and a novel. They are: Mrs D is Not on a Diet (Allen and Unwin) by Lotta Dann. Route 52: A Big Lump of Country Unknown (Ugly Hill Press) by Simon… Audio
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How Lotta Dann saved herself from a rabbit hole of diet culture
When the author quit alcohol, she started to gain weight. What followed was two years of extreme dieting, cutting out entire food groups, and obsessively weighing portions.
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How Lotta Dann saved herself from a rabbit hole of diet culture
When the author quit alcohol, she started to gain weight. What followed was two years of extreme dieting, cutting out entire food groups, and obsessively weighing portions. Audio
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Lotta Dann: why I ditched dieting
Audio 4 Feb 2025Lotta Dann's new book explores her struggle with extreme dieting why diet culture is making us miserable
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Is there such thing as healthy drinking?
Let's not water this down. For many, alcohol and the good life just don't mix. But what about those who just want to cut back?
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More getting into festive spirit by ditching alcohol
It's that time of year - where Christmas parties and events are filling the calendar.
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Surviving the festive season without alcohol
News 24 Dec 2023It's that time of the year when the drinks are flowing, but it can be a difficult time for people who have quit alcohol, Lotta Dann of Living Sober says. Audio
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Surviving the festive season without alcohol
Audio 22 Dec 2023It's that time of the year when the drinks are flowing and a lot of the usual rules for boozing go out the window. But it can be a difficult time for people who for, many different reasons, no longer… Audio
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Living Sober: a friendly online community of people going alcohol-free
In the decade that Lotta Dann has been alcohol-free, she's seen a sea change in attitudes towards people choosing not to drink. Her website Living Sober is a free and friendly place for people going… Video, Audio
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Free to be alcohol-free
Audio 17 Dec 2021A collection of recent stories about people choosing choosing to skip the booze. Video
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The good and bad of alcohol: 'It's not simple for everyone'
News 20 Jun 2020The normalisation of alcohol in virtually every setting and the advertising pitch that it's glamorous is causing damage, says author Lotta Dann. Audio
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Lotta Dann: how the alcohol industry targets women
Audio 20 Jun 2020Lotta Dann - aka Mrs D - overcame her own problems with alcohol to become sober, and an authority on the understanding of addiction and recovery. She's in to talk about her new book The Wine O'Clock… Audio
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People encouraged not to share isolation-drinking memes
The Alcohol Healthwatch is warning against increased social drinking during the lockdown.
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Corin Dann: I've always felt 'very RNZ' at heart
Corin Dann joined Susie Ferguson as a Morning Report co-host in May last year. The Wellington journalist talks to Emile Donovan about his post-work 'surf and siesta' routine, his favourite camping… Video, Audio
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Sober and surviving the silly season
With so many Christmas parties and so many friends to see, it can be a challenging season for the sober. Audio
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Best features of 2017: powerful encounters
Audio 27 Dec 2017Wisdom, wit, sparring and sparks.
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Lotta Dann: life after alcohol
Lotta Dann describes herself as a frantic, sugar-bingeing, internet-loving, recovering-alcoholic housewife. Audio
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Best of the Week - 4 July 2014
Audio 4 Jul 2014Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 4 July. This week......Japan's post earthquake reconstruction strikes problems; the Irish journalist abused by Rolf… Audio
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Lotta Dann: stopping drinking
New Zealand journalist who deciding to stop drinking alcohol and started the anonymous blog, Mrs D is Going Without, which is also the title of her new memoir. Audio
