: About Me

Lisa Oliver is a freelance writer and researcher who works from her home in the wilds of Tangowahine, Northland, New Zealand. During the past ten years Lisa has written on a number of topics including parenting and alternative health articles, travel articles about her corner of the world and other places, and academic articles on Law, Business, Psychology, Counseling, Criminology and Philisophy and Religion.

In more recent times Lisa has completed her book on domestic violence entitled "Invisible Bars: Why women don't leave" as well as ebooks on NLP, ghosts, perimenopause, writing as a work at home enterprise and her popular book "20 Ways to Make $100 Cash TODAY" (without a computer). She is currently working on a book about why men abuse their partners and in a more light hearted vein "Wicked Step Mum 101".

When Lisa is not writing for her American clients she operates her own private counseling service for couples and older women. She can be contacted via email at ogp201@maxnet.co.nz

My passion is ...

helping others to find their passion in life

I know too much about ...

just about everything according to my kids

My parents always told me ...

There is a whole world out there for the taking

My childhood ambition ...

Was to be a lawyer and a writer

My favorite memory ...

A million of them to do with my kids

Why I write ...

Because I can and because I want to

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am re-reading Kathy Reich's books and the Encyclopedia of Witchcraft

My first job ...

Making Pizza's

My best moment ...

Hearing my Dad tell me he loved my first book

My inspiration ...

Life

Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss The smartest fast-food meals

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It is not easy trying to manage the demands of work, family and a diet all at the same time and there are occasions when a visit through the drive-thru is just plain unavoidable. So what do you do when a take-out food is on the menu and you want to stick to your diet? The first thing to do is to make a quick assessment of the different types of fast foods available in your area. Are you limited to hamburgers or fish and chips, or worse greasy chicken? Or is there more variety in your local shopping area? If you can you want to avoid foods that are deep fried, or that contain a lot of fat o...

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