Debra Daley is a health journalist. She worked for New Zealand's largest public health system for ten years, where she was editor of a community health newspaper as well as publications on mental health and on general hospital-based practice. She has also written on health for The Australian Women's Weekly, Vogue and other magazines. In her teens, Debra was a competitive athlete and has since participated regularly in many forms of recreational fitness activity. She has also been a yoga and meditation practitioner for many years.