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Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world. Let's talk! With trusted experts and your stories, Life Matters is all about what matters to you.
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Styles of parenting and cross-talking friends
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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How a family keeps food traditions alive across generations
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Creating genuinely caring cultures in health care & Leslie Jamison's Splinters
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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When trauma becomes linked to a particular place & doping, boycotts, and gold at the Olympics
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Why small talk matters and are your glasses really making your eyes lazier
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Relationships during a cost of living crisis and my friend's cringe-worthy social media feed
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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A sweet history of Australia and the right nutrients for kids
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Squatting as a response to the housing crisis and the power of exercise
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Psychedelic assisted therapy and how to inspire change
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Enjoying your own company and keeping your friendships
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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What does a good life mean? And my friends are breaking up with me.
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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The growing ethical investing movement and the healing power of strength
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Learning to drive after 30 and how to knit a human
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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How do women experience pain and a program that's been turning lives around
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Living like a toddler and finding community in an independent library
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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How to handle a secret crush and a difficult mother-daughter conversation
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Respecting our own grief and are conspiracy theories on the rise?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Online sports betting and charting a new path in life
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Navigating the child support system and a cadetship that's changing lives
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Living your best life, how to blend a family
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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The changing nature of the mother-daughter relationship
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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How menopause is transforming your brain and how young is too young for the the gym
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Why is the ATO pursuing old debts? And what impact does the vagus nerve have on our stress?
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Co-operative housing and an adventure leads to love
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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The psychology of fads and the changing face of churches
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Dealing with shame and an upselling hairdresser
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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How much protein do you really need? And what can whales teach us about being human?
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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The rise of electric vehicles and concerns over flight safety
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Tackling depression in aged care and reducing early births
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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How do we prevent sexual harassment and is there a future for cash?
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Managing value clashes with parents of your children's friends
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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How to get strong and Peter Singer's tips for cutting down on meat
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Peter Goldsworthy's lessons from cancer, and Ed Byrne finds the funny in grief
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Ageism in the travel industry, and the shadow private tutoring gap
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Navigating life with a 'dumb phone', plus being a fan
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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When sex is dissapointing, and the weird job interview
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Chosen vs nuclear families, plus Muster Dogs
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Does everyone need higher education? And how benching kids can hurt their love of sport
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Understanding the role algorithms play in our lives and navigating palliative care
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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How mindful housekeeping can boost wellbeing and are airline point schemes worth the effort?
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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DATED 01 | Hearts on the line
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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DATED 02 | How we date now
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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DATED 03 | Our complicated bonds
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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DATED 04 | Our naked selves
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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DATED 05 | Happily ever after?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Your relationship with money and a feud on the netball court
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Why are gluten issues being ignored? And finding a moral compass
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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How to create an equitable workplace and Dungeons & Dragons turns 50
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Is there enough competition in Australian business? And making it easier to visit relatives in prison.
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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The importance of hanging out and the meaning of feijoas
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Finding love on the apps
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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How Dassi Erlich found her strength and finding joy in sustainability
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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The right to disconnect and happily ever after?
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Returning to sex and the health risks of asbestos-contaminated mulch
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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The benefits of insomnia and surprises on a first date
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Getting out of a rut and the anger of bin night
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Superbugs and how we date now
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Dated: Love Online After 50, and are there benefits to single-sex schools?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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New protections for telco customers and the changing face of fan culture
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Taking time off and conscious aging
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Marking significant endings
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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A solution to school inequality? And staying safe at the beach
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Stopping maths anxiety and changing our approach to weight
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Can we find a better balance between care and work?
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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The world of wellness and the tastes of home
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Bringing fun back to our daily lives
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Our eyes and screen time & the cannibalistic origin of sex
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Access to childcare and how to make friends
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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School refusal and bad sleep
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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The joy of meditation and the reality of love
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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What role do past relationships play in your life?
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Different paths to finding meaning in the world
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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The role of pill testing and supporting young people who stutter
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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An investment in social housing and chasing your unpaid super
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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New year, new you: building your fitness and health goals
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Making big life changes and the housemate affair
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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How to be ready for a dementia diagnosis
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Feelings: personality changes, emotional utopia and honest chat
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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What helps us deal with difficult things in life?
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Navigating your working life and slowing down time
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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What role does luck play in your life?
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Managing our impact on the environment
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Maintaining a healthy body and mind
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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What would it be like to live (almost) forever?
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Celebrating the lives of older Australians
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Getting rid of the clutter in your life
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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How to understand and accept yourself, just as you are
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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How to take care of your brain
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Virtual companions, polyamory, neurotypical: ways we experience love and relationships
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Taking a gap year as an adult
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Navigating relationships with more than one partner
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Ways to feel good: time in nature, breathwork, having fun
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Ways to feel good: hobbies, singing and laughter as therapy
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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The power of deep listening
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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The music of Paul Kelly and Jimmy Little
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Chosen families and the Christmas newsletter
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Motherhood, desire and identity
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Stories from the Darwin Festival
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Doing things differently: stories from the Top End
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Sourcing seafood and changing schools
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Processing the good and the bad from 2023
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Uncovering the keys to a good life
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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The holidays can be a lonely time for many. Here's how to cope
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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How semaglutide drugs are already changing our relationship with food
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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How to talk to your kids about cutting back this Christmas
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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How to find your confidence
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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There's really good news around, so why do we feel like the world is ending?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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How do we heal Australia's great home ownership divide?
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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In a digital future, do we still need public radio?
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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The myth of addictive personality, and a history of Christmas feasting
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Breaking from family traditions, and the law of the dog beach
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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How to deal with perinatal depression, and the joys of tiny forests
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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How language learning connects us to community
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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What to do if you get a tax debt notice, and Jane Gilmore on fairytales' anti-feminist lessons
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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How to break the single mother stereotype
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Partners in life and business? The ups and downs of working with your significant other
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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The fight over workplace flexibility is raging. How should we work in 2024?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Changes to family law focus on 'the best interests of the child'
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Why are people taking supplements they don't need?
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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The surprising things you'll learn after making a tree change
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Is there a small moment that changed your life?
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Why we worry at night, and Julia Baird's search for grace
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Should there be an age limit to NDIS access?
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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How to be truly happy with happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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What it's really like to be on Ozempic
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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What our tattoos say about us, and the politics of video calls
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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How to take a big leap in life, and why we love pasta
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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What will it take to stop the great teacher resignation?
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Dr Gabor Maté on how toxic culture impacts our health
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Why you should consider a 'living funeral', and the case against marriage
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Is it a good idea to date a friend?
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Suing an ex for heartbreak, and taking a leap into sobriety
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Are we relying too much on 'the bank of mum and dad'?
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Teaching healthy masculinity, and our fascination with horror
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Finding your hidden potential, and long connection between humans and dingoes
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Here's what happens with you let your job define you
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Year 12 exams are breaking students, is there another way?
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Helping people return to work after having children, and why the internet feels 'worse'
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Engineered stone benchtops are harming workers. Is it time to give them up?
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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How complaining affects your wellbeing, and travelling in a climate crisis
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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How kids change your friendships, and selfish holidaymakers
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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The power of trees, and making the Leap from the 9-5 to sex work
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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The cost of living is still biting. Why are we still here?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Explaining My Medicare, and why we stay hushed at the tennis
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Using art to heal after a disaster, and finding the funny in menopause
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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How to deal with jealousy, and how often you should visit your parents
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Making your city a cycling utopia, and how to make the leap that will change your life
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Is the public service still working for you?
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Supporting mental health in the Voice referendum debate, and how to pick the perfect fruit and veggies
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Tracking your emotions for your wellbeing, and the history of kink
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Navigating group chat etiquette and bad house-sitters
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Cannibal sex and sustainable flowers
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Do we still need special schools? And how objects tell the story of our lives
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Can we limit climate change to 1.5 degrees of warming? And how to be a good grandparent
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Is it ever too late to start learning a language?
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Dealing with the over-achiever in your life, and how to navigate an unfair rent split
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Spotting the psychopath in your workplace
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Should we be worried about the future of the arts?
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Preventing Indigenous suicide, and when it's ok for kids to play rough
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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How to deal with boredom at work, and the science of sleeping in
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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The joys of intergenerational friendships, and how do deal with a negative nancy
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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The cost of living crisis' cost to our health, and why we fall for scams
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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The future of universities, and owning the body through dance
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Will targeting short stays fix the rental crisis?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Using art to tell your story, and avoiding Paris Syndrome
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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How to be a great step-parent, and people who cheat in charity challenges
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Why we still need Peter Singer's Animal Liberation, and stretching for stress relief
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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The business of trust, and the power of sensitivity
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Dealing with owner's committee politics, and chatting at the checkout to fight loneliness
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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How to find a hobby that sticks, and part-time pets
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Getting in the mood for sex, and dealing with food shaming at work
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Spotting medical gaslighting, and what fish that count can teach us about our mathematical brains
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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What should the future of Australia Post look like?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Caring for kids' teeth, and Dylan Buckley on vulnerability
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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When is time to graduate from therapy?
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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How to make the most of your weekends, and dealing with a blowhard coworker
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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What to do if your teen is in an abusive relationship, and how stoicism can ease your work woes
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Pushing through medicinal cannabis stigma at work
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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How private health insurance is failing, and what honey can tell us about nature
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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How to feel good about your body on the inside and out
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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The psychology of being a fan, and why you shouldn't announce a pregnancy at someone else's wedding
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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How to hold onto your purpose in retirement
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Rest as a form of resistance and what draws people to cults
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Will self-exclusion be enough to end problem gambling?
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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How your personality changes as you age
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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How to survive your high school reunion, and dealing with flaky friends
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Live from the Darwin Festival
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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How to raise an elite athlete, and Adam Liaw on why dads should take on more household chores
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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How to spot poisonous food, swimming in your city river and the science of sound baths
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Discovering the pleasure of deep listening
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Is there a 'right' amount of independence to give your kids?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Doing aged care differently, women's fishing and unheard conversations
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Finding where your fish comes from and changing schools
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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FDA approves world's first pill to treat postnatal depression
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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The dark legacy of forced adoption
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Containing work stress
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Could writing improve medical care and Ben Shewry's take on Modern Dads
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Justice for survivors, banking disputes
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Fixing the housing crisis, plus the power of libraries
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Climate-proofing our homes and communities
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Learning to value our friendships
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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What happens when love, faith, and the law collide? Plus finding your own path as a modern dad
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Preventing family violence
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Managing the cost of childcare and 'death cleaning'
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Should the government fund major sporting events
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Taking care of others and not neglecting yourself
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Big questions about fatherhood
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Inflammation and your health, Rachel Ward on her regenerative farm
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Changes to your viewing habits and NAPLAN results
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Challenging misinformation
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Overcoming loneliness
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Are mindfulness apps bad for mental health? And a John Farnham musical takes the stage
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Protecting whistleblowers, men opening up to other men
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Indigenous place names and the history of the diamond ring
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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'Trauma on a page' The Royal Commission into the robodebt scheme hands down its report
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Can you learn to manage your fear?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Eating your way to cognitive decline and a story of love
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Children in public spaces, donating in tough times
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Taking control of strata levies, and the mechanics of a referendum
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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The age of retirement
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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How to find your chosen family
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Handling difficult people and a decline in high school graduation
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Challenging the body mass index, are we really less kind?
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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GriefTok, Roe versus Wade, then Musk versus Zuck
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Psychedelic assisted therapy
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Parenting different personalities and using AI at work
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Is it time to do away with marriage plus new approaches to drug use
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Taking workplace trauma seriously, plus COVID teenagers
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Treating concussion in children, plus the no wash movement
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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The 10th anniversary of the NDIS
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Staying in touch with your erotic side, and what's in a name?
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Combatting climate change apathy, power of attorney planning
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Men taking testosterone, how to age happily
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Healthcare outside the city
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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The backlash against toxic masculinity
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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What makes you feel guilty and how do you handle it?
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Taking an adult gap year and caring for an abusive parent
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Solar energy for all, Elise Loehnen on being good
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Young children in the time of Corona
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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How do our parents' expectations shape who we are?
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Solo motherhood and psychic scams
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May 31, 2023 |
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Helping missing persons with dementia, growing flowers indoors
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May 30, 2023 |
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Body image solutions, rehoming hard rubbish, plus Jen Cloher
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May 29, 2023 |
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A voice for generations
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May 28, 2023 |
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Our relationship with ageing
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May 25, 2023 |
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Looking for purpose outside the world of work
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May 24, 2023 |
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Paying more to childcare workers, having a good death
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May 23, 2023 |
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Regulating buy now, pay later, plus real estate voyeurism
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May 22, 2023 |