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'Marriage, kids, success: I blew up my "perfect" life, and I've never been happier.'

Jasmin Van Laar

"I am exhausted from being this person": I'm an empath, and wouldn't wish it on anyone.

‘I have two engagement rings, one from my fiancé and one that sits in my wardrobe.’

Valentina Todoroska

'When my fiance was given days to live, I denied it. His death has taught me how to live.'

Jennifer Nilsson

Keelian Jensen died by suicide in May. Then his mum found his search history.

“Why did you say I raped you?” he asked. I burst into tears, and said: “Because you did.”

Jessica Trumpour

“You're making a big deal out of nothing.” All the things a narcissist says to invalidate you.

"I prioritise others over myself." How being raised by alcoholics forged my identity.

'My husband left his Facebook open. Then I found out he'd been cheating on me for 10 years.'

Five children and five miscarriages: Inside James Van Der Beek's family life.

Jessica Staveley

'People think I’m "lucky" when they see my ring. But it represents a much darker love story.'

Sassica Francis-Bruce

'My father decided to die by voluntary euthanasia. This is what his last moments were like.'

'I couldn’t see myself, so I took myself out of the picture.' How racism influenced my life.

'My mum was puritanical about nudity so when I had a daughter, we became a naked house.'

'An old friend sent me a letter. He was in prison, and asked me not to look at his conviction.'

'I was labelled a sl*t for having sex at 13. On the inside, it was much more complicated.'

"It's given me a peace I've never had before." 5 lessons I'm taking from lockdown to normal life.

"It's gutting": When Trystan and Tanya's baby is born by surrogate overseas, they won't be there.

'After being cheated on, I never thought I would enter an affair. Then, my ex texted me.'

"I wanted him to be her." I called my aunt's phone number after she died. A stranger answered.

'I overheard strangers say how upsetting it is to be avoided in public. That's normal for me.'

'While traveling alone, 3 men sexually assaulted me. I'm finally ready to talk about it.'

'My mum cheated on my dad and stole another woman's husband. I don't blame her.'

'My ex left me for another woman while I was pregnant. He continued to sext me for months.'

'A radio personality, a date, a colleague: My painfully unexceptional history of sexual assault.'

"You will like yourself so much more." 4 life lessons you learn after turning 40.

'My mum was stolen from her mum. Please stop telling me to "get over it."'

Amanda Fotheringham

'I thought Alopecia had won. Then, after 15 years, I finally shaved my head.'

Advice

"Moments of silence feel awkward." The 10 signs you're with the wrong person.

'My husband and I found provocative photos of our 14-year-old. Our reactions were poles apart.'

Constance Hall: "Too short, too fat, too loud." I spent my whole life being told I wasn't enough.

"Do yourself a favour": I'm a mum of 4, and I can tell you what smug parenting advice to ignore.

"Ask them out." Women over 30 share their advice for women in their 20s.

Billi Fitzsimons

My best friend stayed in a relationship with a married, abusive man. Now they're engaged.

'Never stop noticing the details.' After eight years of marriage, here are my eight pieces of marriage advice.

Michael Thompson

Nicole wanted to save 25k for a house deposit. It quickly exposed her "fair-weather friends".

ASK SEAN: "I'm so attracted to my fiancé, but he's never once made me orgasm."

ASK SEAN: "I'm scared to tell my new boyfriend how many guys I've slept with."

Ask Sean: “My boyfriend poops in front of me all the time. Is he too comfortable around me?"

Ask Sean: "I've been with my boyfriend for three years. Now he doesn't want to have sex."

'I spent four days with Tony Robbins and discovered the key to overcoming fear.'

Briony Benjamin

Exactly how to make a long distance relationship work, according to an expert.

'It f**ks me up to see you smile.' A woman wants advice after husband's gobsmacking request.

The best exercise you can do in 2019.

Jessie Stephens

"I cannot and will not forgive or forget." The life lesson from Holocaust survivor, Eddie Jaku.

Jessie Stephens

"I'm an avid traveller, and people don't believe me when I tell them what I pack."

Alexandra Connors

"Do I tell an acquaintance about what's going on with her pubic hair? I'd want to know..."

Jessie Stephens

'You're a horrible person.' Woman writes into advice column, and gets a brutal response.

"I felt like such a freak": Teresa Palmer's doctors seemed 'excited' by her pregnancy loss.

Eddie spent more than a year as a prisoner in Auschwitz. This is his survival story.

"He chose to stay, to look after mum." Tori Johnson's final act was one of profound compassion.

Chelsea McLaughlin

"It went on for over 2 years." When Kirra was 43, she was cyber bullied to breaking point.

LGBTQI

"A new kind of conversion therapy." Why everyone is talking about J.K.Rowling... again.

'Sara Hegazy was jailed and tortured for a photo. It could have been me.'

'If there's one thing to learn from the Wilson Gavin tragedy, it's tolerance. On all sides.'

"We wanted to become mums and our journey to parenthood was a little different to most."

"Completely terrifying": When Magda Szubanski realised she was gay, she broke down.

'I'm intersex. It was a secret my parents kept from me for 17 years.'

Narelda Jacobs was pushed into her first marriage. 20 years later, she had to fight for the right to a second.

'We need to talk about the fear that every gay man of this generation still carries.'

The love of Elizabeth Gilbert's life died 10 months ago. But she still calls her every day.

At last. Schools will no longer be able to expel kids for being LGBTQI.

A former Sesame Street writer has shared the truth about Bert and Ernie.

Chelsea McLaughlin

Wren and Ayla's story: When your wife is trans.

WEDDING OF THE WEEK: Why Sarah and Megan couldn't wait for the yes vote to have their big day.

The one horrific thread that ties together the suspicious deaths of 27 men in NSW.

Jessie Stephens

The NRL just defended this viral State of Origin photo with three powerful words.

Jackie Chan's daughter says she is homeless because of her homophobic parents.

When my spouse came out as transgender, I wasn't prepared to share the title of 'Mum'.

'If you think marriage equality means we don't need Mardi Gras anymore, think again.'

When Janet Rice's wife transitioned, she had to choose between their marriage and her identity.

"Will you marry me?": An MP just proposed to his partner of nine years on the floor of Parliament.

"We live with his guilt." Melissa's son made a choice that cost 5 lives, including his own.

Megan Gale miscarried at 9 weeks. Lying there waiting for her procedure, she was recognised.

'After my stillbirth, I requested time off work. It was declined.'

'I spend my days handling dead people. This is what it's taught me about living.'

Emma Jane Holmes

Exactly ten years on, Brittany Murphy's mysterious death is still haunting Hollywood.

"You're grieving someone that you didn't even get to see": Heather Maltman on the heartbreak of miscarriage.

"I've never been loved like that before." Robin Bailey on life after Sean Pickwell's death.

"It still hurts." Libby Trickett on the 'weird grief' of early pregnancy loss.

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"You'll never be forgotten." A letter to my wife on her first birthday in heaven.

'At 17, I woke up to a boy on top of me. For 10 years, I didn't recognise it for what it was.'

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With carers and support staff cancelled, it's up to Valerie and Robin to keep their son alive.

"The week Australia went into lockdown, my husband cut off finances to my children and I."

10 years ago, I ghosted and blocked my best friend. Then we came face to face.

'My friend left an abusive relationship. Three years later, I'm still terrified of her ex.'

'It's no longer catching up after months apart.' The sweet silver linings of self-isolation.

In 1987, the world watched as 'Baby Jessica' was rescued from a well. This is her life now.

"He was on the edge of too good for me... What I remember about the night I wasn't raped."

'I was convinced my husband and I were heading for divorce. Then COVID-19 hit.'

‘My marriage was in trouble. Then I started finding bottles full of urine around our house.'

'People don't want to know that I'm not OK.' The reality of being single and isolating alone.

KELLY MCCARREN: 'At 32, I thought by the end of the year I'd want kids. Now everything has changed.'

'I live in a jail inside my brain.' A letter to the man who raped and abused me.

'While in isolation, I found out my husband had spent $500,000 on escorts.'

"I trusted him": I had no idea my ex partner was an online child sex offender.

Lockdown has destroyed countless livelihoods. But these are the women who don't want it to end.

The Third Quarter: Why everyone in your life is genuinely really weird right now.

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