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MAY 2023

Some of us eat ice-cream after a breakup. Sophie walked 4750km across the outback.
'You start to parent your parents.' The reality of being in the sandwich generation.
'I am looking for a new job for the first time in 11 years and I’m petrified.'
'I'm in my 30s and lost both my parents in a year. The grief feels never-ending.'
'I've been disabled since childhood. I've never seen myself represented on screen.'
'I was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 25. It helped save my brother’s life.'
'Hannah Clarke's death still haunts Australia. Her story could have been mine.'
'After I lost my toddler to cancer, I was completely bereft. Age 52, I reclaimed my life.'
'I quit my medical science degree to join OnlyFans. Here's why.'
Sarah thought she was finished having babies. Then her friend sent her a text message.
'My colleague left our company. Then I was fired for staying friends with her.'
'I'd been on two wonderful dates with a man I met on Tinder. On the third, he raped me.'
'I was blindsided.' What no one tells you about losing an elderly loved one.
'On our 20th wedding anniversary, I discovered my husband's dating apps.'
‘My wife was rushed to hospital with our unborn baby. Then the unthinkable happened.'
'I'm a male escort who helps women after they've been cheated on. Here's how I do it.'
'3 years ago, I decided to stay with my cheating partner. Here's how it's changed our marriage.'
Millennials: the generation that has been royally screwed over at every turn.
'It was so rude.' 10 business leaders on the worst email they've received from a job seeker.
Mamamia Investigates: How Australia's visa test is stacked against so many applicants.
'I've been an amputee for 4 years. I don't want to be your "inspiration porn".'
'I was with my partner for four years. He left me as soon as his permanent residency came through.'
Kate Reid is known as ‘the queen of croissants’. She was once terrified of food.
'My husband had an affair with his secretary. It's the best thing that ever happened to me.'
Lexy's teen years were full of turmoil. She turned her trauma into a $2.5million business.
'Experiencing ableism in the medical field can be life-altering.'
'I've been an expert in trauma for 13 years. Here's what people misunderstand about it.'
'My mum died suddenly in lockdown. Here's what I wish I'd said before she died.'
'How I found the secret to happiness.'
'I love my husband, but it's my girlfriends that keep me happily married.'
'I've reverted to teenage me.' I'm 30 and I've just had to move back in with my parents.
'It took me 10 years to accept my bipolar diagnosis. When I did, everything changed.'
'My husband survived brain cancer. No one talks about how it impacts the family.'
'I was called Monster Mum.' I've had reproductive depression 3 times. Here's what it's like.
Megan grew up in 'America's most hated family'. At the age of 26, she fled.
'It took me 35 years to cut off my toxic high school friends. I wish I'd done it sooner.'
'It took me 38 years to realise I hate sex with men.' What it's like being a late bloomer lesbian.
Charlotte didn't mind being given an 'allowance' by her husband. Until she couldn't afford a new bra.
Jock Zonfrillo, and the permission to grieve someone you never knew.
Mamamia Investigates: 'I would rather be in prison than living on the streets.' The reality of access to healthcare when homeless.
'My hubby and I have been together for 27 years. To add some spice, we're trying ethical non-monogamy.'