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JULY 2023

'My best friend and I hadn't caught up in ages. So we decided to have a staycation together.'
'I'm 31, newly single and living in a share house. It makes people really uncomfortable.'
'5 years after my husband's death, I booked a male escort. I feel completely awakened.'
'I used to be obsessed with astrology. Then 'Human Design' changed my life.
'Alcohol was completely sabotaging my life. Then came the moment I knew I had to quit.'
Doctors told me I had weeks to live. Then they did one final test.
Hazel and her family were on a holiday in Rhodes, Greece. Then wildfires started closing in.
'Oh that happened to me, too!' Sharing your experiences in conversation is common but sometimes it’s best to just listen.
'I wrote a story about being estranged from my daughter. I didn't expect the vitriol.'
'I left my narcissistic husband. 10 years later, he accused me of child abuse.'
'Say his name.' The 5 things I've learned from losing a child.
'I'm dying of cancer. I didn't expect all of the 'competitive suffering'.'
Sarah is a victim-survivor of modern slavery. This is her story.
Karen's mum was smuggled out of WWII in a backpack. She found out years later in a letter.
'It's such a shift in dynamics.' The complex emotions of caring for your parents.
'I was sexually assaulted while intoxicated. WA's consent laws don't acknowledge my experience.'
'My herpes diagnosis was soul-shattering. I'm finally ready to talk about it.'
Just 23 things millennials used to do before the internet existed.
'My husband left me when I was in my 60s. The divorce left me with absolutely nothing.'
'Weeks before my daughter graduated, she sent me an email. She never wanted to see me again.'
'After 5 terrible years, I felt ready to give up. Then at 63, I fell in love.'
'4 years ago, I cut off my toxic step mum. Now I don't know if I made the right decision.'
'Every day at work I felt unseen and unheard. Then something happened that changed everything.'
'I was planning my wedding. Months before the big day, I lost my sight.'
Shirley is a victim-survivor of child sexual abuse. 40 years later, she sat down with her abuser.
Jessie Stephens got married, pregnant and started her second book. She felt 'complete numbness'.
EXCLUSIVE: This year, Reeva Steenkamp's father went to see his daughter’s killer. Her mother refused to go.
'It was as if a mask I never knew about had been removed.' 3 women on the one day that changed everything.
Jessie Stephens was in Year 4 when she first felt like 'all the lights had gone out'.
'The scars on my face made a little girl run crying to her mum.'
What is déjà vu? We asked a psychic... and a psychologist.
'I lost one of my twin daughters 18 years ago. I'm still honouring her every single day.'
Lori Farmer was murdered at Girl Scout camp in 1977. Her parents are still looking for answers.
'When my son was born at 25 weeks, doctors asked me to turn off his life support 5 times. I refused.'
'I'm a 58-year-old Aboriginal woman. Why do so many people still not know my history?'
'I drank my way through my first divorce. Here's how I'm navigating my second sober.'
'In the over-50s dating pool, I thought I found someone special. I was wrong.'
Aunty Munya and five other Indigenous elders you need to follow online.
'Like Gwenyth Paltrow, I live away from my partner. Here's why it works.'
Nicole endured 3 years of stalking. It started with a comment during a kids’ cricket match.