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    • JUNE 4, 2016

    Women get healthier after their husbands die, new study shows

    April 24, 2016, Sarah Knapton Marriage has long been thought to be beneficial – both in sickness and in health. But a study suggests that widows actually suffer less stress and frailty than wives whose husbands are still alive. The findings are in contrast to previous research which showed marriage has a protective effect on

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    • Grief and Loss,
    • Relationships
    • DECEMBER 19, 2015

    Woman hopeful others with depression will be covered by travel insurance after landmark court win over QBE

    By Sarah Farnsworth,  ABC News, Fri 18 Dec 2015 A 21-year-old Melbourne woman who challenged an insurer for failing to honour her travel insurance says she hopes her court victory will prevent others being discriminated against for having a mental illness. Key points: Ella Ingram cancelled a trip to US because she was too mentally

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    • Depression
    • JULY 13, 2016

    Why you will marry the wrong person

    Alain de Botton      The Age. July 8, 2016 It’s one of the things we are most afraid might happen to us. We know the horrors well enough and often devote inordinate efforts trying to skirt them. Yet, however hard we may try, it’s an error we’re highly likely to make all the same: we too

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    • Relationships
    • JANUARY 4, 2019

    Why mothers of tweens – not babies – are the most depressed

    Lucia Ciciolla is a postdoctoral research associate at Arizona State University. Her work focuses on child psychology. Suniya Luthar is Foundation Professor of Psychology at the Arizona State University, and Professor Emerita at Columbia University’s Teachers College in New York. The joys of motherhood quite literally wax and wane over time. If you had to guess, you

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    • Depression,
    • Parenting
    • JANUARY 4, 2019

    Why getting motivated is hard (and how to do it anyway) ABC Health & Wellbeing

    By Cassie White, 13 July 2018. As a trainer, I consider it a personal failure if I’m unable to motivate a client to make important health and lifestyle changes. Sure, there are people who just don’t care, but I can spot them from 100 metres away. I’m not talking about them. I’m referring to the

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    • Health
    • DECEMBER 19, 2016

    When worries stop sleep and then you worry about not sleeping ABC Health & Wellbeing

    By Cathy Johnson, 13 October 2016 Being awake at an ungodly hour, your mind a tangle of anxious thoughts, is a wretched experience. Whether you’re thinking about work or family worries, the events of the day, or tasks you face tomorrow, it tends to kill off the chance of sleep. It’s a common problem, with

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    • Anxiety,
    • Health
    • DECEMBER 19, 2016

    When a successful doctor stared at cancer death, here’s what he chose to do

    Sanchita Sharma, Hindustan Times, Dec 18, 2016 US-based Indian-American Paul Kalanithi was 15 months away from completing his training as a neurosurgeon at age 36 when he was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. The cancer was inoperable, he was going to die. “When Breath Becomes Air” is a memoir that begins with him examining

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    • End of life,
    • Grief and Loss,
    • Life Threatening Illness
    • OCTOBER 20, 2015

    Whatifing

    “What if I lose my job?” “What if I can’t pay my rent?’ “What if my car breaks down and I can’t afford to repair it?” “What if I can’t pay for my electricity?” The what-ifs were being fired at me at an increasingly faster rate. Simone was clearly getting more and more anxious as

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    • Anxiety
    • JANUARY 4, 2019

    What’s the best way to support someone after pregnancy loss? Here’s what you told us ABC Health & Wellbeing

    By Olivia Willis for Ladies, We Need To Talk, posted 27 May 2018. It’s remarkably common, and yet barely spoken about. Up to one in four pregnancies in Australia end in miscarriage. But an unwritten social rule that says we should keep pregnancy news quiet (at least for the first 12 weeks) means that many

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    • Grief and Loss,
    • Parenting
    • SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

    What It Feels Like to Die

    Jennie Dear, Sep 9, 2016 – The Atlantic My mother and I sat across from the hospice nurse in my parents’ Colorado home. It was 2005, and my mother had reached the end of treatments for metastatic breast cancer. A month or two earlier, she’d been able to take the dog for daily walks in

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    • End of life,
    • Grief and Loss,
    • Life Threatening Illness
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Articles and Q&As

  • Tips for Separated Parents January 13, 2019
  • Boredom is not the enemy. Here’s how to make it work for you ABC Science January 5, 2019
  • Instant gratification behind teen anxiety epidemic, but parents can help January 5, 2019
  • Things that cause cancer are all around us, if you believe the news — how worried should we be? January 5, 2019
  • To be happier, focus on what’s within your control January 5, 2019
  • Obesity epidemic is fuelled by ‘truth decay’ January 4, 2019
  • The future of food: what we’ll eat in 2028 January 4, 2019
  • Anxiety has a cost, but can also be a power for good ABC Health & Wellbeing January 4, 2019
  • Death doulas explain why everyone should have an end-of-life plan January 4, 2019
  • A video of a tradie helping out an elderly man has gone viral, clocking more than 20,000 hits January 4, 2019
  • Keeping therapies “complementary”, not “alternative” January 4, 2019
  • Parents can promote gender equality and help prevent violence against women. Here’s how January 4, 2019
  • The doctors who think it’s become too hard to die January 4, 2019
  • Sex workers offer intimacy and connection for disabled clients in the age of the dating app January 4, 2019
  • The digital detox is on the rise — and it’s good news for Australia January 4, 2019
  • Why getting motivated is hard (and how to do it anyway) ABC Health & Wellbeing January 4, 2019
  • Antidepressants provoke extremes of debate January 4, 2019
  • Dry July: What you might learn from a month without booze ABC Health & Wellbeing January 4, 2019
  • The ripple effect of cancer: three families, three different stories January 4, 2019
  • The Compassionate Friends: Understanding and support for grieving parents and families January 4, 2019
  • Preparing children for the death of a parent is a confronting but important experience January 4, 2019
  • Chris Martin began Just a Dad blog after losing wife but sharing grief becomes an inspiration January 4, 2019
  • Why mothers of tweens – not babies – are the most depressed January 4, 2019
  • Five myths about marriage January 4, 2019
  • The difference between great minds and small minds January 4, 2019

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