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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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Ask Aunty: You feel judged for your choice in supermarkets
You like shopping at the posh supermarket across the street but when a neighbour makes a snide comment about your shopping habits you wonder whether it’s time to give up the supermarket or your friendship with the neighbour.
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Why your relationship with your hair is deeper than you think
Hair can be a fun way to express who we are, it can also signify a lot about us, from our cultural heritage to our age.
Clinical psychologist Nasalifya Namwinga joins Beverley Wang to explore the connection between our hair and our identity. -
Does adaptation need to become the new priority on climate change?
May this year was the hottest on record, globally speaking, and that marks 12 straight months of record heat.
And with that heat comes disaster events: wildfires are raging in California, heatwaves have impacted South and South-East Asia and floods have killed hundreds in Indonesia, Afghanistan and Europe in recent months.
Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld have been proponents of climate change mitigation for many decades, but in their new book, they're suggesting that it's time to start prioritising adaptation. -
Here's What I Know: Chris Cheers on uncomfortable emotions
Chris Cheers is a psychologist, educator and author who works mostly with the queer and arts community.
He shares why sometimes stress can tell us we are doing something meaningful, the importance of curiosity and why he prioritises making time for friends -
Health at Every Size is not about bingeing on junk food, so how does it work?
As traditional dieting has been proven to be ineffective for many people, the Health at Every Size movement has offered a more holistic alternative.
But a new journalistic investigation has found that major American food companies have distorted the HAES message to sell their sugary products.
Caitlin Gilbert, Zoe Nicolson, and Louise Adams discuss what an evidence-based Health at Every Size approach looks like. -
'She was able to have golf lessons': Confronting the inquiry into the gender pain gap through art
Michelle Hamer is an acclaimed artist whose work delivers a strong message through what may be considered a gentle medium.
She is also no stranger to chronic pain. But it was in asking others to share their experiences that informed her latest works.
Her new exhibition called 'I'm a Believer' confronts the dismissive language around those living with chronic pain.