Life Matters - Full program podcast

Former international cricketer for Australia, Alex Blackwell, helped put women's cricket on the map, and was the first female international cricketer to come out as gay. Plus we revisit a story about AFL and how community sport can provide solutions to racism and discrimination that might filter up, and effect real change at the elite level.

If you feel like you're still on the clock when you leave work, get some tips on how to set boundaries. Plus how to make a complaint via the Online Safety Act, and the best time for kids to learn to swim.

Parents, students and teachers are about to commence the mammoth task of going back to school under their relevant state and territory COVID-safe plan. So what are the challenges and how will they be navigated in order to keep schools open?

How to appreciate the benefits of silence in our lives, through mindfulness and meditation. Plus the final episode in our series The Good Divorce, looks at what happens when you move on, into a blended family.

American journalist Damien Cave on learning to participate in community, and navigate nippers culture with his children. Plus how a meaningless life can make you truly happy.

Some of us are more prone to perfectionism than others, and this can be a long slow ride towards burnout. Find out what you can do to avoid it. Plus Indigenous land management and food production in the south west of Western Australia.

If you're thinking about switching jobs or your career direction, we have some useful advice. Plus inaugural Australian Childrens' Laureate Boori Monty Pryor on telling Indigenous stories to children.

We spend so much of our lives looking at small screens, and it's really hard to avoid them in daily life. So how can we manage our use of these devices? Plus outdoor exercise in a safe body-positive space and conscious uncoupling with Katherine Woodward-Thomas in The Good Divorce.

Stories about the benefits of volunteering, for individuals, and the community as a whole. Plus the science of relationship breakups and how to deal with them, from an accidental expert on the topic.

Trail-blazing obstetrician Caroline de Costa talks through the advances made during her career. Plus sustainable fishing with Clarke Gayford, television and radio host, and fiance of New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern.