Life Matters - Full program podcast

What are the things that you practice in your life, to help you feel good? We're  delving deeper into more ways to help you feel good, spending time in nature is one of them. Learning how to breathe properly is another, and a happiness expert helps us understand what fun actually is.

What are the things that you practice in your life, to help you feel good? It might be cooking, or sewing, or playing a game with friends. With a focus on ways to improve your wellbeing, how important are hobbies, to having a full and healthy life? Plus, how laughing, and singing, might help too.

Yes, you're listening, but are you really listening? Deep listening is the act of listening for pleasure, with purpose. 

Learn how to listen mindfully and how it can open up your life. 

Legendary songwriter Paul Kelly sets out to share his love of poetry with a new generation. Plus, Frances Peters Little reflects on the life and songbook of her father, the late Jimmy Little.

For some of us, our families of origin might show up the way we need them to. But, if that's not the case, we may have found a group of friends we feel more 'at home' with than anyone else. How do we go about finding these 'chosen families', and how do we continue to nourish them as we age? Also, how to handle the triggering annual Christmas Newsletter you receive from a relative.

An exploration of how a desire to have children impacts our lives. We examine stories from fiction with authors Rachel Yoder and Esther Freud, and take a look at the experiences of women who choose to take on mothering 'solo'.

A powerful and personal story of the Stolen Generations, an exploration of how Yolngu law and the Westminster system could work together instead of in opposition, and how are Indigenous superheroes, old and new, changing comic books? 

Learn how a north-east Arnhem Land aged care centre is creating a "little heaven" for its residents, find out why women have embraced fishing in Darwin, and hear the Untold conversations Indigenous creatives say we need to be having.

Most of the fish you buy in restaurants could be imported and you'd never know. But that might be about to change. So will knowing where your fish comes from change your dining habits?

Plus, we look at when to change schools if your child is having difficulties, and when it might be better to stick it out.

It's time to think about the highs and lows of the year for you personally, and take part in our annual 'ritual cleanse'. Plus in the Too Hard Basket, the mum who won't let go of control of the traditional Christmas lunch.