Life Matters

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world.

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world.

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world.

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world.

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world.

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world.

Many of us struggle to ask for help when we need it, even when most people we love are willing to support us. So what holds us back, and how do you ask for the help you need without overstepping?

Plus, Jenny Tian and Suren Jayemanne unpick an annoying lunch encounter for Ask Aunty.

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world.

As Australian society contemplates its ongoing problem with gendered violence, what are the best strategies for families, schools, and broader society to use when raising teenage boys?

And finding a job or career that matches your values, and even your passions, is the dream for many, but how do you begin to figure out what that means in practice?

Are proposed changes to HECS-HELP and paid placements enough to stop the 'debt spiral' that some students are describing? And will they attract new students to degrees that have previously seemed unaffordable?

And Nova Weetman shares her thoughts on how we grieve when life and personal responsibilities will not go away, but also reflecting the ups and downs that any relationship inevitably goes through.