Life Matters

Nearly 80 per cent of single mothers are in paid employment, while 84 per cent have completed secondary education and have a University degree or TAFE qualification.

But despite their work status and educational achievements, many single mothers say they're worried about their long-term financial security. And while the picture is complicated, stigma and stereotypes are playing a role we can change.

Plus, we peer into the crystal ball as demographer Simon Kuestenmacher makes some big predictions for 2033.

Mixing business with pleasure can be a recipe for disaster. But if you do work with your romantic partner how can you keep both your relationship and your professional life strong? 

Plus, we tackle the question of attending the high school reunion with comedian Lou Wall and ABC Newcastle Drive presenter Paul Culliver.

The years of the COVID work from home experiment are over, now workplaces are trying to decide the best model for the future of work, but there's little agreement.

CEOs want workers to return to the office, workers want full flexibility. What's the best way to work in a post-COVID world?

Plus, if you've ever Googled your symptoms, and convinced yourself you have a rare parasitic disease from South East Asia (when you've never been there), Tegan Taylor and Dr Norman Swan are here to highlight where to find sound health advice - their new podcast What's That Rash?.

The federal government recently passed major amendments to the Family Law act, which remove the presumption of shared parental responsibility and seek instead to prioritise the needs of the child. What will this mean for families encountering the system?

And Anja Christoffersen, an ambassador for the International Day of People with Disabilities shares her story and explains why she founded an agency to help people professionalise their lived experience.

More than one third of Australians take a dietary supplement, but far fewer people need to be.

Most of us get the nutrients we need from our diets, so why are increasing numbers of people taking pills, gummies and tonics they don't need?

And we find out about how to stay safe as the latest COVID wave peaks. 

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

Can you recall a moment that changed your life? A chance meeting? A book that inspired you? A plane you missed? 

As part of our series Leap, we've been hearing stories of people who've made big changes to their lives. But we've all had life-changing moments, even if we didn't realise it at the time. We hear your stories of small moments with big ripple effects. 

Plus, comedian Chris Ryan and podcaster Fuzz Ali solve some apartment bin night drama for the Too Hard Basket.

Getting to the end of a busy day, all you want to do is get some sleep, but then anxious thoughts start rushing through your head.

Worrying at night is a common phenomenon. Learn how chronic stress is exacerbating an evolutionary phenomenon, and how to calm yourself and get the best sleep you can.

Plus, author and journalist Julia Baird teases out the idea of grace, and why we're yearning for it in our modern world. 

New applications to the NDIS are currently restricted to people under the age of 65. Australian barrister Peter Freckleton explains why he is lodging a discrimination complaint with the UN about the age cap. And Professor Elizabeth Kendall and Dr Mark Brown explore why the age cap exists and whether the support it provides should be more widely available.

And a recent winner of ABC's Takeover shares her story, about how a diagnosis of autism helped her find a community.

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