When you're asked to speak at a friend's wedding, do you seize up with panic, or embrace your moment on the microphone?

Confidence can help us in a whole range of ways — and the lack of it can be really challenging. 

It can show up in your career, your relationships, the way you parent, and help you through the curveballs of daily life.

So is confidence something you can cultivate? Does faking it til you make it really work?

When a loved one dies, everyone around them grieves differently. For some, it means getting back into the swing of regular life as soon as possible.

This week, the Aunties offer their wisdom to a listener who's feeling sensitive about how quickly their dad has moved on after losing the love of his life. 

If you go by the calendar, we're about three weeks into Australia's ski season. But if you look outside at most of the country's alpine resorts you'll see that the snow didn't get the memo.

Australia's snowfall has been in long term decline for decades now, and it's something that the towns, people and businesses on the frontline of Australia's winter economy have been grappling with for years.

So what's it like to be staring at a slow start to the 2026 season and at a future that's only getting warmer?

Neil is an internet sensation. He's a 1,000-kilogram juvenile elephant seal who's been charming Tasmanian locals and online fans around the world for years.

His regular midwinter haul-outs have brought him onto land and in close contact with humans and our built environment. But as Neil grows bigger, so too do the risks.

So how can humans better manage the situation so that Neil's pilgrimages don't put him or others in harm's way?

On Saturday morning thousands of people will wake up at 4am to watch the Socceroos and for many it may be the only game they watch this year.If you get swept up in the height of a competition and only support a team once every four years, is that really support? 

How do you balance loyalty in barracking for your team as a virtue against being carried away with tribalism?

Most of us have a stand-out moment from a family holiday that is one of our most cherished memories.

You also probably remember a trip that turned into a complete disaster with the whole family screaming at each other. 

So what are the benefits of a family holiday and how do you make the most out of the time away?

As the old saying goes, nothing in this world is certain, except death and taxes.

Whether it be a long time from now, or sooner than we think, it's a fact of life that we're all going to die. But what happens between now and then is up to you. 

So how might embracing that fact change the way you spend the rest of your days?

Remember when paying for TV meant skipping ads? That was the big promise of subscription television, and later, streaming. But these days, if you avoid the ads, increasingly you have to pay even more.

It's a practice that's landed Amazon in court, with the ACCC alleging the company relied on unfair contract terms to introduce ads to Prime Video after customers had already signed up. 

Amazon is reviewing the case, but where does that leave viewers?

On July 5, the world will celebrate the 30th birthday of Dolly the sheep — the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell.

It was a landmark moment in the world of science that triggered international discussions about the ethics of cloning.

Thirty years on, what are our perceptions of cloning and the legacy of Dolly the sheep?

In June alone, two major Australian theatre productions, Beetlejuice and Waitress, closed early.

So what's really going on in Australian theatre, and why are big productions struggling — are we, the audience, part of the problem?