What does the word 'stoic' mean to you? Is it maintaining a stiff upper lip in the face of adversity, or living with virtue?

Can you imagine being stoic in love?

Annie Lawson first applied the wisdom of the Stoic philosophers to the way we work, now she has married this wisdom to matters of the heart.

Hilary goes on her first first-date and finds the goods are not quite what was advertised.

Plus, an oversharing bookseller and the flaky 'poetry guy' test her fragile heart.

How do you deal with people who lie, overshare, or don't respect your feelings? Hilary confronts the reality that the people she meets on the apps might challenge her trust while looking inward at how her baggage affects her interactions. Older daters are covered in scars. Some heartbreaks and hang-ups significantly influence how we connect with others. So, how do we protect ourselves while trying to be vulnerable with strangers?

Hilary has found someone, and sparks are flying. She's starting to feel the flutter of sexual attraction, but she's worried about breaking her long dry spell.

She takes a hard look in the mirror and considers her relationship with her body and sexuality. With the help of sex therapist Tanya Koens, she learns how to overcome the trauma of her past and embrace pleasure again with someone new.

When you fall in love, you hope that it will last forever! But sadly, that's not always the case. 

Scientists are discovering more about love and how it influences our bodies and brains.

If you and your partner are compatible in every way, except for your sleeping habits - could separate beds be a positive step, rather than a symbol of the end?

Jennifer Adams discusses why it can be a good solution and how to manage that conversation with a partner who might not feel the same way.

If you missed the rise of dating apps because you were in a long marriage or relationship, it’s very fair to find them a bit intimidating.  Hilary navigates these shifts and gets across these new tools, learning how to craft the perfect profile and grappling with the flat way we have to represent ourselves to catch a mate today.

Many of us like to think of Australia as fairly egalitarian, where anyone can rise above their beginnings and find success.

For some of us, that's true. But class can still play a huge role in the opportunities we encounter, and help to shape how we look at the world and at ourselves.

Rose Butler and Eve Vincent, the authors of Love Across Class, example the role class plays in our closest relationships, especially if the person we love comes from a very different socio-economic background than the one we grew up with?

Two years after the breakdown of her 20-year marriage, Hilary Harper feels like she might be ready to date again. But the dating scene has changed a lot since she was last single in the early 2000s. 

Having never made contact with the world of dating apps and profiles, she feels overwhelmed wading into things again. How do you pick up the pieces and work out when you're emotionally ready to resume the quest for love? How do you figure out what you want? In our 40s and beyond, our priorities around relationships shift.

Hilary sets the scene, letting us know what she's weathered and how her heart got to a place where she might be able to put herself out there again.

Sometimes sex is disappointing, and that might lead to you giving up on it altogether.

Sex is good for your mental and physical health, and can provide benefits over and above procreation.

So how can you turn bad sex into something more satisfying?

You have three separate friends who you believe are 'breaking-up' their relationship with you.

They say you talk about yourself too much. But you find it difficult to make small talk and listen to their stories, which are often not very interesting to you.

You want to salvage the friendships, so how can you do that?