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Saturday 9 Dec 2017
Jelena Dokic reveals how her abusive upbringing impinged on her tennis career in her new memoir, Three Men discuss the feeling of self loathing, and Robyn Davidson reflects on 40 years since she ventured through the desert with camels and her dog.
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Friday 8 Dec 2017
Coming into the holiday season, will you be celebrating with family or friends? If you believe the research, friends are the ones who will have a positive impact on your well being. And they'll judge you less.
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Robyn Davidson reflects on her life changing journey across the Australian outback in 1977.
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Is dressing in traditional dress at an Indian wedding ok if you're not Indian?
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Thursday 7 Dec 2017
Australia likes to pride itself on being one of the most successful multicultural countries in the world, but what does it truly mean and is it something that we can indeed lay claim too?
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It could be argued that the same sex marriage debate focused on young LGBTI Australians. But what about the elders?
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Click here to listen to Dan Illic, a comedian who makes a play about an Australian disaster and is savaged by the media and public.
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Wednesday 6 Dec 2017
We're all told that if we're feeling down we should seek help from GPs, psychologists, and psychiatrists. But mental health advocates argue those who do get mental health treatments can sometimes be penalised when they take out insurance coverage or make a claim.
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The Mohammadi family recently opened Launceston's first Afghan supermarket, offering a taste of the Middle East with spices and other produce that reminds them of home.
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The world watched Jelena Dokic's meteoric rise through tennis, but also got to know the "tennis Dad from hell." Did the tennis community and Australia do enough to protect this young, female sports-superstar?
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Tuesday 5 Dec 2017
What's the secret to long-lasting love? Is it random, good fortune or is there something else going on? Life Matters asks listeners for their input and gets advice from the experts.
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Michael Mackenzie, psychologist Andrew Fuller and educator John Hendry are tackling something that many of us grapple with — a sense of self loathing
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In today's Moth story, Johanna Bell reflects on finding a delicate, mystical sea creature on the beach as a child.
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Monday 4 Dec 2017
An estimated 20 per cent of Australians live with a disability but how often do you see that represented in advertising, in the media or in popular culture?
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As a parent what are the tell tale signs your child isn't processing the world like other people? Dr Ranjana Srivastava looks at the case study of Amaya who was diagnosed with autism and ADHD.
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As thousands of Australians anxiously wait for flights out of Bali, local people have to stay and make do in the shadow of Mt Agung volcano.
So where do Balinese women and their families go to give birth in the midst of a possible volcanic eruption?
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Saturday 2 Dec 2017
We meet two people pushing their limits in very different ways. One woman takes 3 months to cycle solo from Broken Hill to Alice Springs, the other faces her obesity head on by deciding to take out a loan and join the thousands of other people having weight loss surgery every year.
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