• JUNE 4, 2016

    Women get healthier after their husbands die, new study shows

    April 24, 2016, Sarah Knapton Marriage has long been thought to be beneficial – both in sickness and in health. But a study suggests that widows actually suffer less stress and frailty than wives whose husbands are still alive. The findings are in contrast to previous research which showed marriage has a protective effect on

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    • JULY 13, 2016

    Why you will marry the wrong person

    Alain de Botton      The Age. July 8, 2016 It’s one of the things we are most afraid might happen to us. We know the horrors well enough and often devote inordinate efforts trying to skirt them. Yet, however hard we may try, it’s an error we’re highly likely to make all the same: we too

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    • JANUARY 13, 2019

    Tips for Separated Parents

    This information sheet (from the Australian Psychological Society) provides advice for parents around how to make separation less stressful for all concerned, especially children. In general, the things that help children’s wellbeing following separation are the same things that work in any family: good quality parenting, supportive relationships with parents, low conflict between the child’s

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    • JANUARY 4, 2019

    The ripple effect of cancer: three families, three different stories

    RN by Victoria Pengilley for Life Matters, 26 Jun 2018. Cancer is a diagnosis no-one wants to hear. What follows is fear, uncertainty and the upheaval of life as you know it. More than 120,000 Australians are diagnosed with cancer each year, and the number is set to rise. Cancer Council Australia predicts one in

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    • OCTOBER 20, 2015

    The Needs of the Giver

    John scratches his head. “Why do all my relationships end in the same way? Why do I always end up unhappy, angry and fighting? Do I keep attracting the wrong sort of partner? Is it my karma? It doesn’t matter how much I give, it’s never enough. They always want more and more. Why do

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