Claim OwnershipLife Matters - Separate stories podcast
Subscribed: 1,601Played: 188,626
Subscribe
© Copyright 2025, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All right reserved.
Description
Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world. Let's talk! With trusted experts and your stories, Life Matters is all about what matters to you.
1739 Episodes
Reverse
Your siblings have gone AWOL so it’s all on you — all the appointments, decisions and physical care. And if you’re a woman, it seems everyone thinks this is a responsibility that’s yours and yours alone. How do you navigate the emotional strain when other family members aren’t stepping up to help? Featuring: Dr Jenny Brown, family systems therapist and mental health social worker Rohini Balram, researcher at Western Sydney University and contributor to the research for Carers NSW Shevonne Hunt, member of the sandwich generation
One in three of Australia's four million children are struggling to read proficiently, according to the Grattan Institute. That's a shocking figure, and one that understandably worries many parents, grandparents and guardians. Anne McLeish and Amy Haywood discuss how adults can play a role in supporting kids' education in the home, and what are the best evidence-based ways to teach kids to read.
During the early days of the pandemic, there was a surge in home baking as sourdough starters were swapped from home to home.But what does it take to make the perfect loaf of bread? To produce the kind of loaf that has top-end restaurants lining up for a slice?
So you’ve decided to care for your parent at home, we'll dive into the sorts of honest conversations you must have with your partner and kids to avoid it all imploding. Plus, how do you protect yourself, and your sanity, as you fall deeper into the world of the Sandwich Generation? Featuring: Dr Rebecca Ray, psychologist and author Setting Boundaries Dr Kaylene Henderson, a medically trained child health specialist and parenting expert Professor Ruth Phillips, Professor of Social Policy at the University of Sydney Shevonne Hunt, member of the sandwich generation
Dementia is a diagnosis that touches many of our lives, with more than four hundred thousands Australians living with dementia, and more than one and a half million of us are in carer roles.And, like any illness, with the right support and care, it is possible to continue to live a fulfilling life.Heather Cooper and Dr Kaele Stokes talk about what that support and care should look like, and what it's like, to get such a life-altering diagnosis.
Imagine you are swept up in a great big love. You marry on an ocean liner, and all seems like a fairytale until the honeymoon takes a serious turn. Kerstin Pilz's memoir is called Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband.
If you’ve hit midlife with kids at home and ageing parents, welcome to The Sandwich Generation. Stuff’s about to get real and you are going to need help because it will be the trickiest time of your life, and nobody talks about it. But we see you and listen up ‘cause we’ve got some answers. Featuring:Dr Michelle O’Shea, Senior lecturer in the School of Business at Western Sydney UniversityDr Megan Godwin, PhD Australian Women’s Wellbeing expert (QUT)Mark McCrindle, social researcher Shevonne Hunt, member of the sandwich generation
Looking for love can be a challenge, especially if you haven't been on the "market" for a while. Life Matters Hilary Harper has been documenting and sharing her own foray into the world of online dating after 50 in the audio series — Dated.If you've tried online dating in mid life, particularly if you found yourself newly single after a long time — how was it for you?We also meet Hilary's new beau, Gene.
You know when you go to the checkout to pay for your petrol and the cashier asks if you want to buy something from the counter as well? That "light" sales pressure can get much more intense when you're at the salon and your hairdresser suggests extra products and treatments while you're in the chair.So how do you handle it?
In 2014, Matty Hannon set out on the adventure of a lifetime. He planned to ride his motorbike solo from the top of Alaska to the bottom of Patagonia, surfing all the way.But, near the start of the trip, he met Heather Hillier.After a few months of letter writing as he traveled south, she agreed to join him and his tale of adventure became a love story.They're telling their story in a new documentary, The Road to Patagonia.
Things are going well with Gene. It's the happily ever after Hilary hadn't considered would come so soon, if at all.He ticks all the boxes and everything feels miraculously right. Is it too soon to use the 'R' word? Or the 'L' word?At this stage of life, Hil wonders what she's looking for in the long term and where this dating quest is supposed to lead her.
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 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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
Top Podcasts
The Best New Comedy Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best News Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Business Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Sports Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New True Crime Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Right Now – June 20The Best New Dan Bongino Show Podcast Right Now – June 20The Best New Mark Levin Podcast – June 2024
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States
lots of corporate speak, which ordinary people find incomprehensible, you have not addressed the enormous difficulties most people face trying to negotiate the NDIS, many people are being asked to be administrators which they are not, & they get lost in trying to understand the paperwork, how they can access NDIS, and many other problems
This is incredibly frustrating hearing users who do not need these drugs. The wait and price neurodivergent people pay to actually get this drug, because of how these people are misusing and causing issues in regulations is just cruel. we need these drugs and have such a hard time attaining them because of this party crap. i need this medication as medocation to function; it brings clarity, i can finally read and write, listen and focus. i cried at the reaction my body had, i finally found something that saved my life, yet people are seriously ruining my ability to even get it legally. The statements made by these rec users is so disappointing and show little awareness of the real issues people face who need these drugs.
We know that people's health and wellbeing is better when they interact with other species in positive ways. Imagine creating an Aged Care facility adjacent to an Animal Shelter and there was a shared space for interaction. Even better, aged care, childcare and animal shelter! In some parts of Europe (Netherlands, Scandinavia) they have created co-facilities for aged care and childcare.
let's get more funding to fix this problem of mental health. I'm a hip hop artist and will work on improving awareness of this issue
I like it very much as I get more and more knowledge about health .
I love the Fitzroy Diaries. What a delightful writer!