By: Laura Bennett
My closest group of friends is quite a ramshackle bunch. We’re German, Eurasian, South African, Burmese, Indian and Australian. But we’re all Australian. And I’ve never seen us by those nationalities until it came up in conversation when we were talking about everyone’s journey to citizenship. Read more
By: Tania Harris
Back in the first century, it wasn’t normal for men and women to be friends. They didn’t meet for coffee in morning tea breaks or discuss current affairs over the water-cooler. They didn’t sit next to each other in the synagogues and swap ideas about their theology. They certainly didn’t discuss their spiritual lives by the village well.
Real love. Everyone wants it, but not many end up finding it. Read more
By: Laura Bennett
On the road to finding life-long love, serendipity and romance are often prized over intention and diligent pursuit. Read more
By: Jenny Baxter
How do you be a better friend, colleague, or for that matter, mother to your adult children? Read more
By: Laura Bennett
When your mind wanders, what thoughts do you arrive at? There are many things that can fill our mind, but for many of us the relationships we have with friends and family, and even our own sense of wellbeing, can take up a lot of headspace. Read more
By: Zoe Victoria
Australia’s biggest celebration of families in all their diversity is set to take place this month – National Families Week runs between May 15-21. Read more
By: Sabrina Peters
Have you ever bought something online that you were so excited about, but when it finally arrived, it looked nothing like the photo? The description read ‘high quality denim’ but the product ended up with more loose ends than your mums famous spaghetti. Read more
By: Sabrina Peters
A paradox has often been thought of as something that is contradictory, yet true. I dare say, marriage consists of many. An intertwinement of antithetical elements that somehow simultaneously co-exist. Read more