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Join radio and TV host Robin Bailey and author Rebecca Sparrow as they road-test techniques for making life better.
Guys --- Bec Sparrow is trying to bring Christmas to kids in some of Australia's rural communities. Can anyone spare $5 to help her reach the target? She has three days to hit $3000!
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Including the app described as "a breeding ground for hate".
The six "dangerous" apps you should check your child's phone for tonight. It pays to know.
Celebrities hide their nannies. What do you hide on social media?
The uncomfortable parenting trend known as 'Fakebooking'. Some parents are taking "fake it 'til you make it" to the next level.
You guys, a message from Bec about her new podcast! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts now!
"People behind keyboards, bashing away hatred from behind fake profiles have no idea the turmoil they’re causing."
'This is how I got an AVO against the cyber bully who used Facebook to ruin my life.' Jasmin was forced into hiding.
"Is it horrible that since I cut her from my life, I've never felt more at ease?"
"I broke up with my best friend on her wedding day." She gave me no choice.
If you're wondering why we even need an 'International Day of the Girl', just watch this. https://trib.al/BjdJzrl
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"Her sadness was overwhelming. I was hit with a great thud in my stomach, like I had been kicked."
The beautiful writing of a midwife who attends stillbirths. "To be asked to assist a mother of a stillborn baby was an honour."
The photograph of a woman, smiling, is an echo of too many photographs we've seen before.
The photograph that speaks volumes about the leading cause of death in Australian young people. It's time to pay attention.
"I became involved because my heart goes out to the mothers who suffer deeply trying to reconcile their faith with their child’s sexuality. No mother or child should have to live through such trauma."
'I live in Tony Abbott’s electorate. Here's how door knocking for the YES campaign went.' 'I did it for my son, because being gay doesn't define him.'
Big love to all our listeners and thank you for helping us hit the 1 million download mark!
From the friends in your ears. x
Unaffordable housing and an insecure and 24/7 working culture is impacting the mental health of many young Australians. But that's just the start of it.
How a new culture of precarious work is eroding Gen Y's mental health. The old markers of success are very far gone.
Have you taken Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies quiz? Where do you fit?
Ta-Da! The Launch of My Quiz on the Four Tendencies. Learn About Yourself! Of everything I learned about habits and human nature from working on my book Better Than Before, the most challenging thing I figured out — and the insight I’m most proud of — is my Four Tendencies framework. (See below for a quick overview.) It took me months of rumination to make sense of ever...
"Shocked is an understatement. It just makes no sense. I still don't want to believe it to be honest."
The bullying story behind Libby's Law that every parent should know. "We're at a loss."
Good morning!
"I never thought I could stop being negative for an entire week."
How it's possible to make yourself a positive person (for a week at least) With some unexpected results.
Both of The Well's hosts Rebecca Sparrow and Robin Bailey had starter marriages and they learned a lot from them.
What Bec Sparrow and Robin Bailey learned from their first marriages. Here's what happened.
These rules eliminate that low-level anxiety and the irritable feeling that things are unravelling.
“I wanted to be a Tidy House Person so I enlisted these rules. Astonishingly they worked.” Life changer.
Planning day for The Well Season 3! Making a vision board of what we want to manifest!
For women with an anxiety: This is the world's most relaxing song, which can reduce stress levels by 65 per cent. http://trib.al/PWbqPMf
That's a wrap on this season of The Well! If you've laughed and cried along through every episode, show your support for the show by subscribing, leaving us a five star review and following us on Facebook. If you want more, let us hear it! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 93 86
The final episode of season two is out now and it's all about toxic relatives. We've all got horror stories of relatives who ruin family functions, so this is how you deal with them. http://trib.al/MqNb14r
"I was 24, I was planning to study marine biology and then travel the world. Heart failure was not in my storybook. It wasn’t supposed to happen."
Model Bec Craven returned from Bali with a mystery virus, soon after she required a heart transplant. If you are willing to be an organ donor, make your decision count.
The best bit about being in your 40's. Listen in full: http://trib.al/rHuZYO9
"Some kids are going to get this easier than others."
Rebecca Sparrow: "The two questions teens need to ask before entering the online world." Every person caring for children needs to read this.
If you also struggle to say 'no' to things, this will revolutionise your life too.
The one book that changed how Bec Sparrow lives her life. It will change yours too.
"For years I tolerated bad knickers. These have changed my life and the lives of everyone I buy them for."
CULT BUY: The very best pair of knickers you will ever wear in your life. Pass it on.
It probably goes against everything you've been told before, but Janine Allis knows what she is talking about.
Shark Tank star Janine Allis shares the one piece of career advice you need to be successful. Write this down.
To the person who weeps all the way home in the car after a visit.
What to do if you didn't grow up with a nurturing mother. What's your blueprint?
Baby boomers and Millennials, I know you're not used to hearing it, but this is not about you.
You will only understand this post if you are a member of Generation X. "Generation X do not get their knickers in knots."
"Some people are like 'wait....you're a pilot? You're actually flying the plane?"
This 16 year old is Australia's youngest pilot. Thanks to 20,000 cupcakes. Sweet.
"The fact that I have had an eating disorder... and the fact that I have had some not great male relationships in my life, without a doubt I would put down to the fact that my dad died." - Robin Bailey http://trib.al/tJKfmbF