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Real Life

JUNE 2018

Monique nearly died after falling five stories from a balcony. But she wouldn't change what happened.
The "Pretty Big Movement" destroys dancer stereotypes one step at a time.
'At age 11, I got engaged to a man nine years older than me.'
Georgia's mum assumed the white mark on her thigh was a chafe mark. Then it grew, and grew.
A man asked Jordan Peterson why he shouldn't take his own life. This is what he said.
What it's like to grow up with a father who's a radical survivalist.
"I had bolognese sauce boiling on the stove when the phone rang. My GP didn’t waste words."
"On Wednesday, I snapped at my husband. It was the first sign that something was really wrong."
"I was burning all over, I felt so angry.” Why doctors wouldn’t give Neil a colonoscopy.
For decades Aussie families camped at 'Tent land', unaware of what lay beneath them.
The Assassination of Gianni Versace star Darren Criss on the show's dangerous side.
Melissa Little on the harrowing aftermath of learning her husband killed her sons.
MAZ COMPTON: "I managed to redefine my relationship with alcohol just in time."
'When I unexpectedly fell pregnant, the medical system failed me.'
The dark, painful past, designer Alannah Hill says she is always drawn back to.
While pregnant with her sixth child and financially ruined, Kate fed her last note into a poker machine.
A plea from a desperate mother: “My husband is blatantly disinterested in our kids.”
Yusra was at swimming training when a grenade landed in the water beside her.
'I was a healthy mother to two beautiful children, then in an instant everything changed.'
From high-flying fashion designer to unemployment: why Alannah Hill walked away with nothing.
"A podcast read out my rape story to thousands of people."
After her cancer diagnosis, pregnant Elle Halliwell was on the verge of "full-blown" orthorexia.
'This terrible tale is the reason I feel no pity for the Brisbane poo jogger.'
Dr. Nikki Stamp: "The mean girl is back. And she's online."
'I thought I knew what grief meant. Then my husband died in bed beside me.'
In the depths of my struggles with anorexia, a few words from my mum helped pull me out.
Colbey had depression for years. Then a little-known supplement pulled him out of the darkness.
Errr. This Gold Coast church just accidentally posted a very dirty message.
Kate hugged her dad everyday, not knowing she'd one day get a devastating diagnosis.
Elle Halliwell was faced with an unbearable choice: life-saving cancer treatment or her unborn baby.
"Why I'm considering having my wedding at home."
Through their own newborn's illness, Karen and Demos found a way to help other families in hospital.
What no one tells you about the months after a miscarriage.
“You should be careful:” How Mischa Barton discovered her boyfriend had secretly filmed them having sex.
The "stingy" wedding announcement that has guests furious.
At the age of 12, Pebbles was told she was to marry a 62-year-old man.