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Real Life

NOVEMBER 2021

Saxon Mullins catalysed NSW's Affirmative Consent Bill. But her work isn't without a heavy mental load.
"I was driving down the highway at 2am when the police pulled me over and asked me why I was alone."
"My adult child was suffering, but I had to step back for my own health.”
'I cried the day he died.' My complicated relationship with the man who abused me.
'On the outside, I had the perfect life. But I was putting on an act.'
"I was in bed for days crying." Fiona Falkiner on the moment the paparazzi broke her.
'I never thought I'd live on welfare. And then I was a victim of domestic violence.'
Ethan and Grayson Dolan had 26.4 million fans. Then they erased themselves from the internet.
'I decided to do a personality quiz with my boyfriend. The results changed everything.'
'She didn't lose her voice with those pounds.' The Adele headline that speaks to a bigger problem.
EXCLUSIVE: As a police officer Sharon attended DV calls daily. Then she'd go home to an abusive partner.
'I've been living in a wheelchair for months. The hardest part is feeling forgotten.'
Hours after giving birth, Karyn was told she had 3 weeks to live. She's just celebrated 6 months with her daughter.
Phoebe Burgess kept silent about her marriage breakdown. Two years later, she's found her voice.
After Phoebe Burgess' husband was implicated in a sexting scandal, she called the woman involved.
'I was just being nice.' When it comes to dating, is being nice a form of deceit?
'My friend Jessica Michalik died at a festival when she was 15. It was entirely preventable.'
From IUD to giving birth: 30 women on the medical procedures they've had without any pain meds.
'My mum has lost over $1 million on the pokies. It's destroyed our family.'
Lucy is a mum of two young sons. Her full-time job is on OnlyFans.
'I spent my most formative years as a born-again Christian. This is what it was really like.'
Amanda Berry was kidnapped and held captive for 10 years. Now she finds other missing children.
'I escaped the Taliban 20 years ago. So many women won't be so lucky.'
'Grief is never ending.' Kate lost her mum two years ago. This is what she's learned since.
'I had a missed miscarriage. Here are 5 things I wish I'd known.'
"Mum, everyone gambles." Sandra's son started placing the odd bet. Soon, he'd lost $70k.
'We need to talk about the mental load of separation.'
'I work with cancer patients everyday. But after my own diagnosis, I fell apart.'
'I wasn't supposed to meet my sperm donor dad until I was 18. Age 10, I wrote him a letter.'
'A company asked to speak to the “decision maker” in my house. They meant the man.'
Everyone is talking about Adele's 'new body'. I live in her old one.