Well

'My GP blamed menopause and told me to eat less. He completely missed what was really going on.'
Latest
WATCH WELL
MIND
Australian News
'I thought I was just an overwhelmed single mum. Then my doctor finally told me the truth.'
Health
'I brushed against an innocent-looking plant. Now I'm living in chronic pain.'
Marriage
'The best sex of my life started when I stopped mothering my husband.'
Mental Health
'I looked like I had it all together. My body knew otherwise.'
Dating
'Everyone warned me about my doctor boyfriend. Then he said 5 words and I finally understood why.'
Adhd
'Good girls don't get diagnosed. Dying ones do.'
Coercive Control
'I married my partner after 7 months. I had no idea what I was walking into.'
Sex
'I bought condoms for the first time at 49. It wasn't really about sex.'
Mental Health
'My son told me he wanted to die. Now I'm living in the aftermath every parent fears.'
BODY
Menopause
'Now I'm going through menopause, I owe my mum a big apology.'
Body Positive
'I stepped out of the shower, wrapped in a towel. One comment made me freeze.'
Real Life
'The Mother's Day emotion nobody talks about. And why I feel it every single year.'
Well Body
'My 6 golden rules of getting back into exercise after a big break.'
Well Body
Alex Pendlebury: 'I don't believe in fitness "rules". Here's what I do instead.'
Women
'I was 35 when I realised I'd spent decades ignoring my own body.'
Sleep
'My partner and I are ruining each other's sleep. Here's what's helping.'
Well Body
Quick one: Is the Pill really shrinking your clitoris?
Wellness
The silent risk of stopping GLP-1s.
HEALTH CHECKS
Cancer
'I nagged my husband to do this one thing for his health. It saved his life.'
Real Life
'I thought grief was behind me. Then my husband called and said 3 words I never imagined.'
Cancer
'I survived divorce and cancer. But they took one thing from me, I'm not supposed to talk about.'
Real Life
'I thought I couldn't feel any worse after my mum died. Then I found a secret folder.'
Health
'I woke up from a routine surgery and saw the surgeons' faces. I knew something was wrong.'
Real Life
'I lost my sister to bowel cancer. Mel Schilling's death reminds me of the worst part of grief.'
Family
'The grief on my son's first day of school hit me like a wave. It had nothing to do with him.'
Health
'I told myself I didn't care about the mark on my face... until the doctor called me.'
Cancer
Angus thought he had beaten childhood cancer. Then he looked closer at a photo of his face.
SLEEP
Sleep
If you're constantly waking up tired, this could be why.
Sleep
'I'd barely slept this summer. Then I tried the 'Scandinavian sleep method'.
Relationships
'We've all stopped having sex at bedtime and I know why.'
Wellness
'I'm a night owl who wakes up at 4:30am every day. This is how I do it.'
Sleep
There's a reason you're sleeping badly right now.
Parenting
We asked mums for the sleep advice they wish they knew. They all said these 3 things.
Sleep
There are 7 types of rest, and only one involves a good night's sleep.
Sleep
This research just blew up everything we thought we knew about using phones in bed.
Kids
19 parents share their go-to bedtime hacks (for when they were ready to give up).
PERI AND BEYOND
Perimenopause
'I knew the symptoms of perimenopause. I didn't know this was one of them.'
Ask An Expert
A dietitian answered the 6 questions women quietly ask in perimenopause.
Very Peri
Sandpaper sex and nipple hair: 29 women on the unexpected symptoms of perimenopause.
Real Life
The menopause 'symptom' doctors say you should stop ignoring.
Skin
'I'm a peri and menopause expert. This is what you should (and shouldn't) do for mid-life skin.'
Perimenopause
A doctor answered the 7 menopause questions women aren't asking out loud.
Parenting
'I came off the pill to try for a baby and found out I was in menopause.'
PELVIC HEALTH
News
'I woke up from surgery to strange bruising and a conversation I wasn't meant to hear.'
Explainer
Why a women's health expert wants you to look in the toilet after every visit.
Women
Thousands of women suffer from this life-changing condition. It's a "blind spot" in Australian medicine.
Family
'I thought training for a marathon meant weeks of mum guilt. This one moment changed everything.'
Health
'I had four miscarriages before one doctor asked a question no one else had.'
Health
'I thought my pain was normal. Then a surgeon gave me an impossible choice.'
Real Life
'I became the friend who cancels plans. This is what I wish my friends understood.'
Real Life
'I became an expert at pretending I was fine and hiding pain. One test proved I was anything but.'
Australian News