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Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world. Let's talk! With trusted experts and your stories, Life Matters is all about what matters to you.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.1 • 122 Ratings

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world. Let's talk! With trusted experts and your stories, Life Matters is all about what matters to you.

    Ask Aunty: I feel uncomfortable about my friend's social media feed

    Ask Aunty: I feel uncomfortable about my friend's social media feed

    Your friend invests a lot of time in her social media posts and wants you to share some of them on your feed as well.

    You're not a fan of what she posts, cringe when she tags you in them, and feel uncomfortable when you see her in person and she brings it up.

    What should you do?

    • 12 min
    How is the cost of living affecting your relationships?

    How is the cost of living affecting your relationships?

    Just living life is expensive right now, with the price of almost everything having gone up a lot in the past couple of years.

    So how is that affecting your relationships with your friends, your romantic partner, your family — all the people who are important in your life.

    • 38 min
    How to make sure your kids are getting the right nutrients for an active life

    How to make sure your kids are getting the right nutrients for an active life

    As parents, many of us worry that if our kids only like eating pasta, white bread and cheese, they may be missing out on some essential nutrients - particularly protein.

    99 per cent of Australian adults are getting enough protein, but what about kids?

    And what are some tips for introducing the foods they need but don't necessarily like on the first, second, or third, try?

    Guests:

    Karina Savage, Paediatric dietitian 

    Dr Miabing Zheng, Researcher at the Institute of Nutrition at Deakin University specialising in babies and protein

    • 16 min
    Here's What I Know: why Yumi Stynes is looking forward to old age

    Here's What I Know: why Yumi Stynes is looking forward to old age

    Yumi Stynes is a broadcaster, author and resident ABC taboo breaker with her beloved podcast Ladies, We Need To Talk.

    As a new season launches, she shares how she learned to be consensual with her body, the creative ways you can get your sleep, and why she's looking forward to running marathons in her 70s.

    • 5 min
    What’s the best way to tell the history of Australia? It’s by eating cake

    What’s the best way to tell the history of Australia? It’s by eating cake

    We hear a lot about wars and leaders and political or ideological trends, in history class, but wouldn't it be more fun to tell that story...through cake? 

    That's what the collections team at State Library of Queensland thought when they kept seeing archival documents about the Australian history of baking stretching way back in time.

    The result is Cake: the podcast.

    • 28 min
    Jennifer Wong's hour of power

    Jennifer Wong's hour of power

    We all know exercise is good for us, but that doesn't mean it's always easy to get organised, into fitness gear, and out of the house.

    And that's particularly true if you're dealing with depression or anxiety, which comedian Jennifer Wong was when she worked out a novel way to force herself to try some new activities.

    That experience has inspired her new show, The Sweet and Sour Hour of Power.

    • 13 min

Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
122 Ratings

122 Ratings

jericu ,

Thanks! Cool podcast.

Enjoying the content. Very relevant. Where is 'Making Cents of super' part 1?

1 in the world ,

Absolutely loved DATED!

I listened to the podcast after hearing Hilary Harper on ABC Melbourne this morning.
I love Hilary on RN and listened to this as soon as I could!
It’s warm, insightful, fascinating and hopeful. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Well done, Hilary!

Suzmerelda ,

Love the separate stories

So great being able to pick and choose the stories I’m interested in. Short bites work well for me too rather than hour long episodes.

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