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You like shopping at the posh supermarket across the street but when a neighbour makes a snide comment about your shopping habits you wonder whether it’s time to give up the supermarket or your friendship with the neighbour.

Hair can be a fun way to express who we are, it can also signify a lot about us, from our cultural heritage to our age.

Clinical psychologist Nasalifya Namwinga joins Beverley Wang to explore the connection between our hair and our identity.

May this year was the hottest on record, globally speaking, and that marks 12 straight months of record heat.

And with that heat comes disaster events: wildfires are raging in California, heatwaves have impacted South and South-East Asia and floods have killed hundreds in Indonesia, Afghanistan and Europe in recent months.

Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld have been proponents of climate change mitigation for many decades, but in their new book, they're suggesting that it's time to start prioritising adaptation.

Chris Cheers is a psychologist, educator and author who works mostly with the queer and arts community.

He shares why sometimes stress can tell us we are doing something meaningful, the importance of curiosity and why he prioritises making time for friends

As traditional dieting has been proven to be ineffective for many people, the Health at Every Size movement has offered a more holistic alternative. 

But a new journalistic investigation has found that major American food companies have distorted the HAES message to sell their sugary products. 

Caitlin Gilbert, Zoe Nicolson, and Louise Adams discuss what an evidence-based Health at Every Size approach looks like.

Michelle Hamer is an acclaimed artist whose work delivers a strong message through what may be considered a gentle medium. 

She is also no stranger to chronic pain. But it was in asking others to share their experiences that informed her latest works.

Her new exhibition called 'I'm a Believer' confronts the dismissive language around those living with chronic pain.