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Why We Paint: The Krubi Sisters

Sister trio Clara, Emily and Sharon always dreamed of different things they could do together when they grew up. They never thought they would...
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Understanding Diabetes

Diabetes (or diabetes mellitus) is not one disease but a group of endocrine (hormonal) diseases. Commonly, we separate these out into type 1 diabetes,...
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NAIDOC: A Week to Remember

NAIDOC Week is July 2–9 and incorporates the second Friday—which historically was celebrated as “National Aboriginal Day”. NAIDOC stands for National Aboriginal and Islanders...
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Waters of Death, Waters of Life

I still remember it like it was yesterday: the brightness of the sun on my skin, the chill of the water, the crowds of...
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How Well Do You Know Your Heroes?

In 2016, I noticed advertising for a new quiz show called Hard Quiz coming to ABC TV in Australia. What caught my attention was the...
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Finding the Father

Last Christmas, I received the wonderful gift of a subscription to a genealogy service. I’ve spent hours over the holidays sifting through records related to...
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A Brief History of Van Life

#Vanlife . . . it’s the aesthetic trend we’ve seen sprawled across the internet in the past decade. The reservoir of photographs framed by...
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Build Boundaries, Protect Your Marriage

We tend to protect things that are important to us. In the past, a wealthy man might build a castle to contain his wealth...
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The shame that changes us (or not)

If shame were personified, its main characteristic would be its ability to creep into the darkest depths, avoiding any trace of light and any...
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Say it with a Poem

Have you ever felt like there was nothing to your story? Like your life wasn’t anything worth sharing? Or like it would set you...
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The Origins of Mother’s Day

Have you heard the story of the woman who inspired the creation of the celebration we now know as “Mother’s Day”? Ann Jarvis was...
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How To Feed Your Family For Less

Don’t feel pressured to always buy fresh Even produce experts like Thanh Truong, aka the Fruit Nerd, rely on a freezer stash of frozen fruit...