News & Views I’m a psychologist, and I still spent years believing my abusive marriage was my fault I realised how cultural expectations of marriage and womanhood kept me trapped in abuse, and why self-trust was essential to leaving.
News & Views “Hormonal” isn’t a diagnosis: Why women’s midlife mental health keeps getting missed It’s World Menopause Month, and Dr Fatima Khan says medicine is still too quick to dismiss the link between hormones and mental health.
News & Views Mary Coustas on menopause and why sometimes, you just have to laugh After years of struggling to understand her menopause symptoms, Mary co-founded Unpause to help women access better midlife healthcare.
News & Views After losing my baby, this is what helped me feel less alone How I found support through Bears of Hope after losing my baby, and why I now help other grieving parents.
News & Views Infertility and miscarriage left Sharissa in a dark place. Connection helped her keep going When Sharissa Wooldridge experienced a miscarriage after navigating five difficult years of infertility, she was left with a profound sense of grief.
Soapbox We cannot wait for more tragedy to take perinatal mental health seriously Australia needs to take perinatal mental health seriously before another family reaches breaking point and tragedy strikes.
News & Views Women are gambling to escape pain. Australia’s gambling reforms need to understand why Gambling harm can be linked to trauma and family violence, yet the experiences of women are often missing from the conversation.
News & Views My uterus has wrecked my mental health for two decades. At 36, I’m finally evicting it. I’ve spent years living with endometriosis, but what hurts most is how little doctors have understood its impact.
News & Views The Lindsay Clancy trial should make us ask: what happens when a mother’s mental health crisis becomes a catastrophe? The Lindsay Clancy trial asks what we can do better to support mothers facing severe mental health crises before tragedy strikes.
Soapbox Does having a mental illness mean having to pay more to accept second-class health care? Australians are investing more in mental health, yet many people still cannot afford the care they need when they need it.
News & Views The hidden cost of living crisis where women cut back on connection For many women, financial pressure is making it harder to stay connected with friends and communities when support matters most.
News & Views Midlife women are consuming more alcohol than previous generations. It’s the (wine) glass ceiling. Our interviews with more than 75 Australian women show that cutting back on alcohol is often more complicated than risk messages imply.