Elsa Silberstein

Building and maintaining a village doesn't just happen. It takes effort. It means showing up even when it feels hard or inconvenient, says psychotherapist Esther Perel. 

After a cancer diagnosis, Kate Miller's doctor recommended a mastectomy on one side only. But Kate wanted both breasts gone.

There is no road map for step-parenting, and experts say a common mistake is assuming it will be easy. 

An expert says it can be lonely caring for or supporting someone living with a dependence or addiction. 

Despite up to 15 per cent of people in Australia having genital herpes, many of us find it extremely hard to talk about. But you can still have a fulfilling sex life with herpes.

Perfectionism is not necessarily about achievement or structure, and can be debilitating and all-consuming.

Research shows, perhaps surprisingly, that women with young kids feel better about their bodies than women with no children.  

In the 'sugar dating' world, attractive young women date rich older men to facilitate the kind of romance you pay for. But things can go wrong when sex mixes with money, wealth and power.

For some women, perimenopause can mean a drop in libido, or painful sex. But experts say a robust sex life doesn't need to be forgotten as the body changes with age.

'Brain fog' during perimenopause is real, and it can disrupt women's lives and careers. It's one of many cognitive impacts of the transition to menopause. 

A young Christian nurse in Central Australia got pregnant in the 1950s. Her birth son spent two decades trying to find her.

Jason Levi and Andrew Goodman are from different states, but they have one very special thing in common — both are watching not one but two of their children representing Australia on the world stage.

Wycliffe Well was once the UFO capital of Australia - tourists would flock from all over the world to catch a glimpse of extra terrestrial activity at the outback roadside stop.

Young men are bragging about flying without entertainment in an online display of toughness in the digital age.

Earlier this year, youth crime in Alice Springs got plenty of attention nationally as a night-time curfew was imposed on children.

Inside a tiny community hall in Alice Springs, there's an appetite for frank and open talk between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal locals.

A group of Alice Springs locals has for many years been holding special gatherings they hope will play a small part in Reconciliation.

For months, the national spotlight has been on the desert town of Alice Springs and its struggles with youth crime. 

With a few contracts here and there but mainly run out of his own pocket, station man Damien Kunoth believes in tough love when teaching young Indigenous men how to work on the land in his All Rounder program.

In the 1960s Alice Springs saw an economic lifeline when America promised to build a space base on the edge of town. But once its bizarre, oversized golf ball-like structures were built, mysterious things started happening.

The town has made news for crime and violence in recent times, but there is cause for celebration as Alice Springs hosts its "beautiful culture" at the annual Parrtjima festival. 

For the past few weeks, Alice Springs made national headlines for the violence and crime gripping the Northern Territory town.

It should be Islam's "month of happiness" but as the Israel-Gaza war continues, Imam Ahmad Aboukhadra doesn't feel the joy of Ramadan he once did.

Restless with retirement, former corporate high-flyer Nesya King didn't want to "wait for God". She was drawn back to her first career — nursing — and 30 years out of the game, she returned to university to become qualified.

Annaliese Shaw was recovering from an ACL injury when she saw an artist's call-out for sexy selfies taken in nature. It's how she first interacted with her now-partner, artist Kim Leutwyler.