Across Australia, the cost-of-living crisis and housing shortage have quietly reshaped intimate relationships. For many couples, separation is no longer a straightforward emotional decision it’s a financial impossibility. Increasingly, people find themselves emotionally separated but physically co-habiting , sharing a roof not out of choice, but necessity. As a Counsellor I’m seeing a rise in couples who describe themselves as “together but not really” no longer romantically connected,...

It’s been exactly one month since the under-16s ban came into place in Western Australia. So what’s actually happening? How are young people responding—and what are adults noticing? Here is an article that I have written on what i have noticed as a Counsellor.

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - A.A. Milne As a parent, witnessing your child go...