THIS IS SO hard to write... and that's exactly why I'm doing it. I’m a doctor. I talk to men every day about mental health – about how they’re feeling, about stress, burnout, anger, relationships, addiction, depression, the works. But I’ll tell you this – it doesn’t...
IF YOU’VE EVER been in a long-term defacto relationship, you’ll know that there’s a moment around the three-year mark where, if you’ve played your cards right and had good communication, the two of you are travelling in the same direction at such a clip that it starts...
I'M JULES OLDER. I'm nearly 85. It feels a good time to think about what’s been lost, gained and kept as I've aged. I’ll start with a chart, then talk turkey. Ready? Lost Downhill skiing Cross-country skiing Biking Running...
IT WAS AT the height of Covid in 2020 that James took his life. He was a great friend, the kind of friend that comes along once in a lifetime. We spent countless hours talking about everything and anything. While his death wasn’t really out of the blue given his...
THE GREATEST THREAT to our generation right now is loneliness. So much of our world pushes us toward isolation – dating apps replacing human connection, algorithms keeping us on our phones, and yet we keep ducking and weaving our CEO’s request to return to work....
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