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Lessons from 2025
What stayed, what shifted, what grew
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you can't fix everyone and you need to stop trying
Parentification, over functioning, and learning where responsibility ends
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What Violence Leaves Behind
Bondi, collective grief, and the quiet costs carried by communities
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The Soft Work of Becoming Someone Who Lets Others In
A closer look at why some of us over care, retreat, and fear closeness all at the same time
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Caring is not embarrassing
Why our generation hides sincerity, assumes the worst and mistakes detachment for strength.
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What is meant for me won't miss me
A reflection on anxiety, faith and remembering where calm really comes from
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Humans are flowers, we are made to grow
Why growth matters and why the soil beneath us matters even more
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November 2025

A Cliché in Real Time
On being the eldest daughter and accidentally fitting every stereotype
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Why Everyone Thinks They Have ADHD
A critical look at short-form content, shrinking attention spans and the rise of overpathologisation
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The Business of Longing
A look at how novels, films and social media commercialise desire, and can distort expectations
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Australia’s Social Media Ban for Under-16s
The upcoming ban is not an overreach — it’s a necessary response to a crisis that families can no longer manage alone.
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The beauty of being misunderstood
Finding peace in being misunderstood and choosing self-understanding instead.
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