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Masquerade: The Breast Cancer Link
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Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer diagnosed in females in Australia. It is also the…
Weapons of Mass Induction
Think you’re a free thinker? Think again, says Dr. Aric Sigman in this excerpt from his newly released book Remotely Controlled.…
Green Tram
Zachary was so excited, he was nearly beside himself with excitement. This was to be his big day out in Melbourne. He had graciously accepted my offer…
A Child gives Birth to the Man
As a child of the fifties, my idea of childbirth came from old American sitcoms. The mother is closeted away, the father chain-smokes pacing the…
The Secret – New Age Chinese Whispers
Everything popular is wrong.
Oscar Wilde
Several months ago, a friend dropped by with a burned copy of the hit movie The Secret. I listened to her excited…
An Unschooling Adventure
Our Family
My name is Nanda. I am married to Hans, and together we have four boys: Rutger, Stijn, Jochem, and Koen. We are a Dutch family…
Are Doulas The Future Guardians Of Natural Birth?
Excerpt from Doulas, the Guardians of Natural Birth by Gabrielle Targett
In 2003 Adela Stockton a registered midwife, doula, childbirth educator and…
Tahlia, A Birth Story
The night before giving birth to our daughter stayed up with my mum and husband Greg and watched Memoirs of a Geisha, interestingly about the plight…
Little Greenies
While environmental issues were on the radar screen when I was at school from the late 70s through to 1990, the issues were not as ominous a concern as they are…
The Lessons of Colic
We had waited a decade for our beloved daughter. I guess …