I was fearful of my daughter’s Down syndrome diagnosis. I had much to learn and more to unlearn

As noninvasive prenatal screening becomes more common in Australia, Elizabeth Callinan wonders what it would have been like to get a high-chance result

Cardio is the worst. I hated every second of Zumba, HIIT and Spin

Endorphin rush? All I get is sweaty and flushed. Cardio is for sickeningly fit people, argues Alyx Gorman. But Ellen Leabeater tries to prove her wrong

The wellness realm has fallen into conspiritualism – I have a sense why

There is a reason behind the collision of new age ‘light and love’ and the conspiratorial world of QAnon, writes Sarah Wilson

Experience: I thought I’d never meet my newborn son

Our baby was on the way when Thailand banned commercial surrogacy. Clinics were raided. Calls and emails went unanswered

‘Throwaway gear’: nonstick pans are rare in restaurants – should home cooks quit them too?

Teflon might have its place but avoid metal utensils, high heat and rapid temperature changes

All the rage: how channelling anger became a wellness tool

A growing number of courses encourage people to express fury. While not for everyone, devotees have found positive flow-on effects

From undercooked statistics to over-simplification: what The Bold Type got wrong about pregnancy loss

Stories of miscarriage are so rare in popular culture, it’s even more disappointing when they’re mishandled

Working from bed: how life in lockdown ruined our bodies

I’ve got tennis elbow but I’m meant to be a writing a book! A cosmic joke? A curse? Or ... tennis?

From going grey to hand washing: 12 lockdown habits we’re going to keep

Life in lockdown has been an exercise in patience, but for some, there have been rewards worth bringing into their ‘new normals’

‘Evil forces’: how Covid-19 paranoia united the wellness industry and rightwing conspiracy theorists

Amid the Covid-19 lockdown, the connection between rightwing conspiracy theories and wellness have strengthened