Family
Beauty Is on the Inside
I gave up my dating life to raise my kids, and I'd do it again. But it's a quiet kind of lonely, looking for someone real when you're older and you've finally worked out what 'real' means.
2 June 2026 3 min read
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Family & Relationships
Marriage, separation, divorce and parenting — rebuilding when family life does not go to plan.
Family
I Loved My Life
Before everything got complicated, painful and heavy — there was a free-range childhood of beaches, footy and dogs, and I loved every bit of it.
1 June 2026 3 min read
Family
I Was the Strict One
I spent years just fighting for the right to be their dad. Then I spent the rest learning that being a good one is harder than winning the access ever was.
1 June 2026 3 min read
Family
Starting Again After It Falls Apart
Nobody hands you a manual for rebuilding a family. You work it out one ordinary day at a time.
30 May 2026 3 min read
Family
The Hardest Kind of Helpless
Becoming a visitor in your own children's lives, and worrying about a world you no longer have any power to change.
24 May 2026 3 min read
Family
Why 'Just Leave' Is the Wrong Question
If you've never been in it, the exit looks obvious. From the inside, it's the hardest door in the world.
14 May 2026 2 min read