I had my first baby at 20. Now I’m ready to relive my lost years
Opinion
Parenting

I had my first baby at 20. Now I’m ready to relive my lost years

I’ve been a parent for my entire adulthood. Now I’m 40 – an age that once seemed impossibly ancient and far away,but that now feels wildly youthful – and finally ready to do my 20s.

  • byAnna Spargo-Ryan

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Alphington Grammar is sending its students the wrong message on mental health

Alphington Grammar is sending its students the wrong message on mental health

The proposed mental health facility near Alphington Grammar will be a win for Victoria’s mental health system,not a risk to school students.

  • byAnna Spargo-Ryan
A psychologist handed my partner an article to help with my anxiety. I’d written it

A psychologist handed my partner an article to help with my anxiety. I’d written it

A lack of useful language to describe mental illness means we often get the wrong help.

  • byAnna Spargo-Ryan
I hated sport at school. But now I embrace my middle-aged body and love it.
Opinion
Body image

I hated sport at school. But now I embrace my middle-aged body and love it.

I became convinced not only was I bad at sport but also that it would be gross to try in front of everyone

  • byAnna Spargo-Ryan
I’ve spent my life looking for a cure to mental illness,then I made a discovery

I’ve spent my life looking for a cure to mental illness,then I made a discovery

In the hunt for my ‘better’ self,I realised I was missing the version that was already here.

  • byAnna Spargo-Ryan