eFriend Blog

How setting boundaries saved my friendships     I used to tell my bestie everything that goes on in my mind. Completely honest, raw and open. We got really close, really quick. How could we not? We were both open...

For most of my 20's, I was confident that I did not want to be a parent. Looking back, I think this was due to my own childhood trauma. I didn't want to bring a tiny innocent human being into this world, feeling unable...

When mental health makes connections harder to maintain - or recall!      When I was 8 my parents divorced. Holidays were the only time I saw my dad, as my mum, brother and I moved to another city. We didn't speak on...

The approach of NAIDOC week has me thinking about how I, as a white woman, can best support Aboriginal people.     In recent years I have had the opportunity to meet and spend time with refugee and migrant communities....

For many years, I heard the word 'yoga' and cringed. To be honest, it looked boring, and I never wanted to be one of those “yoga people”!   3 years into my recovery from drugs and alcohol, a friend persuaded me to...

I’m not a person who is a stranger to taking medications - I’ve been taking it daily in some form or another since I was around 16. With my current combination, I’ve been going mostly steady for almost 4 years....

Growing up, I idolized Steve Irwin. My favorite part of the day was switching on Animal Planet after a long day at school and watching The Crocodile Hunter. I know I know, that’s such a tourist thing! Honestly,...

After completing my HSC/Year 12, I went straight into the workplace. The financial realities of life were real. I did not have the opportunity to put myself through a full-time university degree, as I needed to learn...

  For a large part of my life, I didn’t want to look at my emotions, I wanted to escape them. Most of the time I didn’t really know exactly how I felt, and I didn’t want to know. I couldn’t risk thinking about it...