Derek Dong

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2020 Isn’t Over. It’s Time To Set Your Professional Vision

“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities....

Egg Freezing, Ovulation Trackers: Common Fertility Myths Busted

“Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information is control.” – Joan Didion

Flying Solo: A winding road to empowered single parenting

“Option A is not available. So let’s just kick the shit out of Option B.” Dr. Emma...

From Little Things, Big Things Grow

Emotions drive so much of our behaviour – adults and children alike. The way to calm...

A Recipe for Equality

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your...

An Inclusive Approach to Parenting- Information Statement

Research Project Title: An Inclusive Approach to Parenting

2020 has produced extra challenges for gender equality, but we must #KeepMindingTheGap

“I do very little negotiation with people. And they do little with me, in terms of it …...

Respect@Work & the freedom to work free from sexual harassment

A review of the recent public discourse on sexual harassment reveals deep-seeded...

Care to Flex, or Flex to Care?

However, over the last 10 weeks, our working worlds have literally catapulted into a...

In the spirit of Human Grace

“[Dadirri] is in everyone. It is not just an Aboriginal thing.” — Miriam-Rose...

Flexibility and Fatherhood

JULIAN Tai is a father of three but it’s often easier and less painful for him to tell...

Is it time for a StayCation?

Hands up if you need a holiday right now. Ordinarily, many of us use the glorious run...

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