Lauren Furey

Lauren Furey is a freelance writer who spends her days hauling two small children around on a bike. She enjoys tea, recycling and talking to strangers.
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#MIND

Getting Zen with heavy metal

Thrashing around in a mosh pit while a heavy metal band screams at you might not sound very chill, but for fans of the genre, it can be extremely therapeutic. So says Australia’s kings of metalcore, Parkway Drive, who have […]

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#CAREER #STYLE

Is it time to break dress code?

“You don’t look like an accountant,” said another schoolyard dad to my husband. The comment wasn’t meant to be cruel or derogatory — my husband has a mohawk that he often wears in a topknot — it was simply a […]

past life regression
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#HOROSCOPES

The secret lives of … us

Intrigued by the concept of reincarnation? We chat to a hypnosis practitioner and former psychologist about past lives, karmic connections and healing trauma of the soul.

Has cancel culture gone too far?
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#POLITICS

Has cancel culture gone too far?

Free speech, censorship, bigotry and power dynamics — there are many layers to the knotty, often-divisive topic of “cancel culture”. We debate the merits and dangers of mob justice and ask if it’s ever right to “cancel” a person.