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A lot of people obtained a mental health plan during the pandemic, but advocates say that seeking out that help could mean being penalised later on, if you try to get insurance. Is this discriminatory? Also, when the pandemic began, most travellers were desperate to get home, we meet one writer who kept travelling.

Birth order is often said to affect the way we all behave. But how much scientific evidence is there to support the claims that first, middle and youngest children will act in certain ways? Life Matters speaks to experts who grapple with the impact of birth order and relationships, and we hear from listeners about whether they feel this issue has moulded their personality or shaped their lives.

More than 40 per cent of Aboriginal adults in Australia are estimated to have low literacy, so what's being done to help? Plus, neuroscientist Steven Laureys on what prompted him to examine the benefits of meditation. And what should you do when your relationship with your partner lacks emotional intimacy?