ELLE Australia

THIS MONTH SEES the Australian women’s national soccer team kick off at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. Whether you’re an avid football fan or not, you won’t want to miss cheering Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! (what else?) as the Matildas take on Ita

From working as a director’s assistant on the latest film adaption of the Jane Austen classic Emma, to creating a custom collage to illustrate “Press Play Like A Girl” on p64, no day is ever the same for this visual artist. On my playlist: The Normal

The use of palo santo (Spanish for “holy stick”) dates back to Incan times. Shamans used wood from the wild tree in an attempt to cleanse negative energy, and folk medicine practitioners were known to prescribe it for myriad health woes. These days,

“I ALWAYS KNEW I WANTED A FAMILY. I was adopted and desperate to have my own children. When I fell pregnant, quite quickly after we started trying, I was so excited. I was so happy I was going to have a baby very soon. I never had any reason to think

Jacinta di Mase is a literary agent who set up her eponymous management company in 2004. She spends most of her days negotiating publishing offers and contracts on behalf of her authors, and after 20 years’ experience, knows negotiating is all about

BIANCA HARTGE-HAZELMAN has a personal reason for her work in fighting for women’s rights to equal pay and equal opportunity. “I grew up watching my mother struggle: she had one dress to her name; charities would deliver food hampers to us. It was hor

THESE DAYS, apparently, we all need a  personal brand – even those of us who get squirmy at the idea. In fact, as Kaitlyn Ham, who created her style blog Modern Legacy way back in 2011, has discovered, the squirm can even become your signature. “I’ve

As the tide of events that has carried you forward starts to slow a little, you look for ways to maintain your momentum, asking friends for help or spending money unnecessarily to add artificial impetus to your projects. Both of these will create mor

Life is a journey. As we travel, we see things from a different perspective and we change. Or at least in theory. In reality, we tend to stay in one place for far too long and only move when external events force us to. What happens in the next few w

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I’ve forgotten what it’s like to be in love. I’m a 27-year-old woman who’s been single for years. I’ve tried online dating and met some nice guys, but since my last serious relationship ended, I’ve felt absolutely nothing — not even a twinge of roman