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Kerri Sackville

Kerri Sackville

Kerri Sackville is an author, columnist and mother of three. Her new book is The Secret Life of You: How a bit of alone time can change your life, relationships and maybe the world.

My partner also objects to me lying – or even sitting – on the bed in any “outside clothes”, which is equally absurd and unreasonable.

My partner is perfect. But scratch the surface and these things bug me

Even the most ideal relationships are often built on a base of mutually annoying habits.

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I thought about the type of women I admire and came to this surprising realisation

Celebrities don’t make the best role models. For that, we should look closer to home.

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There are always treasures to be found in a pharmacy.

Forget designer clothes, I prefer to get my retail fix at ‘Girl Bunnings’

If these stores are entertaining at home, they are utterly irresistible overseas.

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When it comes to recounting a story, the author has questions.

Time and again, the men in my life fail me when it comes to this simple task

I am constantly frustrated by the way my partner – and men in general – do this.

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Saving money on the quality of the beds is not something five-star hotels should be doing.

In every couple, there’s a travel organiser and a passenger. I know who I’d rather be

After years of being the “John”, I am enjoying being a “Jane”.

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I am prone to inappropriate responses to heightened situations that call for empathy.

At a loved one’s memorial, I got the giggles. Why we laugh at the worst moments

I know that nervous laughter is a physiological response, and that it does not correlate with lack of love.

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‘I owe that knob my life’: My brush with death on the M1

I could not see a thing and there was nothing I could do. I was driving blind on a busy highway in the middle of a storm.

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I received an exciting delivery. I never expected what was inside

The box was the size of a washing machine. It was, however, surprisingly light.

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I was reminded of those train rides at 2am last week, when I was tucked up in my own bed at home.

A restless night’s sleep is like taking the train from Sydney to Melbourne

By the final hour, I would be climbing out of my skin, a half-mad husk of a human being.

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I apprehended a shoplifter in a carpark. The outcome was unexpected

I was horrified, and told her in no uncertain terms to return the item, then marched her back to the store.

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