An independent journal of emotional wellbeing across the lifespan
Independent journal · Australia
Emotional Health Clinic60+
Writing for older Australians and the people who love them — on retirement, low mood, loneliness and living well with a changing body.
Finishing work can look like freedom from the street and feel like a dropped map from the inside. Worry and low mood in this season are common, discussable, and not a failure to be grateful.
Margaret Liu · 6 February 2026 · 9 min read
Loneliness in later life is not a personal failure and it is not solved by being told to join a club. It is a health issue with ordinary, practical remedies — and it is allowed to take more than one attempt.
Margaret Liu · 12 January 2026 · 9 min read
Ageing well is not the absence of illness. It is the slower skill of remaining a person — with preferences, relationships and a say — while a body revises the terms.
Margaret Liu · 8 December 2025 · 9 min read