Readers Digest Australia

In this era of information overload, Reader’s Digest offers something unique: the very best advice, information and inspiration from multiple sources, condensed into an easy-to-read digest. In each issue you’ll get trusted, time-saving insights about Health, Personal Finance, Work, Family, and National issues, PLUS exclusive book excerpts, news-making interviews, and humor.

LETTERS • Reader’s Comments And Opinions

EDITOR’S NOTE • Making Connections

GREAT FATHER’S DAY GIFT IDEA • Subscribe to the world’s best loved magazine for your chance to win

Readers Digest Australia

The Paper Delivery Boy • A retired Air Force officer remembers a kind-hearted gesture with gratitude

SMART ANIMALS • Know what they want – and how to achieve it

Soothe The Sunday Scaries • How to replace work-week dread with Funday

Seeing Blue

News From The WORLD OF MEDICINE

Good Vibes Grow On Trees • Science shows that our plants take care of us too

STEVEN SPIELBERG A Life In Cinema • The cinema maestro was only 16 when his life changed forever. Six decades on, The Fabelmans director gets personal

Let’s Be Friends • How to make lasting connections that lift you up

BUILDING BONDS • Men don’t make friends as easily as women do, and the pandemic didn’t exactly help. I’m glad to return to my dates with mates

LIFE’S LIKE THAT • Seeing The Funny Side

YOUR FASCIA-NATING FASCIA • New science is showing that fascia – the webbing that holds your body together – might play a role in far more than just post-exercise soreness

Hoarding Disorder • COVID and the cost-of-living crisis have significantly altered how signs of the condition appear. Here’s why

SEE THE WORLD… …DIFFERENTLY

HIGH TECH Helpers • You’ll now find robots doing everything from soothing your nerves to brewing your coffee

LAUGHTER • The Best Medicine

WE FOUND MORE FIXES • Another 25 helpful hints to improve your life

Keeping Track Of TRAIN TRAVEL

The METAVERSE • Why are tech people all talking about ‘the Metaverse’ and could it really be the future of the internet and interaction?

THE AMAZING HUMAN BODY • Test your knowledge about the ingenious human body

QUOTABLE QUOTES

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK • Humour On The Job

The Journey Of The Kon-Tiki • Is it possible to cross the Pacific on a wooden raft? Natural scientist Thor Heyerdahl dares everything to prove it

SPAIN’S MODERN TROGLODYTES • Once the poorest part of the poorest region in Spain, the Guadix area in Andalusia is becoming a magnet for pensioners and digital nomads alike. The greatest appeal: to live in a cave

MY STARTER DOG • Adopting a dog in my 60s was never part of the plan. But Casey changed everything.

PUZZLES • Challenge yourself by solving these puzzles and mind stretchers, then check your answers on page 154.

FAMILY FUN • Puzzle Answers PAGE 154

TRIVIA • Test Your General Knowledge

PUZZLE ANSWERS

WORD POWER Let’s Talk Business • How much financial jargon do you know?