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?