Angie McBride Archives - FIFTY+SA https://www.fiftyplussa.com.au/author/angie-mcbride/ The New Age Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:24:22 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.fiftyplussa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Angie McBride Archives - FIFTY+SA https://www.fiftyplussa.com.au/author/angie-mcbride/ 32 32 Why laughter is the best medicine https://www.fiftyplussa.com.au/food-drink/why-laughter-is-the-best-medicine/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:24:20 +0000 https://www.fiftyplussa.com.au/?p=25684 by Angie McBride, Weekend Breakfast co-host at FIVEAA We are very privileged to have a job in the media, and I most certainly don’t take that for granted, but covering the stories we do can be heavy and distressing. On Sunday mornings on FIVEAA I have a segment called Sunny Sunday where listeners phone in with pleasant things they have heard locally, nationally and around the world. It could be something nice or funny they have seen on the internet, great customer service, or something good that has happened to them. A lady phoned in to tell us her daughter

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]]> On embracing uniqueness https://www.fiftyplussa.com.au/lifestyle/people/on-embracing-uniqueness/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:42:31 +0000 https://www.fiftyplussa.com.au/?p=11896 WORDS: Angie McBride Growing up I would question myself because I wasn’t doing the things others do. I felt judged and quizzed on why I liked or didn’t like certain things. I didn’t begrudge others having their own likes and dislikes so why were my quirks such an issue? That left me feeling completely confused by life and by people. I can’t pinpoint the exact moment I began to feel comfortable with my life choices. It was probably by watching lots of Oprah and Dr Phil.  What makes me unique and a bit weird, according to ‘social norms? I don’t

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