The Juggling Act

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Noni Hazlehurst opens up about life as a solo mum Sep 21, 2020

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Our next guest is WITHOUT a doubt my favourite Playschool presenter growing up. It is of course Noni Hazlehurst. I’ll wait while you argue Benita or John were better… Nope, didn’t think so... Well, she’s packed Big Ted and Jemima away (quite a while ago) and she’s now the host of the SBS Observational doco Every Family Has A Secret. Noni opens up about her own family secrets, life as a solo mum and how her son thought she did Play School just for him!

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Is it ever okay to re-gift a child’s present? Sep 20, 2020

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When you first have a baby you can be inundated with gorgeous and generous gifts, but so often they don't get used. Then as they grow up, they usually get totally spoilt on their birthday and sometimes don't really appreciate all the gifts they receive. So is it wrong to keep some of those items aside and regift? Or even give them back to your child at a later date?

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Weekly Catch Up Sep 19, 2020

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This week, Sarah and I discussed whether grandparents should be expected to step up and help care for our kids while we work? Author Karen Chaston joins us to talk about how to bounce back from a loss in your life – whether it’s a job or a loved one… Masterchef star Dani Venn opens up about splitting from her husband and juggling work with two small kids. PR guru Bec Brown has a new book out and shares her tips for building valuable career relationships and new mum Jesinta Campbell gets candid about the important message she wants to teach her indigenousness daughter.

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The important message Jesinta Franklin has for her indigenous daughter Sep 17, 2020

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Our next guest gave birth to her first child in Feb this year after a two and half year-long struggle to fall pregnant. Jesinta Franklin is understandably smitten with little Tallulah, and now she’s written a children’s book with an important message for her little girl. She joins us to chat about the first six months of motherhood and how having a baby has changed her relationship with her husband Buddy.

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MasterChef star Dani Venn opens up about splitting from her husband during COVID Sep 16, 2020

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Former MasterChef contestant Dani Venn has had quite a year. She returned to MasterChef for the third time, juggled two phases of lockdown in Victoria, all while parenting her two young kids Harlow (5) and Oscar (2) after splitting from her partner of 13 years in July. The Founder of the Wholehearted Cook website joins us to chat about leaving her kids to return to MasterChef and how she's juggling work as a newly single mum.

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How to build valuable career relationships Sep 15, 2020

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Bec Brown is the founder and director of The Comms Department, a PR and crisis comms management agency, with more than 20 years working in the creative industry alongside people like Katy Perry and the Wiggles, and brands such as KISS FM and Live Nation. It’s a tough but rewarding industry, and one that she says you can totally succeed in - if you set your mind to it. So she pulled together an essential career handbook for creative women, called You’ve Got This’ (out now) and she joins us to share how you can build valuable career relationships without seeming like a user!

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Five steps to cope with loss in your life Sep 14, 2020

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In July 2011, Karen Chaston’s life changed forever when her youngest child, Dan, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away at her back door. She dealt with her loss by avoiding it; overworking, overeating and drinking, spiralling out of touch with herself and her life. Within 15 months, Karen resigned from her CFO role and became a beyond loss expert and co-founded her business: Live Love By Design. She joins us to share her heartbreaking story and her invaluable tips to coping with loss in your life.

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Should grandparents be expected to care for our kids while we work? Sep 13, 2020

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Even though my parents live interstate, they never hesitate to help out with the kids when they can. It's something I definitely don't take for granted. I know a lot of families whose parents care for their kids on a regular basis, and some whose parents are not as involved. So should there be an expectation that our parents will step up and care for our children while we work or is that asking too much?

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Weekly Catch Up Sep 12, 2020

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This week, Sarah and I talked about whether you need to spend loads on your kids shoes or can you get away with the cheapies…We chat about my favourite new buzz word ‘presenteeism’ and whether that’s just a given for working parents…Parenting goddess Maggie Dent is with us to chat about raising boys (praise be) … we catch up with the Single mum running $7 million business from the AFL Bubble And How the fuck do you stop your child swearing when they don't know what they are saying ?

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How do you stop your child swearing when they don't know what they're saying? Sep 10, 2020

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I'll admit it, it's pretty funny when little kids swear and they don't realise what they're saying. But it might not be as funny to the people around them if it happens out in public! So should you just ignore it or pull them up? Especially if they don't realise what they're saying.

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