The youngest of seven children, and only girl, Gail Holmes has lead a fascinating life.

Whether it be flying a plane before driving a car, building a highly successful business career, moving to China, writing a bestselling novel or having five kids herself.

But how did she fare with the Five Of My Life challenge…?

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"The 1980s put a whole generation of women into therapy”. 

Anna Bryant is one of Australia’s leading social researchers with decades of global experience in unpacking what really makes people tick. 

In this episode it was fascinating hearing her reveal insights into herself - not other people - for a change.

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Tim Olsen is one of Australia’s most recognised and respected art identities. In his role running one of the country’s leading galleries he has nurtured and supported numerous notable artists. At the same time as being a significant donor and benefactor to the Australian art scene for over 30 years.

Death is Katie Duncan’s business.

As a certified Death Doula her passion is to better prepare and support people through their, and their loved ones, end of life journey.

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For years Maz Farrelly produced a number of the biggest shows on earth - Big Brother, X factor, Celebrity Apprentice, to name just a few.

Discover the real woman behind the fame and success in this surprising and enlightening conversation.

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In this wide ranging conversation Anthony Albanese reveals, amongst other things, his mistakes, genuine passion for music, admiration for the Queen and the similarities between the mafia and politics.

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Professor Peter Greste spent 400 harrowing days in an Egyptian jail on fabricated terrorism charges. An experience that is the subject of a major new motion picture - The Correspondent - starring Richard Roxborough. Peter is an award winning foreign correspondent with over 25 years experience working for the BBC, Al Jazeera and Reuters.

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Lucy Wark is the founder of Normal, a sexual wellness brand giving everyone the tools, information and confidence to explore sexuality without stress or shame.

Amongst many other accolades she has a first class honours degree from Cambridge in Social Sciences, a career at McKinsey and runs career skills platform Fuzzy.

Quite the CV - but how did she respond to the Five Of My Life challenge?

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James Weir is a national treasure.

One of the country’s finest comedic writers his newspaper columns have been delighting fans, and setting readership records, for over a decade.

His sharp observation and irreverent humour is ever present in his other roles , including that as a high profile radio host and successful novelist.

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Jacinta Tynan has spent over 30 years in the media industry in her varied roles as a TV presenter, journalist, reporter and columnist. Also a successful multi book author Jacinta has recently launched both a coaching business and the world’s #1 Spiritual Book Club.

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