This week on Just Between Us we reveal why couples get married to each other again. What's it like to renew your vows in front of your children and friends a decade after your wedding. Sunil Badami and April Murdoch explain their feelings about the event and Rebecca Huntley joins them in convincing Sarah why it's worth it. 
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The former Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, reveals her new life after coming through the end of her political career and treatment for cancer.  She talks about her new job, zooming around on her moped and how differently she feels about life. 

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This week on 'Just Between Us' we talk to two women about their difficult journey to have children. We focus on what happens after the 'happily ever after' of IVF. Nicky Lavigne and Dee Madigan have made very different decisions about what to do with their frozen embroys. 

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What is Perimenopause and are you in it? In this podcast we talk about the years leading up to 'the change' - what happens, how it affects your fertility, your body, mind and spirit.  Sarah and Rebecca chat to Dr Sonia Davison and two women who have vastly different experiences 

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We discuss the power and the glory of female friendships.  Why they are so intense, important and often, long-lasting. What does it take to become life-long friends? What is the nature of that relationship and how limited is the portrayal of female friendship in popular culture. We talk to the editor of an anthology on gal pals and two women who are coming up to their golden anniversary of being MBFs.  

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Why is the relationship between mothers and teenage daughters so tricky, so fraught and sometimes so contemptuous?  A psychologist reveals why its so hard and how mothers can prepare and survive teenagehood. A girl whose relationship with her mother broke down explains how it could have been saved.  And Mother and writer Joanne Fedler reveals how she learnt to handle her daughter's need for independence with her need to keep her safe. 

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Joanne Fedler's book is 'Love in The Time of Contempt' 

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With one in three marriages ending in divorce we ask can people split amiably? What are the keys to a good break-up? We talk to a woman who is best friend with her ex-husband's wife and her ex and his wife! Is she the Dalai Lama of divorce? Also, Australian's Gwyneth and Chris reveal how they kept kind.  

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Coming out as gay or lesbian can be hard at any stage in life.  But how tricky is it when you are in your forties? Or fifties? We talk to the Prime Minister of Australia's sister about realising she was a lesbian when she was living the perfect suburban middl- class life with a lovely husband, 4 wonderful children and a gorgeous home.  Christine Forster reveals the shock, the heart-ache and the reaction from her family, friends and children.  We also talk to peace activist and former Uniting Church Minister Dorothy McRae-McMahon who ended her marriage at 50 risking her career and church position and attracting intimidation and violence.  

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Mia Freedman describes her 'nervous breakdown', the experience of panic attacks and the diagnosis of an anxiety disorder.  A doctor reveals why women are more likely to suffer such disorders, discuss whether they are more common in modern life and why so many women get called 'crazy bitches' and told to just 'calm down'. 

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Is it time for a mid-career checkup and change?

We've been told we have to keep working until we are 70 but women can often feel bored, unappreciated and insecure mid-way through their career.  Age Discrimination Commissioner Susan Ryan wants us to have a career check-up.  We hear the stories of two incredible women who re-intvented their careers - from cop to midwife and from executive to sugar chef.  

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