The Juggling Act

Today we’re talking guns as toys and whether or not kids should be allowed them. Jules is determined to teach Ollie gratitude but wonders if doing it at Christmas is a bit mean. And we talk about whether flying or driving is the best holiday transportation with kids.

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Mel is drowning in life admin after a nightmare mission to change her surname, so thankfully we've got the authors of 'Life Admin Hacks' on the show for some super-practical advice to cleaning up your admin load. While Jules shares how Ollie has become a climber after learning to walk, and Mel can no longer lie to her son after he learnt to read. Life as they know it is over!

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In today’s episode, we’ve got an advice needed question about cheating, and whether or not you can move past it. Mel headed home to Victoria for the Christmas holidays and talks about how strange it is being in your childhood home as a visitor. And Jules helps Mel overhaul her dating profile. Bring on a banging 2022!

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If your kids are drowning in toys after their haul at Christmas, today’s guest has got some tips for us on how we can all be more environmentally aware - including less toys going into landfill. Jules shares fond memories of her childhood road trips and Mel opens up about a playdate that went very, very wrong.

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Happy New Year! To farewell 2021, we’ve got a fun ‘best of’ episode for you. We’ve pulled together our favourite chats about funny nicknames, the worst things you did as a kid and the random things you thought were true when you were younger.

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Can you believe there’s only two days left of the year? Not sorry to see the back of 2021, but it’s still gone quickly. This episode we've pulled together some of our best bits from the past few months, all about working parents. From career reinventions to whether or not you can have it all.

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Here we are in that weird period between Christmas and New Year where we alternate between eating too much and getting in a body of water to cool off. That is exactly what Jules and Mel are doing right now, so we’ve pulled together their best bits for you to listen to. Today's episode is all about relationships. They're chatting out their girl tribes, how to manage disagreements over parenting, and Jules schools Mel on how she's looking for the wrong thing in a partner.

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As we near the end of the year, we reached out to futurist Mark McCrindle to find out how this bin fire of a year is going to impact our children years down the track. It’s actually more positive than we expected. While Jules and Mel share how their families celebrate Christmas and whether they make New Year resolutions.

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In today’s episode, we’ve got an advice needed question about how to get rid of your partner’s clingy dad after his divorce. Jules reveals her family heritage (and where Oly gets that gorgeous olive skin from), and Mel shares the dramatic birth story of her first-born.

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We are very lucky to catch up with two divine guests for the show today. Isla Fisher and Tim Minchin are the voice stars of the adorable new family film on Netflix, 'Back to the Outback' and they share hilarious stories about growing up with some of the most dangerous creatures in the world. And Jules and Mel weigh in on the SATC reboot 'And Just Like That' and the downside of aging.

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