The Juggling Act

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rebecca Klodinsky is the ultimate juggler. She started her swimwear label at age 24, spent years in court in a battle over the name – changing it twice - and now she’s running her $7 million business remotely from the AFL bubble with her toddler in tow. She joins us to chat about how she prioritises work and family and what lockdown in the bubble is really like.  

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Being the mum of a boy is brilliant. But with it comes a responsibility to make sure they grow into a kind, compassionate and respectful man. Parenting author Maggie Dent has recognised that challenge and her latest book 'From Boys to Men' focuses on just that. She joins us to talk about how boys are just as emotionally sensitive as girls and how we can nurture those instincts.  

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I love a buzz word, and my latest fav is Presenteeism. So what’s it mean? Presenteeism is a term that means you physically show up to work, but due to worries about the home front, poor physical or mental health, exhaustion or burnout your productivity levels and engagement are lower than usual. You are present in body but not in focus, energy or perhaps care factor. So what can we do about it? Elisabeth Shaw, the CEO of Relationships Australia NSW and clinical psychologist shares her advice.  

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