The Heart Of It

Is it listening to Barry Manilow? Maybe sneaking Monte Carlo biscuits… or starting up conversations with a foreigner to be soothed by their accent. We’re talking about guilty pleasures and for the record… we still don't know what ASMR stands for and will Cam finally get the Rolling Stones song title he was searching for??? 
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Today we are joined by our youngest daughter Bodhi. She talks about being a teen in the time of Covid, Black Lives Matter, resilience and changes. And why she hates advice. 
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Today we take a spooky dive into paranormal activity and share some of our stories. Don't listen alone.... 
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Today we welcome the team from Clothing The Gap, an Aboriginal owned company that is fighting for the freedom of their flag. They are all about creating relationships between Indigenous and Non Indigenous people through fashion and giving back to their community. Check out their conversation today about Freeing The Flag and how you can help. Laura Thompson – Gunditjmara woman, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Clothing The Gap Peter Francis – Peter is the Campaign’s Pro-Bono Legal Counsel from FAL Lawyers Sarah Sheridan – Co-Founder of Clothing The Gap The Free the Flag movement aims to: - Unite all Australians (Indigenous and Non-Indigenous) in the fight to free the Aboriginal [-0-] flag from its current licensing agreements and see Aboriginal people have equal rights and access to their flag. We want the Aboriginal flag to be treated like every other recognized national flag in the world. We are the only race in the world, that has to pledge our allegiance to flag that is a piece of private property. - Enable celebration of the Aboriginal flag without asking for permission. We want free consent. - We want to see more Black flags in the world. The current licensing agreements and copyright on the Aboriginal flag is distressing for the community. People don't feel the same sense of pride and love for the flag and many are just not prepared to ask for permission to use it and pay royalties. Flags unite people and we are afraid that we are going to notice an absence of the Aboriginal flag now. Six things you can do to Free The Flag: 1. Sign the #PrideNotProfit Petition at change.org/pridenotprofit 2. Write to your local Member of Parliament. Clothing The Gap have a great template on your website. 3. Rep some Free The Flag merch to wear your values on your tee and spark conversations. 4. Raise awareness and continue these conversations in your sphere. 5. Donate to the ‘Free The Flag – Fighting Fund’ on GoFund Me to continue to support the campaign. 6. Use the Free The Flag logo in lieu of the Aboriginal Flag until the Flag is free from copyright. You can learn more about the history of the Aboriginal Flag here: https://clothingthegap.com.au/pages/aboriginal-flag-timelin 
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Today we discuss the challenges of differing political views within a relationship, how do you get on the same page, is it a relationship ender? 
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How’s your sex life? We’re TAKING SEXY BACK with psychologist, author and TEDx speaker, Dr Alexandra Solomon. We’ve used Dr. Solomons’ quotes to stimulate conversation more than a few times here. We feel so blessed to be speaking with her from her home in the USA about her new book TAKING SEXY BACK. Dr Solomon also answers our questions about sex and yours too. She’s a wonderful inspiration to us and full of great information for relationships of any length and design. 
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It’s a fact of Parenting Life… we make mistakes. Just in case you feel like you’re the worst parent, we reminisce about the many funny and sometimes scary fails that will long live in the Daddo family history. 
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How do we shift the idea that we as humans are a problem to be solved? What action can we take right now that changes your relationship to a more positive and loving dynamic one? We share our thoughts and learn how to pronounce "Molly Coddle". 
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So how do you make that work? We found a brilliant article to assist us in navigating conflict and we talk through how it can work for us all. Even if one of you is like Cam, by nature … suspicious, competitive, and defensively controlling, it can only take one to bring about the changes you want. 
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With Cam spending so much time on the set of Home and Away in the company of Aussie sweetheart Georgie Parker, Ali felt like it was high time she got to hang out with her too. Together they talk about life and relationships and if you’re a GP fan, you’re not going to want to miss this opportunity to get to know her better. 
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For most of us, past heartbreaks, traumas, loss and regret do rear their heads as we couple up. But there are ways through. During these times of self isolation and distancing, we are absolutely dealing it and we’re also talking about it...we’d love to have you join us. 
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We’ve never done an Easter like this, it's a first and firsts are often harder than we’d like. But, the fact is, next year we’ll most likely be back at the camp ground, watching the footy or at an airbnb someplace we’ve never been to. So this year we’re doing something different. We intend to make the most of it, it’ll be an Easter we talk about for a lifetime (for a whole plethora of reasons). We wish you and yours 100% health, happiness and a few “daddo” jokes and laughs through this time. #stayhome 
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As our collective self isolation period continues, enjoy the final batch of questions that lead to love. Try these on your lover, your kids, your house mates. May the answers lead you to deeper understanding, compassion and most of all… LOVE. At very least they’ll keep you talking to each other. 
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As we get used to spending more time at home and more time with our partners, kids and housemates, we dive into part duex of the questions that lead to love. How would you answer these curiosities? We tell you ours, we’d love to hear yours… 
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Our world has changed. We’re all in this COVID-19 together and who really knows how long we’ll be socially distancing ourselves. This week we have a dozen fun conversation starters that lead... to love. 
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Is there such a thing as Male Menopause? What happens in a relationship when you are both having a midlife crisis? We talk about all this and more. 
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It's so easy to get lost in the everyday life and not stop and remember why we are grateful for our relationships. How easy it is to create stories that keep us separate. Today we talk about those moments and how to respond differently. 
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We put this question to you and the responses were fabulous.  We discuss a few of our own learnings and we reflect on your thoughts and experiences.  Couldn’t have done this without you! #grateful 
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Today we get real and awkward. As the song goes, "Let's talk about sex baby, let's talk about you and me, let's talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be". 
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Do you know who your partner "follows" on Instagram? Does your partner have Facebook friends that he tells details about your relationship that even you don't know? We discuss the challenges of how social media can cause problems and some tips to follow. 
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It’s been a wickedly long, hot summer in Australia. A challenging one for the books. Most of us usually begin the year feeling recharged. For many, 2020 didn’t begin that way. How can we assist those when we often feel in need ourselves? 
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How well do you support your partner when there’s a mental health issue? Do you know what to do? Do you know how to be there for the ones you love? 
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Ali discovered Gary Chapman’s- Five Languages of Love, a NY Times best seller and puts Cam through his paces. 
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Summer is here, accepting our evolving body shapes in the face of societal pressure can be quite the journey. Today we chat about self acceptance and how our partner can support us through the swimsuit season. 
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Farting in front of your partner is arguably as big of a relationship milestone as your first kiss and first “I love you”. You’re actually saying, I am not only going to allow you to see me, I am going to let you experience my smelliest side… and trust that you love me. BIG. So how do you know it’s the right time? We discuss this, the power of pepper spray and misguided curiosity… fiddle fiddle fiddle! 
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Today we chat about how we still get caught in the sticky web of expectations, and how we also have found our way through. 
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Known as the kind couple from the country. Mick and Jodie Ann from season 10 of My Kitchen Rules join us in the bathroom to talk how they’ve kept their spark glowing and growing. 
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We come from another century, a time where half hour sitcoms about castaways on an island dominated the TV, music was produced by real instruments and when you went out for dinner it was either Chinese or Italian. Talking about the old days, leaning into nostalgia, can make us feel happier, closer to loved ones and make us feel our life has more meaning. Join us as we share some stories about our early public life. Let's all feel good together. 
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What happens when one of us goes through physical changes, menopause, snoring, illness. How to cope with no longer sharing a bed. Is it the end of the relationship or is it just another adjustment.Or a new beginning... 
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You’ve spent some quality time together and made a baby, then another comes, and maybe another! Cam is one of five kids, Ali is one of three and together they have three of their own. The question is - how do you strike a balance with your kids individual needs and your differing parenting styles? Experience counts for something, but not everything. 
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We received the question - How do you maintain your own independence and sense of identity in a long term relationship? Ali and I speak from our own perspective on this… and find it way more difficult to do than we anticipated. Clearly we still have things to learn. 
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Taking holidays together with your partner and/or with your family is a sure fire way of creating wonderful and often hilarious memories. After the journey is done, we are left with our stories, these become the tapestry of our lives. We’re sharing a few of our tales, hopefully, they’ll inspire memories and gratitude for your own legendary stories. 
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“Trust only movement, life happens at the level of events, not words.” We’re answering your questions about trust and if it's possible to regain it. 
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Phones at the dinner table? Does social media and screens have an impact on relationships? How does celebrity change someone? Ali and Cam divulge more stories about Hollywood and their thoughts about raising kids in today's screen addicted world. 
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It’s no surprise that MONEY is always included when discussing reasons why couples argue and break up. We share some of the ups and downs we’ve had in regards to money and share some tips from experts about the best way to have a happy relationship with your partner AND your money. 
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Most long-term relationships will encounter loss or grieving at some point given it's a part of our human experience. How we traverse that as a couple can either bond or break you. 
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The truth about our separation in the early days of our marriage and how we rebuilt. 
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Big moments happen in our lives whether we want them to or not. A move, a death, a renovation- these types of events impact our close relationships. We've experienced a few and we share what has worked for us and why. 
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We all go through tough times in a relationship, some walk away (and that is ok) and some choose to stay… through our 28 years of marriage, we’ve had plenty to argue and fight about - why we didn’t quit? It’s a generalisation yes, but every couple fights… it’s HOW you fight that makes or breaks a relationship. Early on in our marriage, we rarely argued and we thought that was worth celebrating. As we grew up inside of our marriage, we realised we were storing up some pretty heated feelings and emotions that were undermining our “happy couple" status. Today we’re talking how to fight fair, keeping your love alive and a lid on your pepper spray. 
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We’re blessed with three children. Each one is different, with their own subtleties and quirks. We’ve been through birth, toddler, big kid and now we’re in the teens. How do you navigate those years??? (with these words- “this too shall pass” tattooed on your palm.) Do you remember when you were a teenager? probably wasn't THAT long ago. When you have your own teenagers, it’s a good thing to recall what you were like… it makes dealing with the mono-syllabic grunts, hormonal reactions and emotional outbursts with a bit more patience. We’re talking teenage parenting, what doesn't work for us, might work for you and vice versa… we’ll put some good medicine out on the table… help yourself. 
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The feeling of being in love is potent and one all of us enjoy, sustaining those first months of crazy love is challenging, a bit like stopping at one french fry. You don't reach 28 years in a relationship without a huge amount of work, struggles, a bathtub of tears and fair amount of pain… I hear you ask- why bother then?! Well, the upside is… you can learn deep love, forgiveness and then there’s the self-growth that can only be learned through the reflection of another. So, how do you keep a relationship together over time? ..believe us, we’re still figuring that out, but having your own bathroom works a treat and keeping romance alive is a winner too. We discuss some of what’s worked for us and most of what hasn’t. 
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Get to know Cam and Ali. They also reveal what this podcast will be about. Coming May 23. 
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