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Not By Accident

I became a single mother by choice, not by accident. I’ve been recording our lives for seven years to tell this story, about making choices and taking action to live the life you want. If you’re a par... Read more

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Ep 3: Donor Deliberations

Ep 3: Donor Deliberations

One day, soon after I left school, my mother told me that she wanted me to have a baby one day and she didn’t care how I... Read more

28 Apr 2016

25mins

Ranked #2

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Ep 2: Your Grandparents

Ep 2: Your Grandparents

In 2012 I went home to Australia for Christmas. I had three weeks off from my job teaching documentary filmmaking in Den... Read more

14 Apr 2016

21mins

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Ranked #3

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Ep 24: Health

Ep 24: Health

I get the feared call from pre-school on the last day of term. You’ve hit your head, badly. I keep a close watch on you ... Read more

6 Oct 2017

38mins

Ranked #4

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Ep 25: Farvel

Ep 25: Farvel

It’s Spring, 2015. Half your life ago. My six years teaching at the European Film College begin the limp to an anti-clim... Read more

24 Nov 2017

25mins

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Ranked #5

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Ep 4: My Love Life

Ep 4: My Love Life

I had morning sickness and was trying hard to look after myself, now about 5 weeks pregnant, but it was a struggle with ... Read more

12 May 2016

25mins

Ranked #6

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Ep 5: Travels Through the First Trimester

Ep 5: Travels Through the First Trimester

My body has seriously never looked better naked. Everything is soft, plump and trim in all the right places. My breasts ... Read more

27 May 2016

26mins

Ranked #7

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Ep 17: Tomorrow Morning

Ep 17: Tomorrow Morning

I’ve been thinking a lot about the expectation of an exchange: you help me move house, I’ll buy you pizza and beer; you ... Read more

24 Dec 2016

16mins

Ranked #8

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Ep 23: Community

Ep 23: Community

The school year is away like a fast-moving train. In the past I’d have lost myself in the momentum. Not so much this yea... Read more

31 Aug 2017

30mins

Ranked #9

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Ep 6: Seventeen Calls

Ep 6: Seventeen Calls

It’s the end of August in 2012. You have reached a milestone. 13 weeks. The second trimester. For me, it’s a turning poi... Read more

17 Jun 2016

32mins

Ranked #10

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Ep 22: Lessons From Zorba

Ep 22: Lessons From Zorba

The Principal, my boss, has a job offer and decides to take it. The question of leadership opens up. While the Board sea... Read more

31 Jul 2017

22mins

Ranked #11

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Ep 21: My Brother's Wedding

Ep 21: My Brother's Wedding

Nick called to tell me the news just before New Year’s, only weeks after we got back to Denmark. He proposed, and she sa... Read more

14 Jul 2017

18mins

Ranked #12

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Ep 7: Dinosaurs and Pancakes

Ep 7: Dinosaurs and Pancakes

It's September 2012. There is a nervous excitement in the building and everybody feels it, from the chefs, to the financ... Read more

2 Jul 2016

33mins

Ranked #13

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Ep 19: Turning One

Ep 19: Turning One

Episode 19: Turning OneThe shock of being back at work is becoming routine. Even the pre-sunrise race to childcare. I fe... Read more

14 Feb 2017

20mins

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Ep 10: Birth

Ep 10: Birth

It's going to get messy, so if that’s a problem for you, you might want to skip this episode, or you can fairly safely l... Read more

26 Aug 2016

33mins

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Ep 16: The Emails

Ep 16: The Emails

Crossing the world from Australia to Thailand to Denmark, ending my maternity leave, ending 2013. A sense of loss, a sen... Read more

14 Dec 2016

32mins

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