Becoming a stepmother at 22

Stop. Everything. Now. It’s Claudia Karvan day.

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An icon of the screen, and of the heart, Claudia is Australian entertainment royalty.

Claudia’s life itself feels like a movie (no one else grew up in a nightclub, did they?) and it was an absolute privilege to listen to all the lessons that she has learnt along the way.

With incredible grace, Claudia talks to Hugh, Ryan and Josh about playing the long game during divorce, and how she came to the realisation that it wasn’t up to her to fix everything.

Claudia speaks openly about separating the person from the diagnosis, and how, and why, she thinks so often about death.

This is one for the highlight reel.

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0:00 – Hugh ‘questionable-decisions’ van Cuylenburg
12:24 – The role of a lifetime
17:55 – An unconventional childhood
28:50 – It’s not up to you to fix everything
39:55 – The opening of another world
45:47 – Doing it all (with support)
51:12 – Love and family HER way
59:33 – Play the long game
1:07:15 – Managing mental ill-health
1:24:39 – The benefit of helping others
1:26:48 – How to love in a healthy way

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🫖Other Imperfects episodes mentioned in this episode

• Stephen Curry - I Dug a Hole … and Found Myself - https://bit.ly/3ZpPNkN
• Hannah Ferguson - Outspoken But Not Broken - https://bit.ly/3M8SC6y

📺 Things to watch

• Love My Way - https://bit.ly/4qFCjNA
• The Secret Life of Us - https://bit.ly/3Z1Thtt
• The Queen of Versailles - https://bit.ly/3Z5FemE
• Australian Story - The Secret Life of Claudia Karvan - https://bit.ly/3ZE8p0g
• Who Do You Think You Are? with Claudia Karvan - https://bit.ly/4bIw3QL
• Bump - https://bit.ly/49O16Jv

📖 Things to read

• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche - https://bit.ly/4k8qdtR

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