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Why life is more than happiness

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The Post-Social Media School Experiment

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This Book Will Change How You See Yourself (and Your Kids)

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Emma Wilson on Progressive Schooling

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Mindset Moment 2: How to Become a Better Storyteller with Matthew Dicks

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Heal Yourself, Raise Resilient Kids: A Conversation with Sam Jockel

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Sleep Is a Skill: Teaching Kids (and Ourselves) to Rest Well

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Moment 1 - Kevin Kelly on what he would do differently as a parent

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From Paddling to Powerful: Nurturing Swimming Skills Without the Pressure

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Talking Money Without the Stress

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Breaking Free: How Travel Transforms Family Life and Parenting

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Best of 2024, Part Deux

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Best of 2024

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Breaking the Cycle: Lucy Peach on Menstrual Literacy for Dads and Families

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Raising Resilient Kids: Dr. Arne Rubinstein on Modern Rites of Passage

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How to strike a work/life balance

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How your parenting choices today shape your child's future

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How to deal with deathloss and shadowloss

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Raising Kids, Raising Change: Untrashing the planet with Zero Co’s Mike Smith

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The value of bringing creativity to your day

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3D Printing with the kids

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Tristan de Montebello

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The best way to interact with your kids

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How to talk with your kids about climate change

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Upgrade your nervous system

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Why your authentic response is not always best as a parent

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So You Want to Know What's Good for Your Kids?

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Life treats you better when you change your perspective

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Beat procrastination with personal kanban

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True Wealth with Gordo Byrn

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How to get better at anything

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How does trauma and shame affect us?

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Building motivation, stress tolerance, and a happy home

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How improvisation, pausing and the art of good conversation can help with parenting

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Would you let someone to speak to your kids the way you talk to yourself?

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Unlocking Parenthood: What Are the Top Challenges Most Parents Face Today?

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Why rewards and punishment don't work

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Connecting with your teens

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What is The Living School?

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How to live a deliberate life

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The stories that limit you

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Best of 2023

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The Power of Good Storytelling

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The Art of Conscious Communication

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What is Coeliac disease and the benefits of a gluten free diet?

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Perimenopause - what you didn't know

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Thanks Dad!

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Trip in a van update

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The positive power of periods

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How to get started with chickens

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Kevin Kelly on excellent advice for living—and parenting

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Lael Stone on connecting with your kids

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Dealing with losing a child

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Defying the system and saying 'YES, YOU CAN'

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Avoiding burnout in a digital landscape

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How to deal with death, dying, grief and loss

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Using the metaphor of journey and adventure to connect with your kids

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Calming the voice inside your head with Dr Adam Fraser

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William B. Irvine on how Stoic Philosophy can transform your life

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Andy Fallshaw on how to discover your values

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Dr Norman Swan on how to live younger, longer

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Steve Ramsey on beginning woodworking

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Terry Condon on upgrading your financial operating system

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Alfie Kohn on re-framing parenting

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Beau Miles on being authentic and trusting yourself

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Sam Patterson on showing up as an All-Time dad

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Dr Jason Frishman on the importance of the stories we tell ourselves...

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Alastair Humphreys on how adventure and wildness is closer than you think

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Rob Estreitinho on doing the work, being kind to yourself and the upside of changing diapers

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Professor Scott Hershovitz on the benefits of doing philosophy 'with' your kids

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Anthony James on systems thinking, regeneration and the benefits of travelling around Australia with his 4-year-old son

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Writer, Nick Parker, on staying curious and being your most authentic self in order to be the best parent you can be

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Olympian, Tyler Martin, on fatherhood, growing a business and taking the piss out of drinking

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Elisa Elwin on helping children find safe, loving, forever, fully accepting homes

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Dr Bjorn Sturmberg on being optimistic and engaged about our energy future

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Dale Davidson on what we can learn from ancient philosophies, traditions and religions with regard to parenting

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Bikepacking 4000km with a family of 5 across New Zealand

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Scott H Young on leveraging ultralearning techniques as a busy parent

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The Top 5 Family Board Games

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Professor Peter Miller, aka 'The Bouncer Professor', on the mental and situational drivers of violence and aggression

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Craig Wilkinson on the parallel journey of parenting; being the role model your kids need you to be as well as growing as a parent

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James Kendall on Forest School, child-centred learning and the best wild foods and campfire snacks

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Shane Drury on gaining time and financial freedom by living in a shipping container home

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Veteran journalist and writer, Mark Tamhane, talks about what has worked in his family bringing up 6 kids

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Alfie Kohn on how we can nurture happy, ethical, independent, curious problem solving kids

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William B. Irvine on using stoic psychological techniques to help us make the most of the time spent with our families

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Rob Sturrock on the daily challenges of raising boys who can thrive in the the current era.

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Marc Fennell on the ground-breaking ABC series The School That Tried To End Racism

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Andrew Braddy on positive masculinity, father/son programs and rites of passage.

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Rob Kenney from the hit YouTube channel, 'Dad, How Do I?' on how to be a good parent and live a rich and meaningful life.

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Stu Taylor on adventuring with kids, racing across Kyrgyzstan and not packing your fears

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Jono Richardson on the impact of good grandparents, trusting that your children will make good decisions and accepting people for who they are

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Nathan S. on deliberately building a life that allows you to spend as much time with your family as you want

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Michael Ray on parental gender equality, being mindful of the trade offs we make and how to raise critical thinkers

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Beau Miles on rights of passage, making movies about the human condition and sleeping in trees

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Dr Adam Fraser on striving, happiness and showing up as the best version of yourself as a parent

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Tracy Poizner on the challenges of blended families and raising someone else's kids

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Arnie Phillips on social loneliness, and the anxiety and exhaustion caused by COVID-19 lockdown

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Carolyn Sparke QC on the importance of making a will and how to go about it.

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Matt York on designing public spaces through the lens of Autism Spectrum Disorder