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Speaker 1: It's the Happy Famili's podcast. It's the podcast for the

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Speaker 1: time poor parent who just wants answers now.

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Speaker 2: And in an instant there is clarity. I am doing

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Speaker 2: the very best I can.

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Speaker 1: And now here's the stars of our show, My Mum

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Speaker 3: Good Day. This is doctor Justin Colson and the author

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Speaker 3: of a bunch of books about helping families to be happy.

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Speaker 3: And Kylie who's here with me, my wife and podcast

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Speaker 3: partner co hosts were the parents of six kids, six daughters.

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Speaker 3: Did you have a nice Mother's Day?

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Speaker 4: You know?

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Speaker 2: One of the things that I love about Mother's Day

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Speaker 2: is being able to reflect and celebrate the mother hearts

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Speaker 2: in my life. We talk about our mothers specifically on

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Speaker 2: Mother's Day, but for lots of us, Mother's Day can

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Speaker 2: be a little bit tricky, and there are plenty of

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Speaker 2: women out there who aren't even mothers, who actually have

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Speaker 2: played a huge part in either mothering me or mothering

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Speaker 2: my children. And I love to celebrate that mother heart,

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Speaker 2: that nurturing response that has blessed my life for our

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Speaker 2: family's life. As a result, it's also a tricky day.

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Speaker 3: There are people who have lost their mum and it's

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Speaker 3: got to be so hard to have a day that's

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Speaker 3: all about celebrating mothers and not have your mom there

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Speaker 3: to be able to tell her how hard it must

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Speaker 3: be to not be able to say I love your

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Speaker 3: mum because Mum's not there. But it's still a special day,

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Speaker 3: and it's a day of wonderful reflection. I know that

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Speaker 3: I really felt for my mum. You heard in the

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Speaker 3: just how much I love my grandma, how much I

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Speaker 3: loved Mum's mum. And Mother's Day is a really hard

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Speaker 3: day for my mum now because her mum's not with us.

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Speaker 3: She left us seven or so years ago.

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Speaker 2: She was such an integral part of our whole family. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: you know, yeah, all of us miss her.

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Speaker 3: I loved to listening to our parents, our mum's on

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Speaker 3: the podcast last week. Your mum did a great job.

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Speaker 3: She was so nervous, but she shared so beautifully.

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Speaker 2: She made me out to be an angel. I was

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Speaker 2: not an angel. My sisters like to remind me of

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Speaker 2: all the things I did not do right, but but

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Speaker 2: I did. I loved I loved reflecting with her, and

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Speaker 2: I loved reflecting on the lessons that I've learned as

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Speaker 2: a result of my experiences.

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Speaker 3: Growing up with her and hearing my mum talk about

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Speaker 3: I don't know that it was always there when we

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Speaker 3: that the love was there. I was really struck by

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Speaker 3: Dad was getting up at four point thirty in the morning,

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Speaker 2: But what was so beautiful about that and so sad

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Speaker 3: If you missed those conversations, by the way, just go

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Speaker 3: back through your podcast feed. Last Tuesday and last Thursday,

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Speaker 3: we interviewed our moms in preparation for Mother's Day. Speaking

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Speaker 3: of Mother's Day, it's something that I didn't give you

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Speaker 3: I did a really just a fun, gentle, little interview

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Speaker 3: with our six daughters about what it's like to have

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Speaker 2: Oh, are you ready for this?

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Speaker 3: No, let's have a listener.

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Speaker 1: My name's Emily. I'm seventh. My name is Lily and

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Speaker 3: How are you and Mum the same?

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Speaker 1: You like giving each other huggies, We both loved doing

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Speaker 4: Mum's always looking for ways to sev and I feel

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Speaker 4: When she was my age, she was very mature for age,

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Speaker 5: I reckon me and Mum are the same because we

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Speaker 7: My mum has a love for her family and compassion

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Speaker 6: You can ask my husband, But I think that we

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Speaker 3: What's something that Mum always says to you?

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Speaker 4: We all have a choice, Annie, what are you going

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Speaker 5: Well, we have a family motto which is choose the

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Speaker 5: which is one of the things that she says nearly

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Speaker 2: But my personal.

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Speaker 5: Favorite is I have problems with my body and how

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Speaker 5: I look, And I tell Mama I just don't really

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Speaker 2: She'll go, oh, Ella, stop it. You've got the best

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Speaker 1: I love you. Clean up your room. Lily, it's a

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Speaker 7: In the timing, It'll all work out the way it's

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Speaker 6: It's not necessarily she says something. But whether she was

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Speaker 2: She loved me.

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Speaker 3: What's Mom really good at.

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Speaker 4: She's really good at being patient, Especially when I'm in

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Speaker 6: She's super creative, and she is also really good at

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Speaker 6: Everything she's got at teaching, she's got at sewing, she's

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Speaker 6: She's got at being empathetic and making people feel loved.

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Speaker 1: She's caught out knowing what children want for their birthday

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Speaker 1: and for Christmas, cooking, making our rooms beautiful and making

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Speaker 7: Whatever Mom puts her mind to.

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Speaker 2: Do, she can do.

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Speaker 6: What makes you proud of Mum helping to build her

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Speaker 4: She's not afraid of being herself. She's really happy to

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Speaker 2: Reliable.

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Speaker 5: I can always come to her whenever I'm feeling down

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Speaker 1: Because she believes me, she stands up for and no

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Speaker 7: How do you know that Mum loves you the way

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Speaker 4: Because no matter what I do, She's always finding ways

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Speaker 5: I know that Mummy loves me, not through the physical things.

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Speaker 5: It's kind of asking like, oh, well, how do you

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Speaker 1: True because she shows me Huggy's kisses, helping me when

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Speaker 6: Mum, I love you, and I'm so grateful for everything

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Speaker 6: that you have done and continually do for me too,

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Speaker 6: my life everything that it should be.

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Speaker 1: I just want to say thank you for everything you do,

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Speaker 1: and I love you no matter what. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: my birth. I love you. It's the Happy Family's podcast.

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Speaker 2: a happy family doesn't just happen.

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Speaker 2: I'm the first one to admit my childhood wasn't all roses.

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Speaker 2: At times, my mum was a complete and utter failure.

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Speaker 2: She got it wrong so many times I've lost count.

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Speaker 2: There were times I downright hated her and I couldn't

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Speaker 2: to return again. I mean, clearly I knew better than her,

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Speaker 2: And then there's firsthand experience that's hard to ignore. The

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Speaker 2: first five days of my mothering journey were a dream.

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Speaker 2: My brain new baby just fed and slept. I can

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Speaker 2: my next snuggle. I was in awe of this little

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Speaker 2: over and over again. Just when you feel like you

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Speaker 2: This mothering gig is hard, so high that I have

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Speaker 2: spent many sleepless nights pacing the floor or drenching my

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Speaker 2: still days I am a complete and art of failure,

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Speaker 2: So this Mother's Day, I want to pay tribute to

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Speaker 2: my mum, imperfect as she is, for the countless time

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Speaker 2: she chose to get up one more time. It is

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Speaker 3: Thank you for that reflection. Happy Mother's Day for yesterday

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Speaker 3: for all of the mums, whether you're with your kids

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Speaker 1: Day for you.

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Speaker 3: Coming up later this week on the Happy Famili's podcast,

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Speaker 3: Gift of Failure. We're going to talk about how you

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Speaker 3: That's all coming up on the Happy Families podcast, which

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Speaker 3: is produced by Justin Ruland from Bridge Media and Craig

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Speaker 3: Bruce is our executive producer. If you'd like more information

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Speaker 3: quick reminder this Wednesday our Little People, Big Feelings Summit.

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