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<p>Stop. Everything. Now. It’s Claudia Karvan day.</p> <p>💌Join 5,000+ people getting our takeaways and favourite moments from this episode in our weekly newsletter - <a href="http://bit.ly/45NyQDy">http://bit.ly/45NyQDy</a></p> <p>An icon of the screen, and of the heart, Claudia is Australian entertainment royalty.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Claudia speaks openly about separating the person from the diagnosis, and how, and why, she thinks so often about death.</p> <p>This is one for the highlight reel.</p> <p>If you’d like to watch this full episode on YouTube, click on this link - <a href="https://youtu.be/4qH4vBr0i6Y">https://youtu.be/4qH4vBr0i6Y</a></p> <p>0:00 – Hugh ‘questionable-decisions’ van Cuylenburg <br>12:24 – The role of a lifetime <br>17:55 – An unconventional childhood <br>28:50 – It’s not up to you to fix everything <br>39:55 – The opening of another world <br>45:47 – Doing it all (with support) <br>51:12 – Love and family HER way <br>59:33 – Play the long game<br>1:07:15 – Managing mental ill-health <br>1:24:39 – The benefit of helping others <br>1:26:48 – How to love in a healthy way</p> <p>🥸 Which Imperfects Host Are You Quiz? - <a href="https://tally.so/r/Xx4PEO">https://tally.so/r/Xx4PEO</a></p> <p>🫖Other Imperfects episodes mentioned in this episode</p> <ul> <li>Stephen Curry - I Dug a Hole … and Found Myself - <a href="https://bit.ly/3ZpPNkN">https://bit.ly/3ZpPNkN</a></li> <li>Hannah Ferguson - Outspoken But Not Broken - <a href="https://bit.ly/3M8SC6y">https://bit.ly/3M8SC6y</a></li> </ul> <p>📺 Things to watch</p> <ul> <li>Love My Way - <a href="https://bit.ly/4qFCjNA">https://bit.ly/4qFCjNA</a></li> <li>The Secret Life of Us - <a href="https://bit.ly/3Z1Thtt">https://bit.ly/3Z1Thtt</a></li> <li>The Queen of Versailles - <a href="https://bit.ly/3Z5FemE">https://bit.ly/3Z5FemE</a></li> <li>Australian Story - The Secret Life of Claudia Karvan - <a href="https://bit.ly/3ZE8p0g">https://bit.ly/3ZE8p0g</a></li> <li>Who Do You Think You Are? with Claudia Karvan - <a href="https://bit.ly/4bIw3QL">https://bit.ly/4bIw3QL</a></li> <li>Bump - <a href="https://bit.ly/49O16Jv">https://bit.ly/49O16Jv</a></li> </ul> <p>📖 Things to read</p> <ul> <li>The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche - <a href="https://bit.ly/4k8qdtR">https://bit.ly/4k8qdtR</a></li> </ul> <p>🩷To host your own Vulnerabilitea House, (with the new cards!) purchase here - <a href="http://bit.ly/4lyuuWz">http://bit.ly/4lyuuWz</a></p> <p>🩵To purchase our journal (or your novel) <em>My Imperfect Life,</em> click here - <a href="http://bit.ly/4lyuuWz"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/4lyuuW">http://bit.ly/4lyuuW</a></p> <p>🩵To join our subscriber community, <em>A Little More Imperfects,</em> follow this link - <a href="http://bit.ly/4mqunxu">http://bit.ly/4mqunxu</a></p> <p>🩷 AND you can subscribe to <em>A Little More Imperfects</em> through Apple Podcasts too, here - <a href="http://apple.co/theimperfects">http://apple.co/theimperfects</a></p> <p>The Imperfects is not a licensed mental health service and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice, treatment or assessment. The advice given in this episode is general in nature, but if you’re struggling, please see a healthcare professional, or call lifeline on 13 11 14.</p> <p> </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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