An amicable divorce can be done , you told us. Here s what else you said
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Is it possible for a marriage to end amicably?
Yes, according to many people who responded to recent Life Matters series The Good Divorce.
Tamara Oudyn explores how couples can separate without unduly damaging themselves, their ex-partners or their kids.
The series prompted Life Matters listener Pete to tell us about his own good divorce. There were no lawyers involved in our breakup, he says. We were so worried about our children s futures and how they were feeling . that our little squabbles slowly died away and it became good.
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A good divorce isn t an urban myth. Here s what the experts recommend
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Tamara Oudyn says experts recommend waiting for the dust to settle on your separation before making important life decisions.
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It took a panic attack at 30 seconds to news time to make me realise I wasn t really coping. You OK, Tam? came the disembodied voice of my director Pete, through my earpiece.
Heart racing and stomach churning, I watched the thick red second hand on the studio clock silently sweep us closer to 7:00pm. The lights were making me sweat.
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This year served up a never-ending stream of catastrophes – from record-breaking bushfires to a virulent deadly disease – but 2020 also generated a new kind of breakout star. Scientists, public servants and a very sweary man: these are the Australians who rose to prominence in this highly unusual year.
Shane Fitzsimmons
The then commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Shane Fitzsimmons, became a symbol of the bushfire fight.
Fitzsimmons, who now leads the new crisis agency Resilience NSW, was named the NSW Australian of the Year, with the committee praising his “exemplary leadership and empathetic presence”.