I’m not sure if it’s a genuine testament to my social conscious or if it’s just a solid commitment to keeping my life challenging – whatever the reason, whenever possible, and particularly when running events (because they aren’t stressful enough right) I insist upon using local suppliers, social enterprise or otherwise curious businesses for my […]
It was a morning like any other morning, I lay in bed, scrolling through Facebook posts when I came across a post about the impossible tension between motherhood, work, kids and life. The article by my interpretation said that balance (and therefore good health) was possible for the wealthiest women only, at the top of
Why you should become your own health guru Read More
I don’t know about you but I’ve had a tough time witnessing the media this week. I’m writing to try and gain some perspective on the stories that have really got under my skin and I’m wondering if maybe it’s time for a self-imposed digital detox. Or Is it time to get Really REALLY Angry?
Angry? Get off the fence. Read More
Late in September 2018 Facebook released information that around 50 Million accounts had been hacked in a major security breach. According to Facebook it was a no big deal, nothing to see here kind of event. Around 90 Million users were logged out of their accounts and had to log back in. Did any major
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Today has been a rather challenging event. A frustrating early meeting followed by a little too much comfort swearing, rude waitstaff, gridlocked traffic and wind. The wind surely didn’t help. I’m in Sydney, I’m craving my country paradise. Is it a sign of getting older? Is it how life is at the moment? Or has
Escaping the big smoke Read More
We live in a world where the ‘opinion’ has more weight than ever before. It’s not only online trolling (although that’s quite possibly the most heinous example of opinions gone wild), it’s in our day to day language “in my opinion…” “I think that…” “why don’t you just…” As ‘they’ say, there’s no point in feeding
How my kids prepared me for a cruel world Read More
(sarcasm warning) I have a few moments available as I await a plane to take me to another city. Life is busy. I’m smack bang in the middle of what is called the ‘sandwich generation’ – with caring responsibilities at the younger and older ends. I want you to imagine, just for a minute what
Effective user experience is not in the public interest Read More
While travelling for work may seem glamorous, any road warrior will tell you it can become very tiring, particularly out on the roads of regional Australia. In regional towns things like good places to eat, appropriate places to meet, telecommunications blackspots on the road, places to fuel up without queues and more can cause issues.
A road warriors guide to working in regional Australia Read More
Dear Nana, I received your letter today, thank you it was so lovely to hear from you. Nana, now my three kids are getting a bit bigger it really makes me wonder how you raised nine children largely by yourself. You must have spent a lot of time ‘counting to ten’ (that’s to stay calm,
WARNING: I swore, sorry (podcast below) Ryan is the co-founder of the Melbourne Centre of Healing. In this clip he shares one of the driving beliefs behind his work, healing the wound; Ryan’s self-development journey has been as much about his formal education across a swag of modalities which he incorporates into his ground breaking program, as it
Ryan Hassan: Breaking the cycle of ice addiction Read More