Does Fear Cloud Your Intuition? The 5 Gut Instincts You Should Never Ignore
A quirky urge. A quiet murmur in your head. A queasy feeling in your gut. A subtle sense of foreboding. A subtle sense of foreboding or a profound yet explicable knowing that “this feels right”. That...
View ArticleThe single biggest factor that holds people back…
Two weeks ago I said yes to a morning at trapeze school. Naively as it turned out. It was absolutely terrifying! But I jumped anyway. Five times in all. And while I wouldn’t race back to do it again,...
View ArticleProcrastination: How is it costing you?
I’ve always liked to think of myself as a “do it now” sort of person. But over the last week I’ve realized that actually, I’m sometimes use “busy-ness” as an excuse not to do the things I know I really...
View ArticleMoving to Australia… Changes Abound!
When the ground beneath our feet shifts, as it is for me right now, it's only reasonable that we feel a bit unstable. How can our world tilt on its axis without us tilting a bit with it?
View ArticleNavigate your uncertain future – less the anxiety!
It's impossible to chart a certain path through uncertain waters. You can only adjust your sails as you move along – with greater flexibility, more resourcefulness, deeper faith and a heightened...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie’s Choice: Being Decisive Amidst Uncertainty
If Angelina Jolie’s bravery has a lesson for us all it is this: That sometimes life calls each of us to decisive amidst uncertainty; that sometimes after weighing in all the probabilities and measuring...
View ArticleEmbrace uncertainty. It lines your path to security.
Putting off changes and playing it safe doesn't make you more secure, it makes you less so. Every worthwhile endeavour involves taking a plunge into an unknown and uncertain future. There is no...
View ArticleFear is not less contagious than Ebola
There’s no doubt that the Ebola virus is deadly. It has buried thousands of helpless victims in the western region of Africa and challenged the world’s best health specialists in how best to contain...
View ArticleA Reflection: Five Years Since My Brother’s Death
It’s five years today since my brother Peter died. Five years of life he never got to live. Five years of milestones and experiencing the many things that make life worth living. And for those of us he...
View ArticleStop Comparing! It’s A Race You’ll Never Win!
Growing up my mum always told me, “Margaret Mary, never compare yourself to others. It makes you either vain or bitter.” It was good advice but, like all good advice, far easier said than done. Let’s...
View ArticleWhat are your beliefs costing you?
On Sunday I decided to ‘show up’ at the starting line for the Melbourne half-marathon (21 kms, 13 miles). I’d been on the fence about whether to go ahead with it as, in between all my recent travels,...
View ArticleIt’s My Birthday – and I’ll Indulge If I Want To!
I woke up this morning with my son Ben in bed beside me sleeping peacefully. Andrew is away this week and when dad goes away, my younger kids take turns sleeping with mum. It’s become a tradition I...
View ArticleDoes Fear Cloud Your Intuition? The 5 Gut Instincts You Should Never Ignore
A quirky urge. A quiet murmur in your head. A queasy feeling in your gut. A subtle sense of foreboding. A subtle sense of foreboding or a profound yet explicable knowing that “this feels right”. That...
View ArticleThe single biggest factor that holds people back…
Two weeks ago I said yes to a morning at trapeze school. Naively as it turned out. It was absolutely terrifying! But I jumped anyway. Five times in all. And while I wouldn’t race back to do it again,...
View ArticleKilimanjaro: Grow Your Grit!
When our guide came by our tent shortly after 3 AM to wake us up to begin the climb up Mt Kilimanjaro I’d already been awake for some time. The sleeping bags we’d rented for our week hiking to the...
View ArticlePraise & encouragement: are you a miser or a giver?
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s...
View ArticleGot More Answers than Questions?
“You can tell a man is clever by his answers. You can tell he is wise by his questions” — Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian Nobel Laureate If I had a dollar for every opinion I’d heard over the last few months...
View ArticleA year ago today and what I’ve learned since
A year ago today I awoke to a phone call telling me that my brother Frank had been in a serious motor bike accident; that, among other injuries, his spine had been very badly damaged and that it was...
View ArticleAre Your Goals for 2010 BIG Enough?
Of course it doesn’t take the beginning of a new year to make a decision to start something new, make changes in how we are living our life or turn over a new leaf. We can do that any day of the year....
View ArticleIt’s My Birthday – and I’ll Indulge If I Want To!
I woke up this morning with my son Ben in bed beside me sleeping peacefully. Andrew is away this week and when dad goes away, my younger kids take turns sleeping with mum. It’s become a tradition I...
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