On Sunday, I had the most beautiful experience – I swam with whale sharks!! This has been on my list for many years and to finally experience it was magical. I am a huge lover of the ocean at the best of times, but to be in the big blue with these humongous yet gentle…
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“Get down get down – or I’ll blow your head off!!! Do what I say and you won’t get hurt!” That’s kind of how I imagine a hijacking situation to go. There is some crazed man (bit sexist I know, but the majority of hijackers are indeed men) wielding a gun, yelling threats, getting everyone…
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I was talking with my beautiful friend this morning about a work-related decision she made a few weeks ago. She was feeling torn. Even though the decision she made was 100% right for her and she was deep down really pleased with it, she was concerned what an ex-colleague would think. She went on to…
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A few years ago, I was working with a group of ladies and two of them were having a conversation about make up while we were having a tea break. I wasn’t a part of the conversation but I was sitting next to them so was taking in what they were saying. The ladies were…
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Picking my number three favourite TED talk was a really tough ask! I have spent the week oscillating between several choices and it came down to which speaker has had the most profound impact on me. That’s why this TED talk, Why We Do What We Do, by my all time favourite Tony Robbins won…
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What keeps us happy and healthy as we move through life? What if we could watch people throughout their ENTIRE lives to collate that sort of data?That would be pretty amazing!! Well, its been done. The Harvard Study of Adult Development is a 75 year old study (it continues to this day) that tracks the happiness,…
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Vulnerability, what does that word mean to you? For many of us, it can strike fear into our hearts. It means being seen, maybe for some even a sense of being exposed. For others, vulnerability has associations with weakness and a lack of self assuredness. Yet, when I observe truly powerful people, strong leaders and…
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I have been listening to Florence and The Machine’s latest album High as Hope and I am completely in love with it. It’s been on high repeat all week and anyone who has come for dinner or been in my home has very patiently let me play all my favourite tracks to them – numerous times in fact…
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I have discovered Bumble. Well, more to the point, the Universe has finally succeeded in getting me to give my attention to it. I can be pretty stubborn, and I had sworn off ever going down the internet dating path again. But over the last couple of months I have had four different people –…
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I am away this week with my nieces and we have been having such a fabulous time. Their parents are in Singapore for the week so we have come down south to beautiful Western Australia and we have been roaming and exploring, swimming, and playing games…amongst other things! My role as Auntie is one of…
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