My Night With Oprah

My Night With Oprah

Earlier this week I spent an evening with Oprah. Yes, just me and Oprah… and about 12,000 of her other Australian fans. Having admired Oprah for many years, I’d been mildly nervous that I had my expectations set too high. I needn’t have worried. What...
Teach Your Kids To Handle Failure

Teach Your Kids To Handle Failure

I can’t think of a single parent who doesn’t want their child to grow up to be happy, healthy and whole. But it requires walking a fine line. The line between protecting our kids from pain and teaching them to handle it; between supporting them where they are and...
Be Kinder To Yourself

Be Kinder To Yourself

Are you always getting down on yourself, forever focusing on where you’ve fallen short of the person you aspire to be, rather than celebrating how often you actually are? Today is my birthday! Thirty nine. Again. (Yeah, i know, it never gets tired :)) I don’t...
What are your beliefs costing you?

What 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, I’d fallen off the rails with my training. But show up I did with...
Name Fear To Tame Fear

Name Fear To Tame Fear

Need to find some “Tall Poppy Courage?” If you live in Australia, or have ever travelled here, you’ll have heard of the Tall Poppy Syndrome. It may sound like a medical condition, but it’s actually a cultural one, whereby people who become too successful...