by Margie | Apr 20, 2015 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
A friend recently shared with me how she’d heard via her teenage son that one of his friends had been dabbling with drugs. She knew his parents would want to know but was nervous about how they’d react. She considered sending a text – it seemed...
by Margie | Apr 15, 2015 | Build Resilience
Last night I tried to bake some traditional Aussie ANZAC biscuits (a.k.a. ‘cookies’) only to get distracted on email (again) and burning them (again). Needless to say, my kids could give you a long list of my shortcomings as a mother and my failings as a domestic...
by Margie | Apr 7, 2015 | Live Passionately, Work Courageously
“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” Nelson Mandela One of the many things I’ve learned over the years, whether from the adversities I’ve faced or the challenges I’ve...
by Margie | Mar 31, 2015 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
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 left behind, five years of sitting with our sadness and coming to...
by Margie | Mar 31, 2015 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
Yesterday my 15-year-old daughter Maddy emailed me to say she’d just received a rejection letter from McDonald’s where she’d applied for part time work. She was feeling deflated. I emailed her right back. “Maccas Shmaccas,” I said. “One day you’ll look back on...