by Margie | Nov 25, 2015 | Brave Parenting
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...
by Margie | Nov 4, 2015 | Live Passionately, Women Rising
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...
by Margie | Oct 19, 2015 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately
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...
by Margie | Oct 14, 2015 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
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...
by Margie | Oct 11, 2015 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
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 face most of we mere mortals can be a bit insecure...
by Margie | Oct 1, 2015 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
I’ve clocked up a lot of air miles over the last six months and stayed in more hotel rooms than I care to count. I didn’t plan it that way but I’ve had some amazing opportunities (like the chance to spend a week with Richard Branson) that I just couldn’t turn down. A...
by Margie | Sep 14, 2015 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
I recall once holding on to a pair shoes that made my feet ache every time I wore them for no other reason than I paid a lot for them. In hindsight, it was pretty stupid. I only remember thinking, “I need to get my money’s worth!” What about you? Ever stayed the...
by Margie | Sep 2, 2015 | Brave Parenting, Build Resilience, Live Passionately
“Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent...
by Margie | Aug 31, 2015 | Build Resilience, Work Courageously
Albert Einstein once said that our problems cannot be solved at the same level of thinking at which they were created. It’s a powerful quote because, let’s face it, life is one long stream of “problems.” And in our increasingly uncertain and pressure-laden lives,...
by Margie | Aug 24, 2015 | Build Resilience, Lead Purposefully, Work Courageously
We are all creatures of habit. The challenge is to create habits of thought and behavior that fuel our success and happiness, not stifle it. Indulge me for just a moment before reading further. Just cross your arms and once you have, uncross them and re-cross them the...
