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...
by Margie | Mar 15, 2015 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
We are all prejudice is some way. Every single one of us. All of us hold conscious and unconscious beliefs about other people – particularly those who are different from us in some way. Different heritage or ethnic background Different social class Different...
by Margie | Mar 11, 2015 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
If we aren’t growing and changing then we cannot possibly thrive in this magnificent and mysterious experience we call life. If you do a quick audit of your life right now (your work, relationships, well-being, finances, home life, social life & daily joy), any...
by Margie | Mar 6, 2015 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
Do you need to ask for more help, more often? Last week I received an email from a woman I know professionally, asking if I would do her a favor. Her son moved from Australia to New York a year ago to pursue his ambition of working in media, but has had a hard time...
by Margie | Feb 24, 2015 | Live Passionately
There are many ways we’re called to be courageous in our lives, but often the most difficult is in our relationships. Our deep desire to belong and feel loved coupled with our fear of rejection and confrontation can trigger our vulnerability and override our better...
by Margie | Feb 17, 2015 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
Last Friday my eleven-year-old son Matthew had a spill off his bike, broke his arm and needed surgery to realign the bend in his arm! He’s now in a full arm cast for the next six weeks and then has to wait another six weeks before he can get back to his...
