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...
by Margie | Feb 10, 2015 | Brave Interviews, Lead Purposefully
“It was only until I started to be myself that the music started to flow and people started to listen,” said British singer Sam Smith, who just landed the trifecta at this years Grammy’s with best record of the year, best song of the year and best new...
by Margie | Feb 3, 2015 | Brave Interviews, Live Passionately
Layne Beachley is a household name for most Aussies and a woman highly admired by athletes around the globe for her back-to-back world champion surfing titles. Recently honored with an Order of Australia, Layne has accrued a wealth of wisdom when it comes to...
by Margie | Jan 27, 2015 | Live Passionately
Nearly two years ago I took the plunge toward a long held aspiration: producing my own online TV channel focused on supporting people (particularly women) to be more courageous in their work, relationships and life. I had no idea how to go about it (Actually, I’m...
by Margie | Jan 13, 2015 | Live Passionately, Work Courageously
Sometimes you’ve just got to say YES! and then figure out how to make it work! I was recently invited to spend five days with Sir Richard Branson and 25 women leaders on Necker Island, his private island in the Caribbean engaging in big conversations about how we can...
by Margie | Dec 29, 2014 | Live Passionately
“I don’t do resolutions,” my friend Jane told me recently. “What’s the point? I never keep them.” You probably know a few people like Jane yourself. Perhaps you’re one of them! Given that fewer less than 50% people who make resolutions ever keep them until...
by Margie | Dec 21, 2014 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
It’s Christmas time again. As my years on earth grow, so too do they seem to pass faster. As a child, it seemed to be an eternity between each birthday or Christmas and yet now, they roll around with a swiftness that makes me realize how quickly life is...
by Margie | Dec 8, 2014 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
Growing up my dad would often jokingly call me ‘bumble foot.’ By high school I had labeled myself as a bona-fide “non-athlete” and during school athletic carnivals, would only enter the walking race, too intimidated by the ‘real’ athletes to line up against them in...
by Margie | Nov 24, 2014 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
It’s Thanksgiving week, at least for all US readers, so I thought I’d pen a few thoughts on gratitude to mark this special holiday. My dad often says he feels like the richest man in the world. It always makes me smile because, having been a dairy farmer his entire...
by Margie | Nov 10, 2014 | Live Passionately, Work Courageously
Nothing stifles our success more than the pressure we put on ourselves to do things perfectly, and to avoid the possibility of falling short in the attempt. I’ve spent the last few months immersed in words while writing my next book Train the Brave (due out next...
