by Margie | Mar 7, 2012 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
“There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.” Scott Peck, Author of The Road Less Travelled This morning I got an email from an editor at O...
by Margie | Feb 23, 2012 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
Sometimes we just have to cut ourselves some slack. At least that’s what I’m telling myself at the moment, as I sit here writing my first blog post in well over a month… nearly two. As someone who believes that the quality of our excuses correlates closely...
by Margie | Jan 16, 2012 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
Yesterday morning Al Jazeera TV network called me to do a live studio interview in their D.C. studio, via satellite from their Qatar headquarters. I jumped at it. Living in Washington D.C., and indeed America, has been packed with cool opportunities and new...
by Margie | Jan 9, 2012 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
The new year has begun precariously for many. We continue to hear about the austerity measures that individuals and entire countries around the world must take to get back on track. But is it austerity that we need or is it really audacity… and...
by Margie | Dec 29, 2011 | Live Passionately
Plenty of change lies ahead in 2012. For you. For me. For people around the globe. That you will experience changes, and need to face new challenges, is a given. Whether your experience of them is one of wonder or terror, enthusiasm or despair, is a choice. So when...
by Margie | Dec 21, 2011 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
Ask my kids and they will embarrassingly admit that I often burst into sporadic song. And one of my all time favorites is Peter Allen’s “I still call Australia home.” Well, next month, after ten years in the US, it will be again. Yes, I’m moving! Moving kids. Moving...
by Margie | Dec 12, 2011 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
Every time I turn on the TV at the moment I hear fighting about how best to get the US economy back on track. Needless to say, I do not have the answer to that problem. But what I’ve noticed more and more is how steadfast people are in their refusal to ask more...
by Margie | Nov 22, 2011 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
Growing up in Australia, my only experience of Thanksgiving was through American television. Somehow it seemed a lot like our Christmas. . . except of course without Santa and warm sunshine. After a decade in the US, I have really come to love the Thanksgiving...
by Margie | Nov 20, 2011 | Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
There’s been a lot of focus in the media in recent weeks on both sexual harassment and sexual abuse, particularly surrounding the tragedy at Penn State. Both involve the interplay of sex and power, vulnerability and intimidation. Both are issues requiring courage....
by Margie | Nov 9, 2011 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
A friend of mine recently lost in her bid to be elected for public office. Last week an opportunity for me to contribute to a segment on a national talk show fell through. Last month I had another publisher ‘pass’ on the book I’m working on. The...
