by Margie | Aug 26, 2014 | Brave Parenting, Build Resilience, Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
So early this morning I kissed my sixteen-year-old son Lachlan goodbye. He has left our nest; he has spread his wings. Despite steeling myself for months for this moment, it didn’t lessen the wrench on my heart as I waved him goodbye. I am not worried about Lachlan...
by Margie | Oct 7, 2013 | Build Resilience, Speak Bravely
Twenty years ago tomorrow I got married (yes, a child bride!). Two decades on I’m still married… and to the same man no less! Better still, I’m as happy to be his wife as I was when I walked down the aisle – white veil on my head, red roses in my hands – to...
by Margie | Nov 27, 2012 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
It’s easy to find excuses not to put in effort and show up. But to create the rewarding life you want, you have to commit to showing up and pressing on, even when you don’t feel like it, even when it’s cold outside, even when you aren’t making the progress...
by Margie | Nov 25, 2012 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
It’s official: Your future is uncertain! Just pick up today’s paper: New York to sink beneath sea (or so declares the headline in todays New York Times). Continued economic instability. Companies restructuring and sending jobs off shore. Arghhh…...
by Margie | Oct 29, 2012 | Live Passionately
(Reprinted from my CourageWorks column in Forbes magazine) While many of our fears are valid, many of them actually stifle our happiness and success. In an increasingly fearful world, knowing what to fear (and what not to fear) is increasingly important. Moving down...
