by Margie | Oct 12, 2012 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
If you’re problems aren’t going away, chances are it’s because you aren’t diagnosing them correctly. Getting to the root cause of what’s wrong in your life (and in the world at large) takes more than smart answers. It takes wise...
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 | Mar 20, 2009 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
A year ago today I awoke to a phone call telling me that my brother Frank had been in a serious motor bike accident; that, among other injuries, his spine had been very badly damaged and that it was extremely unlikely he would ever walk again. Needless to say the last...
by Margie | Jan 22, 2009 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
Love her or loathe her (though why would you but from jealousy!), you have to hand it to Oprah — she’s got courage! I mean after the years and years of yo-yoing up and down the scales, I think we all, including Oprah herself, had thought her battle with the bulge was...
by Margie | Jan 8, 2009 | Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
When I was 23 I spent 6 weeks backpacking on my own around the Middle East. Three in Egypt, one in Jordan and two in Jerusalem and the surrounding occupied territories of the West Bank. Being on my own made it that much more extraordinary because I found myself being...