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 | 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 | Apr 14, 2014 | Live Passionately
Gandhi once said, “My life is my message.” His words have long inspired me. They’ve also challenged me. Particularly on those days when I’m feeling a bit stressed about nothing that truly matters or when I seem to be spending more time in complaint about my woes than...
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 | Apr 8, 2013 | Live Passionately
Today the world lost one of the most iconic, formidable and courageous leaders of the 20th Century. There are many things the world came to admire about Margaret Thatcher, the daughter of a shopkeeper whose sense of purpose to make a difference paved her way...