by Margie | Oct 19, 2015 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately
On Sunday I decided to ‘show up’ at the starting line for the Melbourne half-marathon (21 kms, 13 miles). I’d been on the fence about whether to go ahead with it as, in between all my recent travels, I’d fallen off the rails with my training. But show up I did with...
by Margie | Oct 11, 2015 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
Growing up my mum always told me, “Margaret Mary, never compare yourself to others. It makes you either vain or bitter.” It was good advice but, like all good advice, far easier said than done. Let’s face most of we mere mortals can be a bit insecure...
by Margie | Mar 31, 2015 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
It’s five years today since my brother Peter died. Five years of life he never got to live. Five years of milestones and experiencing the many things that make life worth living. And for those of us he left behind, five years of sitting with our sadness and coming to...
by Margie | Oct 21, 2014 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
There’s no doubt that the Ebola virus is deadly. It has buried thousands of helpless victims in the western region of Africa and challenged the world’s best health specialists in how best to contain its spread. News of the tragic death of the first US Ebola victim,...
by Margie | Oct 14, 2013 | Live Passionately
Yesterday I received this question on my Facebook page: What’s the #1 thing that gets in the way of you making changes in your work, life or both? Mothers guilt. Fear of unknown. What others might say. Lack of money. Lack of time. Lack of clarity about future....
