by Margie | Jul 20, 2016 | Latest Thoughts, Lead Purposefully
Terrorist attacks. Police shootings. Brexit. Political coups. Refugee crisis. Zika virus. President Trump. Let’s face it, we live in fearful times. There’s no shortage of headlines alerting us potential threats to our safety and future. Which is why, when headlines...
by Margie | Dec 21, 2014 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
It’s Christmas time again. As my years on earth grow, so too do they seem to pass faster. As a child, it seemed to be an eternity between each birthday or Christmas and yet now, they roll around with a swiftness that makes me realize how quickly life is...
by Margie | May 6, 2009 | Build Resilience, Speak Bravely
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not anti-guns. . . I grew up with them! Going rabbit shooting on my parents’ farm in rural Australia was a regular (and favorite) pastime (sorry rabbit lovers — that was just the way it was growing up in the Aussie bush). But last week I...
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...
