Having grown up in Melbourne, this month will be forever linked with the Melbourne Cup and all the festivities that surround it. In recent years, this event has been more controversial, but for me it conjures memories of a mid-weekday off (let’s face it- a long weekend!) hanging with my...
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If you look closely at the fourth finger on my left hand, just above where my wedding rings sit, I have grown a callous. I couldn’t tell you when it first began to form, but I first noticed it about two years ago. It made me smile. It’s not surprising...
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It was Henry Ford who once said; if you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re probably right. When it comes to our lives, one of the most powerful forces we can have on our side is our system of belief. Mind over matter has been used to...
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Did you know that on average, babies laugh 300-400 times a day and adults only 17.5 times? The competitor in me read this and thought; game on little humans, I’m going to chuckle all day… Whilst it may be difficult for the average adult with three kids, a business to...
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Last week I burnt myself in the most ridiculous accident. I was cooking sausages and by some trick of fate I managed to ‘kerplunk’ half of one into a small pool of fat, splashing it up onto my forearm. It hurt. It made adjusting that afternoon rather difficult. I may…
I blame my mother for my positive attitude to life. Growing up, one of her favourite sayings to my siblings and myself was “Don’t fix the blame, fix the problem.” The older I get, (or perhaps more accurately, the more teenager-y my children get) the more I can appreciate that…
