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Most of the time I have no idea what I’m doing, but I still show up. There’s something in me that drives me forward, to keep going. To keep showing up. But to be blatantly honest with you, there are times when I don’t. I get overwhelmed with anxiety and old childhood trauma patterns play […]

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What did you want to be when you grew up? Me, I wanted to be a train driver. From a 6-year old’s perspective all you had to do was drive the train, toot the horn and wave at people. However, things didn’t turn out that way, which is both good and bad. Bad because I […]

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Are tests and exams an accurate indicator of how smart someone is and does it indicate their value to society? I know of lots of people who’ve bungled tests and exams and failed school and still gone on to do amazing things in life. I hear of young apprentices who can tell you what’s wrong […]

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When Liz Martin, director of Micah Inclusion a specialist autism therapy centre in Bunbury WA, invited me to run my 13 week Inspiring Kids program, I jumped at the chance, even though I’d never done it before. She invited 7 kids (one not pictured) to be part of program and for one hour a week […]

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Do you really need to know what you’re doing? Do you really need to have a strategy all mapped out? I read so often that to succeed in business or an enterprise you need to have a detailed strategic plan and stick to it. Know where you’re going, and you’ll achieve success! Yes, it makes […]

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For most of my life, I thought being normal was a club that most people belonged to, except me. I was an outlier. A weird little kid on the fringes.   A kid who rode his bike around the streets with his dog in a box on the back. A kid who’d rather watch freight […]

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This is my mum and this is what International Women’s Day means to me. My mum taught me that it was normal for a woman to have a job. She taught me it was normal for a woman to have a profession. She taught me it was normal for a woman to run her own […]

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When I first received a copy of Second Innings: On Men, Mental Health and Cricket, (Fremantle Press) back in June, 2021, I read it in two sittings and immediately tried to line Barry up for an Interview. It wasn’t until December I was able to talk to him and it was worth the wait. Trigger […]

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I love it when a book makes me feel a better person after reading it. That’s how I felt after reading Skimming Stones by Maria Papas (Fremantle Press). Trauma, damaged childhood, nature, beauty, and hope… all wrapped up in a powerful debut novel.

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If you want to build resilience in kids, there’s one simple, yet powerful thing you can tell them. Its impact will be long lasting and far reaching. Tell them, “You’re important to me and to the world.” ‘You’re important’, tells children they are not only valued, but they have a role to play in the […]

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