Year of the Relationship Reset?

Year of the Relationship Reset?

"2020, really blindsided me...” “I guess 2020 made me think...” I read a report recently about increased demand for personal counselling and sadly, an increase in the number of divorces filed. It made me think about my workload this year and in late 2020, and the...

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Resilience is Dead

Resilience is Dead

OK I’ve had enough. I’m calling it. Resilience is finished! Who is sick of hearing the word resilience? Who is tired of hearing that it’s resilience that underpins everything from electoral systems, to financial markets to personal strategies and relationships?Well, I...

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Sorry is a powerful word

Sorry is a powerful word

Who has ever done the wrong thing? If you denied any accountability, I am here to tell you otherwise because that tells me that you haven’t been honest with yourself. All of us, sometime in our life will either deliberately or inadvertently do the wrong thing to...

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Mind the Gap (Between Your Realities)

Mind the Gap (Between Your Realities)

WHAT world do you live in? What shapes and drives your behaviours? How do you react in that world? Your view of reality will shape your world. It shapes your thoughts, your words, your behaviours, your interactions, reactions and ultimately your destiny. For every...

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Where to from here?

Where to from here?

WELL, I must admit that I was wrong. I was wrong about the severity and tenure of the coronavirus; I was wrong about the likelihood of an economic shutdown, and I was wrong when I felt that the “we are all in this together” would continue. I guess being told...

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Lockdown Self-Care & Resilience Strategies

Lockdown Self-Care & Resilience Strategies

IMAGINE A daughter trying to visit an elderly parent in a nursing home but not being allowed to. Imagine a child who has many friends, but they are unable to play. Imagine a person with breathing difficulties being forced to wear a mask or a person whose hours have...

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Seasons Change

Seasons Change

“TO EVERYTHING, there is a season, and a time to every purpose, under heaven” so sang The Byrds many years ago and now this season is closing. In life, something of significance happens, decisions are made, and actions are taken outside of our control that directly...

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When the war is over – hunk, chunk or drunk?

When the war is over – hunk, chunk or drunk?

WE WILL come out of this pandemic either as a hunk – after doing all that exercise we promised ourselves; a chunk after comfort eating our way through; or a drunk – after drowning our sorrows in the most Australian of ways! Which one will you be? What choice will you...

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Don’t Waste a Crisis

Don’t Waste a Crisis

They were right – I am just like my dad. At any big family event, we would find dad “self-isolating” in the shed listening to the races and drinking beer. When I quizzed mum if dad was in a bad mood, her response was – “No, he just likes his own company”. The current...

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You can roll it in glitter!

You can roll it in glitter!

You can polish manure – but it’s still manure. And I can’t polish this – we are all is deep manure. It is what it is! There will be many people a lot smarter than me that will, in the future, identify how we got to where we are. Our job is to deal with where we are! I...

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