One of the philosophies that The Hunger Project teaches is to come with a beginner’s mind to the cultures and people you might encounter on the road to ending world hunger. When you begin anything, you come with little knowledge. And that’s what they’re asking you to...

When we are employed, we are assigned roles. Often when we are assigned roles, we are labelled. This labelling is convenient and often allows us to be the ‘go to’ person for that particular thing. For example, Lynda is the project manager. The project manager...

I’m writing under pressure today. The sun is shining, the ocean is beckoning; teasing, tantalising and cajoling me to leave this desk and go and play. These are the last days of good weather, after all. But I FREEZE. I’ve left my blog writing to the last minute and...

As I’ve gotten older and moved through what Katie Byron calls ‘the work’, the people and relationships in my life have become more and more meaningful and rich. It’s also meant that I’ve become more and more discerning about who is allowed in and who must go, pronto....

Thank you for allowing me to tell my stories of India. A big part of processing the whole experience is exactly that, telling stories; taking the assault on the senses and ordering it in some way, giving voice to the many feelings and thoughts that bubbled up. (If you...

Last week I started to recount some of my stories from India. The lady in the photo with me is Rachni. I met Rachni on the third day of my visit. Elected women representatives came from all over the state to hear from us and us from them. We split into groups to sit...

It was my great privilege to travel to India recently with The Hunger Project – the humble little giant of a not-for-profit that I contract part time to. Corporate leaders in arms, charged with learning how to do leadership better, the group left Australia hoping to...

My fears about giving up ‘the dream’ have been needling me a little. Some weeks I’ve been so tired post doing my part time contract role that I’ve been doing the bare minimum in my business. And that means a little guilt ensues. But then two things happened; I...

Oftentimes clients will ask me – how do I achieve what I want to achieve without compromising my current lifestyle? Would you like the honest answer? You don’t. Let’s get really, really, really real here. If you were a personal trainer and an obese person came to you...

Since moving, I’ve discovered a boxing class that I really enjoy.  The first time I joined this class I was overwhelmed. My partner was a firecracker, holding the pads firm and encouraging me to HIT HARDER, HIT FASTER and generally give it more. I was a hot, sweaty...