How working alongside a mentor, sponsor and accountability partner can super-charge personal and professional development. I am lying on the grass outside a room serving as a small lecture theatre, crammed with people eager to hear about waste-free living. This impromptu learning community is made up of people born around…

Why people choose to work in professions which are often low paid with low status, but socially important, and why today we should be standing beside them in solidarity and support. Today is International Day of Human Solidarity. Since 20th December 2005, when this day was born, the United Nations…

It takes remarkable courage to ‘simply’ be ourselves. Remarkable, because it would seem to be the most natural way to be, but through all of our life experiences, who we are, at our core, can get lost. …

On day four of my week long camping trip my car battery died. Luckily the car was parked looking at this view, so when the RACV turned up, and said battery was happily being recharged back to life, I mused on the power of renewal — the state where we…

Stories about art have been filtering through my various inboxes of late, prompting a remembering of my days in the school art room where I spent peaceful hours in creative calm, away from the pressures of academic work and friendships. …

When we know our rights, we are empowered to advocate for them, on behalf of others, and also for ourselves. December 10th is the United Nations Human Rights Day, and this year the special day turns 71 years old. This day marks the moment in 1948 when the United Nations…

How seeing the engine tank flash empty one too many times reminds us all to build into our lives regular practices for renewal. It’s such a cliche — New Year comes close again and off we trot to find our special stationary and write out our resolutions that will see…

Connecting to our current values, feelings, and needs is supported by our capacity to notice what is important to us, in our lives: through this practice we can become aligned with our truest self. Have you done or said something that you had done or said many times before, but…

Thinking back, I don’t recall being taught about compassion. I do remember being witness to blame, and shame, both the currency of those who had power over me. …