On unravelling and putting things back together
**Trigger warning** They say when you are stressed, you need to remove the stressor. What if that stressor is your husband and you have been together for nearly 25 years? It’s not that easy. This is the situation I find myself in at the 2.5 year mark of my husband working from home. As I…
Read MoreHistory Falls on Deaf Ears Again
8 years ago almost to the week, I was in Moscow with 7000 other entrepreneurs attending the Global Entrepreneurship Congress. The event was cohosted by Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Moscow City Government. I was there is my capacity as co-Founder of Start Up Australia, an entrepreneurship organisation that was part…
Read MoreShaping a Better World for our Children
March is the time of the year when we as a collective not only celebrate International Women’s Day, but participate in activities throughout the month. For me, this coming month promises to be busy one with plenty of opportunities bond with my female friends, network with fellow female entrepreneurs and be a mentor for the…
Read MoreA Day to Heal Australia
Last year I was humbled and honoured to co-create Healing Australia – a day of ceremony and prayer with Susan Moylan Coombs and Nic Rowan. The day culminated in a deeply powerful ceremony that saw non-indigenous Australians officially welcomed to Country by the Elder Dennis Foley in Manly, Sydney. The ceremony was part of…
Read MoreYOUR BEST ADVICE IN 4 WORDS OR LESS
“Your best advice in 4 words or less,” asked the first post on my Facebook feed this morning. The awesome human being asking for responses to this is friend of mine. She started a Facebook support group in April, after realising that many of her friends and work colleagues were consumed with fear and a sense…
Read MoreReflecting On My Three Months of Lockdown
They’ve said we can go out. Lockdown is over. I thought this is what I have been craving for three months. Yet, now that I can, I’m not sure I want to. For the past few weeks it has been raining non-stop in Singapore. There is even a rumour that the Singapore Government has been…
Read MoreWhere is our 20/20 Vision At Now?
It is six months into our annus horribilis and we are holding our breaths for what comes next. To be frank, we did not enter 2020 well. Australia was on fire and the spotlight was firmly on climate change. Over in the East, a mysterious virus was starting to fester in Wuhan. And in the…
Read MoreFor the Next Generation – International Women’s Day
It is International Women’s Day and I feel so sad. As a mother, I look at my children and fear that with each passing year, the safety and sustainability of our planet and our society slips further from our reach. As an entrepreneur, I am programmed to be an optimist and a problem solver.…
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