Chasing the blues away at Byron Bay (part 1)
When I was struck with depression back in 2011, I would often half-joke that I must be destined to be having such a struggle for some larger philosophical reason. There had to be...
The Rubber Band Effect…
I've missed this space the last few weeks! It's lovely to be back at my keyboard with some time up my sleeve to share some thoughts. Thanks for your patience with me of late - I...
Close encounters of the connected kind…
Have you noticed that the moment you think of something obsessively it will pop into your presence seemingly everywhere? For example, the minute you consider buying a particular...
Elle and I – shared thoughts on spending time with others.
We're coming up to the holiday season again, and inevitably there'll be circumstances that might push your buttons in the lead up to, and during Easter. Here are three tips I'm...
The gift is in the giving…
I've been very fortunate this past week to have a number of beautiful people touch my life in some magical way. It could be a chat over a cuppa, some encouraging words, time out...
The thoughts that grow in my garden…
I've been spending some time this past week out in the garden. I just love it there and I'm grateful to have the time to learn some new cultivation skills. The garden does more...
Stuck in the mud of limiting beliefs.
I had lunch with a very dear friend yesterday and she lovingly told me she thinks I might be a bit stuck, and it's time to move on with my life. Only someone who cares for you a...
Give me a serve of ying without the yang…
When I felt I was struggling to run Billie Goat Soap it felt like I couldn't relate to other business people around me. I had always been an avid reader of business magazines (I...
Self-love: 5 reasons why we need it every day.
I've had too much time available this week to witness too many examples of people not loving themselves enough. If I don't love myself enough I risk spreading my angst to those...
I think I can, I think I can…but what if I can’t?
What would you do if you knew you could not fail? Oh pllleaasssse......I simply cannot get my head around this question. Is it supposed to be inspiring? Challenging? It certainly...
I forgive myself…a little bit.
Regular readers (thank you!!) know that I'm on a journey of self-forgiveness at the moment. It's not an easy path to choose, and there are times I really want the whole feeling...
Making sure I pack some joy in my bag.
On this journey of self-discovery, and my current side-track of self-forgiveness, I've come to realise how important it is to pack some essentials to make the trip as wonderful...
Life imitating…life?
We have three animals in our family. Two aging small dogs, and a middle aged cat. Lily is the smallest of the three, a 13+years cross chihuaha. Lucy is our second dog, an almost...
Gunna have to face it…I’m connected to you.
When Billie Goat Soap was featured on A Current Affair, people asked me how much we paid Channel 9 to do the story. I was shocked by the question because we never paid for any...
How to be a recovering failure-holic.
Every month or so I have the good fortune to catch up with some dear gal pals of mine to spend a few hours together at a breakfast catch up. I love these meetings because it's a...
Mindfulness: 4 ways to find it at work
Last week I talked about why mindfulness is so important in the workplace. Well, talk is cheap (and easy!), it's doing it that can be a challenge. Particularly when you are...
My visit to the Centre for Hope
Last month, on a holiday to the USA, we were fortunate to visit the Centre for Hope. It was a surprisingly wonderful, inspiring visit. I wasn't expecting that because the Centre...
Mindfulness: 3 key reasons why you need it at work.
Check any social media platform on a Friday and inevitably there will be people posting about two days of "me time". I've come to realise that we need to grab that time beforethe...
Worrying about perfrection…
In my early twenties I attended a training course to improve my skills working as a corporate trainer. I loved my job. I enjoyed working with people, and presenting to large...
Can’t help myself…bad habits!
Oh I wish these blogs had an audio option! You'd hear this title in a Billy Fields swagger. I loved that song back in the 80's, and now, as January comes to a close I find myself...
I have a human barometer.
I'm very lucky. Some would say, however, I'm very unlucky. One of my closest friends lives in Sweden, far far away. We only get to share a cuppa together once a year or so, when...
I looked at over 2 million people before I found myself.
It's lovely to be back from our summer holiday. I mean that in more ways than one. It's simply terrific to be home and back at my desk. We were grateful to have spent a very...
Celebrating a good clause…
It has been a frantic week this week...I'm heading off on a Christmas holiday with my family, and for the first time ever we'll be experiencing a white Christmas (hopefully!)....
the New days of the Old school yard…
There's one thing I would have in common with most school aged parents this week - attendance at an end of year school assembly. There are five children in total in our family,...
A rose by any other name?
I understand that to truly embrace life, I have to first embrace myself. I have to love myself. But how do you love yourself if you don't fully understand who you are? The end of...
I’m not doing this alone…
At this time of the year we have an advent calendar strung up in our entrance hall. Each little bag holds something special inside, a yummy chocolate, a quote to think about...
Quitting is fine, but what if you don’t want to?
We often joked that the first word our boys learnt in life was the word 'no'. As toddlers, they were in to everything! This simple little word morphs into so much more as we grow...
Freddie Mercury, baristas and a single touch.
I've had the good fortune to connect with many people this past week, and I am a better person for it. Every single encounter, regardless of how short or long has had an impact...
How to love someone you don’t particularly like…
We've all come across people in our life who we may not particularly like. People who seem to push our buttons without even realising it, or people who we feel we have nothing in...
Celebrating a report card ‘F’.
It's almost the end of the school year and soon we will receive our boy's end of year report card. One boy has just finished Year 7,and also completed NAPLAN this year. Our...
Five ways I’m learning to be a new me…
I'm really trying hard to live an honest and authentic life. All too often I slip back into my ego driven self, but when I have glimpses of living ego-less I feel like a new...
Time for some connection selection…
I learned a lovely lesson this week. I had an opportunity to revist the power of our connections with each other- real, physical, human connection. I mean being in the same room...
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