Fiona Parry-Jones has a beautiful eye for design. When we first started working together and Fiona told me about her idea for colour workshops, I knew I’d be a participant one day. Fiona’s business is Von-Haus and as you’ll see from the beautiful imagery on…
‘I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.’ Thomas A. Edison Last Monday night, Elsa (our eldest daughter) and I went to an event at The Wheeler Centre to celebrate the launch of Colin Batrouney’s new book, Creative Writing for Beginners….
People often desire change for months (or even years) before they do anything about it. It’s useful to understand why we hold onto the status quo – even when life isn’t great – and helpful to think about what we need to let go of…
I spend a lot of time talking to people about how to balance living mindfully with achieving goals. One of the most common questions I’m asked is ‘if you’re living mindfully, doesn’t that mean you’ll never achieve anything?’. The short answer is, not at all….
‘Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are.’ Marianne Williamson My dear friend Judy lost her mother just before Christmas. Over the years that we have known one another, Judy has taught me a lot about…
A couple of weeks ago we held our first Creative Startup event at The Hub in Melbourne. I invited four creative business owners to join me to tell their stories about what has worked for them, what hasn’t and the tips they’d give to anyone starting…
‘When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.’ Eckhart Tolle All around me I hear people saying that they’re tired of striving for more. They say it in different…
Last year was probably one of the most difficult I’ve experienced in my business. Not because anything terrible happened, but for a while there I lost my way. One of the things I’m occasionally guilty of is ignoring my gut instinct. Which is unusual, because…
I was interviewed by a journalist recently about how to stay calm in the lead-up to Christmas, and we both agreed that it’s crazy how we create an imaginary deadline by which time we need to get all projects completed, or catch up with every…
