She pulled her tiny human closer, her strong arms encompassing the small torso, so close she could feel her babe’s breath moving slowly in and out of her little body. Asleep at last. In that moment she noticed her strong arms. She noticed the almost magical ability her arms possessed to hold her little one […]
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My children and I have had many conversations about the differences between bogans and rednecks. Bogans, we agree are the harmless variety. Albeit a bit rough around the edges, bogans can be pretty damn entertaining. I have time for bogans. Rednecks, on the other hand are a different breed entirely. Rednecks hate everything that’s ‘different’
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(language alert) “Fuck I hate it when you say something and the person at the other end thinks that’s what you mean” said an uncomplicated friend. I instantly agreed with the paradoxical statement. Of course language, our words hold power. However, the power of the word is often overshadowed by two things — intention and
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Do you remember the last time you missed someone? Not just a fleeting memory but a strong yearning, so strong it’s palpable. Maybe it’s a loved one now passed, an old flame, a faraway friend, kids who have left home or even a wise mentor who influenced change in your life. The people who have
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The time was right to reassess my social media world. It’s not like I didn’t anticipate that at some stage my ‘role’ and my opinions and connections would somehow collide. Nevertheless, the feeling of being ‘noticed’, ‘found out’ for my left-leaning views (despite some confusing and unnoticed sharing of the right at times) was a
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I wasn’t sure I would know Julie Congdon when we arranged to meet in the January summer holidays of 2019 however when I saw Julie and her family standing at my front door tears rolled. In this moment I realised that this woman was still my primary school bestie, Julie Brown. Julie, her husband Scott
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It took me many, many years to express myself as a leader and many more to embrace the title. Why? So many reasons… Because I’m an Aussie and that would mean I’m ‘up myself’ i.e. implying that I’m ‘better’ than others. Because then there were followers and who wants those pesky responsibilities. Because I did
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Do you remember that tickle in your tummy you got when you were a kid and something cool was just about to happen? Perhaps it was Christmas, Easter, the Tooth Fairy or maybe it was the sound of Mr Whippy approaching your street. And do you remember that feeling of exhilaration when somebody said YES,
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It’s the end of November and I wonder if your world has started to slow for the holiday season yet or – is it pushing on the turbo boost button? I don’t know about you but I feel utterly frazzled. It’s as if the world has sped up x 1000 and I’m just trying to
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There are 53 people who have the role of Director of Regional Development (DRD) for the Regional Development Australia network across Australia. Megan and I are two of them. Megan’s region stretches across the Central West and Western region of NSW, in fact 25% of NSW, Wiradjuri country. She recently posted about an exhausting yet
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