So I’m on a health kick at the moment.  Yeah, you probably know how that’s going.. but I’m trying really hard and I’ve had 5 A.F.D.s over the past week which is a big thing for me!  So it was a huge relief for my taste buds when a Snowgoose hamper arrived in our office.  One look […]

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I’ve just come out of a whirlwind of activity from planning and hosting our Ascend  leadership development days for the quarter.  It’s one of those frenzied periods that we all have from time to time, working long hours against tight deadlines while life keeps charging full-speed ahead.  I know that you all know exactly what I mean, so […]

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If it was so long ago the memory is fading, or perhaps you can’t even remember, then this Outback Journey may be just what you need:  a beautiful tour in the Australian Outback where you will walk the Larapinta Trail, sleep under the stars, eat bush tucker and meet up with Aboriginal women who will […]

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My son Ethan turned one year old last week, and it gave me the chance to reflect back over the past year and think about what I’ve learned, what worked well and not so well, and what I might have done differently if I wasn’t so sleep deprived! And I realised, of course, that I wouldn’t have […]

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I think we’ve probably all been touched by breast cancer in some way, through a friend, colleague or family member.  In my case my beautiful aunt, Jude, survived breast cancer – so it’s often in the back of my mind.  But how many of us have actually had breast screening?  I know I haven’t. Did […]

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Emily is my 19-year-old niece and she’s an amazingly gifted artist.  She paints the most compelling portraits and won the People’s Choice Award in the very first exhibition she entered.  In her second exhibition, she entered this portrait and came runner up in a field of artists who averaged twice her age.  In fact she’s […]

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