A friend is preparing for the arrival of her second baby and this makes my heart sing. A new baby is a reminder of all that is right and lovely and hopeful. A sweet, little being who will create beautiful chaos. Her soul is preparing to once again be transformed and I am simply looking forward to…
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A manifesto on friendship
It was quite a few years ago that I read a piece by Rebecca Sparrow called “I had a baby and became a crap friend.” It was relevant to me because at the time I had a 2 month old baby but I since I was still in that newborn hazy, dazy bubble of baby powder it didn’t resonate…
What if the Bachelor mansion was a workplace?
I originally wrote this piece for a work blog and when I shared it with some clients I had mixed responses. The Bachelor has a way to polarise public opinion. There’s not a lot of fence sitting going on. I have a number of friends, colleagues and clients who watch The Bachelor and see it as…
The length and breadth of life
Early last year Prince was due to tour Australia for a number of small and intimate “piano and microphone” shows. MM and I looked at the dates, looked at our work schedule, looked at flights, the costs and the logistics and promptly and swiftly put the thought in the “too hard” basket. We really wanted…
Trial by social media
In the last 48 hours or so there has been a shit storm on social media. A workplace conflict involving two journalists and an outfit mishap. It could certainly have been handled better. But hey, we’re all perfect aren’t we? I have spent 20 years in recruitment so I’ve seen and heard my fair share of workplace…
About a friend
fI haven’t felt like writing much this week. Not so much that I didn’t want to write, I just haven’t felt as though I had anything to say that didn’t seem frothy and irrelevant. This week my very dear friend lost someone so very close to her, someone she loved immensely, a soul sister. She and her husband are grief stricken, of course…