Sue Wong

What do you do when the well is dry? You know that time when you really need to do something by a certain time, but you meet resistance – a lot of it – when you go to do it? What is the fall-back situation for you? Depending on the circumstances, it may be possible… Read More

To maintain confidence in my speaking skills post-retirement, I have joined the Toastmasters’ Club. A recent speech that I gave was to fulfill the task of Delivering a Social Speech. I chose to write a speech in praise of – not a person or an organisation – but to the abstract concept of ‘hope.’ I… Read More

I met the author of this book, at a Melbourne Books evening, 10th December 2024 at which David Tenenbaum and team were celebrating their published authors of the year. As a fellow author of Melbourne Books, I take this opportunity to foster and appreciate another author on their exciting entry into the world of publication.… Read More

This is a first for me — I’ve never written an Acts of Kindness blog on my birthday! So, here goes. As I move through my fifties, the significance of birthdays and celebrations feels a little different. There’s a growing awareness of how quickly time is passing, a feeling I don’t recall from when I… Read More

We live in a world that often demands positivity. Social media, self-help books, and well-meaning advice urge us to think happy thoughts, count our blessings, and push through discomfort with a smile. But what if, instead of resisting melancholy, we acknowledged its quiet wisdom? What if we allowed it to sit with us, not as… Read More

Now that we have commenced 2025, we are aware that we are past the first blush of our book launch and into the next phase. We have been advised by our publisher, David Tenenbaum from Melbourne Books, and by you, our mates, that when we speak about our book, we are ‘so passionate, people can’t… Read More

I love gifting books, and I love being gifted books! This month’s book recommendation is one that was gifted to me back in 2020 and has since been greatly enjoyed, shared, and treasured. As you know, Sue and I are career educators with a passion for supporting people – young and old – to foster… Read More

We at times speak about random acts of kindness, and indeed this category of our blogs is devoted to the many different ways we perceive and experience kindness in our lives. This week I was the recipient of an act of kindness, in the form which could be called a gratitude letter. In wellbeing circles,… Read More

I guess the day had to arrive when I was due to write a Wellbeing Insight blog, and I am not well! The obvious solution, for one whose personal manifesto contains the sentence: I replenish myself and navigate all that life presents with love, including self-love, is perhaps not to write this one, to allow… Read More