In recent times, ‘burn-out’ has featured prominently in the media. Back in January, New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, resigned declaring she ‘didn’t have enough left in the tank’, and now this week, Mark McGowan, stands down as West Australian Premier citing exhaustion as a key reason and that he is ‘tired, extremely tired’.  At… Read More

In January 2022 the first blog I wrote for our my manifesto website was Why Craft Your Own Personal Manifesto? In that blog, I spoke of my young womanhood in Broken Hill and the way I had searched for “a guide, a blueprint that would assist me to take the next step in order to… Read More

Dear Philippa, Where to begin? Your book offers so much; it appears to be slim, so why am I taking so long to read it? The short answer is because of the complex emotions it awakens in me and the processing that I need to do as a result. Forgive me then, Philippa, for focusing… Read More

An article in the newspaper this week caught my eye. It was concerned with avoiding dementia. Much has been written about this topic and in my senior years, I am still a passionate student, only the subject-matter has varied! The article by Sarah Berry in The Age May 1, 2023, makes the case that “For… Read More

I invite you to bring to mind the feeling of progress. Can you think of a recent time when you had clear evidence that you were making progress, that you were improving? Maybe it’s a physical activity and your walking distance, running speed, or swimming technique might be improving. Alternatively, it may be a mental… Read More

Have you ever wanted to read a book that challenged your thinking and persuaded you to think more long term? The premise of this book is that the most important question we can ask ourselves individually, and collectively, is, ‘How can we be good ancestors?’ What this question demands us to consider is, ‘How can… Read More

Can you relate to initiating an act of kindness having been the recipient of a similar action? Well, over the past 18 months I have been a benefactor of a style of communication that I have highly appreciated, and this has inspired me to endeavour to replicate such valued behaviours.   My inspiring role model has… Read More

Finding forgiveness when one is suffering from the ‘slings and arrows of outrageous fortune’ may be a seemingly impossible task especially when in the midst of the ‘crisis’.  As we ruminate over the cause of our suffering – the people and the events – we may experience a range of extreme emotions which immobilise us.… Read More

Crafting your personal manifesto takes time, energy, and commitment, and this is why we refer to it as ‘work’. However, please know that we are viewing work in a very positive, rather than negative, light. When you think of it as work – we hope you think of rolling up your sleeves and getting into… Read More