Manifesto Musings

I confess that I was an ardent adherent of Jane Fonda in the days of her workout tapes – so much so that my first-born son reckons they were the soundtrack of his childhood! All silliness aside, she was one of the strong women in my young womanhood, who stood for something, and ‘Hanoi Jane’… Read More

Even though with your copy of our book, My Manifesto: a compassionate guide to reveal your best life, you are self-coaching, I propose asking yourself these additional questions along the way. A word of caution though: do not ask them of yourself when you are feeling low-spirited. It is important as a coach, with a… 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

As we look forward to 2025, we gently propose to all our mates that creating your personal manifesto is well worth the time and the effort. We wish to explore with you the effort required to create your personal manifesto. We do believe it requires focussed attention where you have the opportunity to ponder, to… Read More

I came across a word and a concept when reading David Brooks’ The Second Mountain. (I am loving this book, and it will be the focus of my next Book Recommendation blog). It was the Greek term agape. Brooks writes that the Greeks distinguish between three types of love: philia  friendship, eros — passion, and… Read More

While I was poring over wonderful handmade craft ware in my neighbourhood café, one of our my manifesto mates greeted me. In chatting, they said, “You know I have finished my personal manifesto, and it is up on my wall!” Well, no, I didn’t know that and told them that the only way Justin and… Read More

“No matter how difficult our lives, how harsh our histories or limited our choices this we can do: we can find a way to walk at least one other being home once we have found a way to come home within ourselves with love.” These words from Dr Maria Sirois, which we quote in our… Read More

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give, is that of your own self-transformation.” Lao Tzu. I found this amazing quote on the VIA… Read More

In this fabulous time of our book launches, I want to take a moment to reflect on the word ‘synergy’. I have spoken and written of the synergy that Justin and I experienced when I first began coaching him at Geelong Grammar School. The energy generated in a coaching session, which was the result of… Read More