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At the moment I’m totally into Chris Martin, songwriter, singer and frontman of much loved mega British band Coldplay.  Okay, judge me as being late to the party since they got off the ground in 1997, but actually I think I’ve arrived at exactly the right time. Let’s face it, things are in a very…

Superintendent Christine McDonald is the Police Commander of my local area and former Chief of Staff of the NSW Police Commissioner (the state where I live). I recently heard her speak at an International Women’s Day event and was inspired by her authenticity, humour, dedication and determination and in awe at how she has navigated…

The basis of many literary works and movies is a main character – a masculine hero or a feminine heroine – who combats adversity and faces up to danger of one kind or another with ingenuity, bravery or strength.  Sometimes they sacrifice their own personal concerns for a greater good and emerge changed, transformed in…

  I have to confess that until I went to college to study naturopathy as a mature age student, I had little clue as to how my body worked, or even what bones, organs or systems it consisted of.  Physiology classes, even though I found them incredibly difficult to understand, proved a continual source of…

I was gifted a wonder filled, enchanting, illustrated book at Christmas – The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse. (sic)  The mole is a tad obsessed with cake – “If at first you don’t succeed, have some cake”.  Allow me to share my favourite dialogue: The mole says: “I’ve learned how to be in the…