Today I'm resting again. I've had to rest so many times over the past 4 months since the injury which could have killed me, so surviving this long healing is Ok.

Reading this amazingly succinct story, it’s sheer brevity holds the essence of a life story. I'm very grateful to Ernio for creating this special space.

When I was 16 years old, my first goal to change the world for the better wrote itself into my brain – to help open and respectful conversations about different belief systems. At that time our new school headmistress was leading us to have these conversations weekly. I enjoyed them and wanted to make them happen much more often. I thought that all I had to do to make our world kinder and fairer, especially about beliefs, was to change the way that others talked about it…

Clarissa Pinkola Estes speaks eloquently about our true strength emerging when we are tested.

After watching the movie “Still Alice”, a loving portrayal of Alice's journey through alzheimer’s, I wondered what is left when all we have is the immediate present and our innate response to it.

“Except for the point, the still point, there would be no dance, and there is only the dance.“T.S. Eliot. For many years this quotation has sat in my mind, asking for my reflection yet never giving enlightenment.

We saw in Britain last week, and in Australia this week, that the voting public has largely moved on from the old, combative two-party government systems.

In her new book - "Losing is the New Winning" -  Carol Dweck argues that a willingness to court failure can be a precursor to growth.

Obstacles…what obstacles...? On Tuesday morning my year plan was mapped out before me.

Imagine 2,000 people around the world singing the same song at the same time.

I've never "bought into" competitiveness as a long-term successful way of life. At some point the urge to win will inevitably be too seductive a choice to ignore, even at the risk of ruining choices in the future.

This morning I was inspired by a lady called Barbara Etter. Telstra Business Woman of the Year 2006 and Assistant Commissioner for Corruption Prevention and Investigation at the WA Police, she had been invited to speak to a breakfast meeting at the University Club.

Last Friday I delivered the last of three sessions for this course at the University of Western Australia Extension.