Real talk your platitudes

Real talk your platitudes

You’re scrolling through your feed or opening your browser, and there it is! Another PLATITUDE! … “Be Yourself. Everyone Else is Taken.” “Work Hard, Dream Big.” “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff.” It’s all dressed up in a fancy font, slapped onto a sunset...
Do NOT launch an online course this year!

Do NOT launch an online course this year!

Do NOT launch an online course in 2023! Here’s what to do instead… Here’s the thing. An online course will cost you a bomb to make, and people will pay peanuts to buy it. That’s if they buy it at all. It is weird that people quibble so much about...
How not to get scammed from book coaching

How not to get scammed from book coaching

A while ago, there was a book coaching scam! Who knew! You paid US$2000 and you got nothing. Since I started helping coaches and other experts to write books (in 90 days), quite a few other providers have joined the market. Cool with that (except the scams)!   But for...
Gratitude keeps the darkness away

Gratitude keeps the darkness away

I’ve always been an ambitious person. It’s a positive quality in many ways, but it has a dark side. The drive to do more and to be more can make me forget the sheer wonder of what I already am and already have. There is a Buddhist proverb that goes like this: “Enough...
Why this year’s IWD is the most important ever

Why this year’s IWD is the most important ever

I became a feminist at the age of 15 when I was treated to a sudden and shocking political awakening. I left the Canberra Girls Grammar School and went to the School Without Walls (SWOW). There I met communists, feminists, and openly gay men and women for the first time in my life. I won’t say my sheltered life. No life, no matter how financially privileged (as mine certainly was), protects a woman from the impact of sexism, misogyny and abuse. I have had my share.