If we want people around us to be energised and ready to help us confront our curliest conundrums, we need to have the energy ourselves....

It had been a hot Summer night and in the morning I looked outside at storm clouds looming on the horizon. I hadn't heard the forecast...

What do you do when someone pushes your buttons? We all have topics that we're sensitive about - these are our ‘buttons’. When these...

Is your team looking from the inside-out or the outside-in? When we’re facing a curly challenge, we often focus on it from the...

Each year in Summer, a floating bar and restaurant appears on the Yarra River in Melbourne. It’s bright white with marquees, lots of palm...

This happened to me last Monday morning as I looked at my week ahead. The previous week had been a bit chaotic. This meant that there...

I was speaking with a young man the other day and he said to me, “You know? Before the average person is going to be able to travel into...

The other day I was looking through a catalogue for home storage products and I came across a page that was selling products to help...

Yesterday, I noticed these pigeons perched on our electrical wires. They looked so neat and aligned with each other that I started to...

I’ve been doing a lot of renovating recently and a lot of painting. In one particular area, I struggled to find exactly the right colour....

My daughter is in her late teens. I was giving her a hug the other day and she said, “Do you know, Mum, that you still hug me like I’m...

Last night, a member of my household was making dinner. This particular dish required toasted bread to be cut up and sprinkled over the...

It's easy to wish for something we don’t have. After all, when we get something new it’s refreshing and helps us escape that feeling of...

On my way back from the supermarket the other day I noticed this car. It had become a resting place for quite a number of seagulls....

It's a thought I've had quite a lot as Melbourne has returned to Stage 3 lockdown while the rest of Australia carries on with some sense...

Out for a walk on the weekend and came across an older woman whom we often see. This time she was waving towards a car that was driving...

Sometimes the solution that we want and need is not available. Consequently, we need to find an alternative that, while it isn’t perfect,...

#1 – Expecting others to be where you are. When we’ve been through disruption it’s easy to expect others to be at the same point in the...

We've been experiencing a lot of disruption lately and while life may be getting back to normal for some of us, for others, it's very...

A few weeks ago I posted about my home renovation and discovering the problem was bigger than expected (see link in comments). Last week...