In a recent blog post I talked about finding your life purpose and how you’ll know when you have discovered it. However, I think the concept of finding your life purpose can be a bit misleading as it suggests that in...

A few years ago I participated in a workshop run by Russ Harris, who is a medical practitioner, psychotherapist and executive coach and Australia’s leading expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

According...

When I was little, I loved a book called Harriet the Spy. Harriet was eleven and she lived on the Upper East Side of New York City. After school, she would follow her Spy Route, observing the folk in her neighbourhood...

Whenever we create change in our lives, it’s inevitable that we’ll experience a degree of uncertainty.

I work with so many clients who find themselves stuck in relationships, work or lives that are unfulfilling...

I have been practising meditation for many years. However, bringing it into my life as a daily practice can still be a challenge; especially when things get busy. This has made me wonder why we struggle to maintain...

I’ve been reading a bit about Buddhism over the past few months. I’ve dabbled in it for years, occasionally attending meditations and teachings at my local Buddhist centre. It’s a philosophy that resonates with me for...

I used to feel like I had no energy. Each night I’d just flop into bed by 7.30 or 8pm and go to sleep. Then I came to realise that this exhaustion was a sign that something in my life was out of balance.

A lack of...

I’m currently working with a client, who is miserable at work. In the space of six months, everything she enjoyed about her role has changed and she has gone from someone who loved Mondays to someone who dreads going...

Last week I attended an event where the theme was ‘Inspiring Happiness’ and I was honoured to be a recipient of the Happiness Inspires Happiness program. There were some terrific guest speakers but the person who had...

David Michie and I met in 2010 when we were both invited to speak at the Australian Meditation Conference. David is a beautiful speaker, a gifted writer and as I discovered over lunch on that sunny afternoon, he’s...