January 2011

How To Be The Mother Your Children Need And The Woman You’re Meant to Be

Simply be who you are and claim the extraordinary nature of what it is you do every day. There are days when I am the most fabulous mother who ever drew breath (OK, maybe hours… Uh, would you believe minutes?). And then there are the moments when I cannot possibly imagine getting through the next […]

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Why I Am Proud of Australian Businesses

It’s Australia Day in my home country. As for the past many years, I am in my current home country, the USA (land that I love). But indulge me in a short homage to the land of my birth and formative years. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll have noticed a barrage of tweets […]

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Why Workplace Flexibility Needs the National Spotlight

“There is no other time but right now for workplace flexibility.” Kathleen Christensen, Program Director of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation I was delighted to guest post for Corporate Voices for Working Families as part of their series exploring key themes discussed during the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s “Focus on Workplace Flexibility” conference last November. […]

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What Does an Integrated Life Mean, Anyway?

Our souls desire to behave in ways that line up with what we believe and value.  That is called living an integrated life.  When behavior matches values, we are whole.  We live without apology, heads held high.  Not in arrogance, but in quiet authority that we are on the right path. Join me for She […]

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Sweet & Sour

I spent the Christmas/New Year week focused on my family.  It’s a different kind of work than the usual weekly rhythm, but it is still work.* We had a wonderful few days.  Friends and wonderful food and the thrill of all my children engaged and in a magical frame of mind for the most part.  […]

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Alright 2011. Bring it.

January is a funny month.  Like the world is in a giant post party fog, slowly waking up. In Australia and all parts southern, it probably means you’re under water (hopefully at the beach and not in the floods). In the northern hemisphere it’s more likely you’re under piles of slush and snow. Either way […]

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