From the blog

For the love of money…

Money. It’s necessary. It affects every area of our lives in some fashion. And it’s a need that we all want fulfilled. Some even say it makes the world go ’round. Now that’s some power! Money buys us choices and therefore gives us freedom. The freedom to do as we[…]

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War on chocolate (or anything) is futile.

Whenever you focus on something you give it your energy. For instance, you want to give up eating so much chocolate. If I said to you “don’t think about chocolate” what’s the first thing that pops into your head? Chocolate, of course! So if you spend your day declaring ‘war’[…]

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How to deal with the ‘professional’ bully.

Every emotion you’ve ever felt started with a thought. Whilst some thoughts are of the intelligent and well-crafted variety that most people endorse, others persist as a complete distraction to our otherwise focussed minds. But then, there are the ones that present as unpleasant public emotional displays, when you least[…]

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A Kissable Lawyer? ~ it can be done…

I think we lawyers need kisses now more than ever, and those trusty old air kisses just aren’t cutting it. With the picture of air kissing now firmly at the forefront of your minds, we need to engage in some wishful thinking and conjure up a delicious little recipe to[…]

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Forward thinking in human connectedness …

At last, back home in Australia having just returned from making a presentation in Washington at the Project for the Integration of Spirituality Law and Politics conference. I shared my thoughts on the emerging work I’m developing in shifting the perspective in the practice of law. Thoroughly rested after taking[…]

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The warm hug of surrender…

My life changed the very moment I threw myself sideways into the South China Sea. Though, this statement is not quite as dramatic as I’m making out.  To my deep-water phobic brain however, it was easily one of the scariest things I’ve done in recent times. Yes, I appreciate that[…]

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Food wars!

  Easter has just come and gone. I’ll bet there are a few of you who are swearing … REALLY swearing to Never. Ever. eat chocolate again! Now swearing to Never. Ever. eat [fill in your own naughty indulgence here] can put undue pressure on your good self to be[…]

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Doing time.

  So we’ve come full circle! We’ve had a chat about who you are, how you got here and what’s going to happen when you’ve done your time. Yes, some say that life on Earth is like “doing time”. I tend to agree. We face many challenges and wonder what[…]

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