I’m fairly certain that today I gave my 200 ‘professional’ presentation in the Gold Coast which also means I’ve now presented in all States and Territories in Australia. I originally decided to do work presentations to clients (trustees, lawyers, accountants) to challenge myself. I remember the early days, my heart racing, sweating, the struggle to…

Watching the events in Egypt with the deposal of President Morsi and the chaos and deaths (though less than that which occurred during the overthrow of the last President) I’ve been thinking about “What Does Democracy Really Mean?” Especially with the different systems I’ve seen around the world. Strangely people don’t seem to have an…

In the space of a month I have 4 colleagues retiring and it definitely makes me feel a little sad and a lot older. Rob, Julia, Marilyn and Ian are legends in so many ways. I first dealt with them over 10 years ago and I saw them as this wise group of people who…

Mental health is something that many of us take for granted until we or someone we care about crashes. As a society we see advertisements about physical health issues all the time, in fact some of them might lead to mental health issues due to poor body imagines, but rarely mental health ads. In Australia…

It’s that time of year when you start reflecting on what the hell happened to the last year.  Usually it’s about our relationships, the people we love or loved, the people we found and those that we lost.  The stupid arguments, the times we should have said we are sorry, the regrets in acting like…