Inspirational

Elise Hawthorne A Google search defines kindness as “the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate”, which sounds easy enough in theory and Michael Lloyd-White, Chairman, Founding Director, World Kindness…

Elise Hawthorne When I think about what a typical 11 or 12 year old might be doing in their school holidays I think of the usual – going to the…

Elise Hawthorne This week is Foster Care Week, which has given me the opportunity to speak to a variety of foster carers – same sex couples, single mums, professional couples,…

Elise Hawthorne I first met the delightful Bianca Dye many years ago when we worked together trying to save endangered species and help stop the very naughty Japanese (I’m being…

Camille Blyth Imagine being sequestered for 12 hours in one of the world’s iconic buildings, with nothing to do except watch 16 of Australia’s most passionate and articulate people speak,…

Elise Hawthorne Australian ultra-marathon runner Pat Farmer is a thinker and a doer, all the best men are. His life is the definition of a man on a mission. Pat’s…

Elise Hawthorne Sebastian ‘Seb’ Terry is my kind of person, he just gets on with the job of turning his dreams into reality…he’s not waiting for someone else to create…

Elise Hawthorne ‘It takes a community to change the world’, wise words that are part of the Conscious Club ethos. The Club was created by friends Tim Brown and Gary…

Bret Harding Hello gentle reader. My February and March have been filled with joy – bit of Springsteen in concert here, bit of home renovation there (both observational activities for…

Elise Hawthorne Having passed the respectable midlife crisis age of 45 and a number of successful career changes from teaching, photography, retail and even a Masterchef experience, Michelle Darlington found…