I’ve been thinking about the meaning of courage and how it shows up in life. The Collins English dictionary defined it as: Courage noun 1. the power or quality of dealing with or facing danger, fear, pain 2. the courage of one's convictions the confidence to act in accordance with one's beliefs 3. take one's [...]
Celebrating Matariki – The Dawning of a New Cycle We’ve just passed the winter solstice point which in the Southern Hemisphere means that we have passed the shortest day. It signifies that the day light is now slowly increasing until we reach the summer solstice point in 6 months’ time. In ancient times and in [...]
A few years ago, I was a guest speaker at a Networking Event where I met amongst others, Amanda Judd. Back then, she had just got her business up and running and I loved listening to her story and her dream. We bonded instantly, swapped business cards and later I offered to help her in [...]
It’s not yet 1 week since we came together to honour the 100th anniversary of World War I. From all corners of the globe, we remembered those who came before us, whose lives were inexplicably changed by war. We witnessed the record breaking crowds that came to the dawn services both locally and internationally to [...]
Last week, we learnt of a great tragedy. A man was attacked by a shark or sharks in shallow waters as he went about a training swim at Maori Bay on Auckland’s West Coast and sadly, he died at the scene. As the events unfolded, local surf life savers nearby went by boat to intervene [...]
By Jo Hutchinson Last month, I wrote about ‘Being Bold, Being Brave and Nurturing those Dreams’ and already that was four weeks ago. When I wrote this, I had been reflecting on how the re-planting of my garden was a metaphor doing the groundwork for the planting of the new inner dream. So now [...]
Be Bold, Be Brave and Nurture those Dreams We are only 2 weeks into the New Year and things already feel very different for me. I have felt a noticeable shift from the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013 where I feel more in my heart, more at peace and more focussed and [...]
