Blockchain and Love
October 17, 2018
Why is important to consider love in our blockchain solutions?
At the end of May I spoke at the Heartland Festival in Denmark on the topic of Blockchain – Future questions of trust? I was on a panel with Fritz Henglein who spoke more to the technical aspects of b...
Love as a motivator for looking after our planet
October 17, 2018
Recently I have been considering the role of love as a motivator for the level of engagement and commitment required to the changes necessary to ensure we have an environment and society worth living in for future generations.Love is such a BIG word and it can mean so many t...
What does trust mean to you?
October 17, 2018
I’ve just finished a piece on Blockchain and Love, and in it I reference an old irish proverb I came across earlier this year.“When mistrust comes in, love goes out.”In the writing of that piece, I realised I really needed to get curious on what Trust means. What does ...
The act of self forgiveness, supported by nature.
September 18, 2018
Forgiveness is a concept that I associate with my catholic upbringing and it is only just recently that I have really had cause to come to understand its true value and how to apply it. The last six months have been an accelerated personal growth phase for me. The voic...
Listening to Nature
September 17, 2018
In 1996 I experienced my first eleven-day nature retreat in Crestone, Colorado, with John P. Milton, founder of the Way of Nature. Up until then I had spent a lot of time outdoors, having grown up on a farm in Southland, New Zealand, and then through the joys of white-water ...
Emotional Bruising in the work place.
November 23, 2016
A friend was in a river rafting accident that resulted in both a compression fracture coupled with a spiral twist break of his leg. The bruising was so great that he had to wait nearly 2 weeks for the swelling to subside enough before having the necessary operations.
Not lon...
Finding my purpose
June 17, 2016
On Monday this week, I went to an event at Comvita’s premises in the Bay of Plenty hosted by The Natural Step:Surfing Both Waves to Success. The theme was Doing Well by Doing Good and there were three inspirational speakers, Alan Bougen (Comvita), Nik Gregg ...
The Relaxation Unchallenge 21 – 30 Nov 2014
November 19, 2014
The idea for this blog started earlier this year, however moving our life of 4 years in Santa Monica back to New Zealand was a big transition. Being now somewhat settled in the stunning Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, it’s become time to get on with some of these ideas that h...
Relaxation as a State of Being
November 17, 2014
his time a year ago I had the amazing experience of being in a Relaxed State for about 6 weeks. 6 weeks you say? Did I get anything done during this time? Yes, this period included my ongoing role of mother and chief organiser in our household, supporting my husband who trav...