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Introducing Quest For Riches Launch – Featured Speaker: Social/Tech Entrepreneur & Mother, Ludwina Dautovic
Way back in the 90s when I was home educating my children I met a powerhouse of a home-schooling mum whose sharp mind and impressive achievements absolutely caught my attention. While the other families were primarily focused on their children, this woman was also...
Financial Literacy Novel Officially Launching 30th June!
If you’ve been thinking things like: • ‘I really should pay more attention to my finances’ • ‘I wish I knew how to manage money better’ • ‘Why is so-and-so doing so much better than me when we’ve come from the same sort of background?’ or • ‘How do I get my kids to...
“Bullying is NOT character-building!”
This statement was made recently by a passionate speaker during a current affairs interview. It doesn’t matter who she is – she gave voice to a popular point of view. But I disagree. I think the reason that statement is made is because it seems to justify bullying and...
Have you lost money or something precious?
It’s an awful feeling, isn’t it? And such a wonderful sense of relief when (if) you find the missing item. In this picture my daughter was trying to reach my car keys, which had fallen out of her pocket while she was clambering around at Hanging Rock. We were all...
Is Ice the New Insanity Plea?
Last night my husband had a dream about a man whose life goes bad as a consequence of choosing hard drugs. We sat on the couch this morning talking about it, and our conversation brought up a memory of a recent news item about a police officer who had his head...
The ‘End’ of the Story
Yesterday was my first wedding anniversary. You might recall my blogs of a couple of years ago about meeting a new man, a dancer, in the wake of writing my first novel for adults, Wanted: Greener Grass. My character’s life in that book was turned upside down, and so...