“The Whole News” Blog
Opening our minds to greater awareness and depth
Measuring Worth
Liliane Grace I was a young woman in my early 20s when I first attended a personal development seminar about financial success, and I was perplexed by the conversations I heard about ‘worth’. Income was being linked to self-esteem, but how, I wondered, does one put a...
Need a cracker up your bum to start taking money more seriously?
If you think you need a cracker up your bum to start taking money more seriously, watch this 3-minute video that features Camilla Mendoza, the passionate creator of Money Mastery For Teens and the instigator of the Quest For Riches novel, in which Swedish students...
Jacob’s egg, Jacob’s elephant…
This is a shout-out to artist Jacob Harnwell for the brilliant cover he illustrated for Quest For Riches. The captivating egg is of one of his other ‘practice illustrations’. He was experimenting with light… I’d actually first asked Jacob to create a new...
Fiction can make you smarter and more empathetic!
I often hear people say that they don’t read fiction – it’s too ‘fictional’! They prefer real-life content and books that focus (seriously) on current issues or research rather than ‘made up stuff’. But what they don’t realise is that more and more studies are...
Come to India with me!
I’m absolutely chuffed to announce that Touch Of Spirit Tours is hosting a Creative Writing Tour through North India – with me as the writing facilitator! Mela Joy, the founder of this company, was one of my sources when I was researching India for Quest For Riches....
Book Week Starts Tomorrow! – Money Smarts In A Story Endorsed by Dr Demartini ‘and Suncorp’
Schools around Australia are celebrating books and writing and authors and the imagination starting tomorrow for the Children's Book Council of Australia's annual BOOK WEEK! If you're the parent of a younger child, you've probably been roped into making a...