“The Whole News” Blog
Opening our minds to greater awareness and depth
Blasting Political Correctness in Schools
This week I'm posting a blog that TMC fan Elaine Stoeckel kindly sent me with the line, 'Wonder when we'll get THIS sort of straight talking in Australian Schools?' It turns out to be a radio announcer's sample of what he would love to hear a school...
Writing a book? Do your homework!!!!
I was recently contacted by a new author who has had a rather frustrating experience since publishing her first book, and so thought I'd share some of her story in the spirit of 'Buyer Beware – Publishing Traps for the Unwary'. This highly qualified writer...
Which part of you wanted that experience?
My daughter has been recovering from a very unpleasant biking accident that left her with some pretty severe tyre burn. Naturally we both turned our minds to the question, 'Why? Where is the hidden order?' To help us find a meaningful answer, I read her a segment out...
“You is kind, you is smart, you is important”
If you've seen the movie, The Help, you'll recognise the phrase, "You is kind, you is smart, you is important" as the greeting that black maid Aibileen gives each day to her young white charge. As a young mother, Aibileen's own son was put in someone...
‘Mastering Order’ – notes from my Book Launch Talk
Those of you who have heard me speak know that the process I’ve been through since writing The Mastery Club has been quite transformational. I went from a place where my family was in breakdown and I had effectively given up on my dreams as a writer to having a...
‘We are practising our ability to create.’
Synchronicity strikes again. A few weeks ago I was invited to Unity Church to hear a friend speak, and while there I happened to meet a young woman of indigenous heritage, Rachel Shields. I'd been wanting to open the Book Launch with an Aboriginal Acknowledgement of...