The Hidden Blessings in Failure

by | Mar 15, 2013 | Personal Growth

My twin daughters turned 18 last week and eagerly headed off for their driver’s license test. One passed and one failed.  This is a much more confronting experience than when a single child fails – aside from the obvious comparison issues, there is...

Which part of you wanted that experience?

by | Sep 7, 2012 | Personal Growth

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...

Are You Afraid Of Your Goals?

by | Apr 27, 2012 | Personal Growth

We have come through that ‘New Year Resolutions’ time where we innocently (naïvely?) set goals that we fully intend to achieve, tentatively set goals that we hope we’ll achieve or, with a mocking laugh, avoid the whole thing altogether. Having written a...

Skeletons and Circles

by | Apr 17, 2012 | Personal Growth

A rather wonderful new family ‘tradition’ was instigated a few months ago among the women in my family. In fact, we stumbled upon it during a birthday conversation. It began when I shared a personal story, a story that unleashed similar stories from my...

Getting our Ups and Downs in Context

by | Oct 20, 2011 | Personal Growth

I’ve been experiencing a little rash of minor health issues in the last few months. Looking back on the year, I notice that it’s been pretty full on. You know how they measure stress and reckon that separation and moving house are high on the Stress...