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How Seth Godin helped me become a writer again

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At the end of last year we unveiled my little brother’s headstone, and the whole process left me feeling sad again for a few weeks. I am learning that grief is different for everyone, and for me the biggest area I suffer is in productivity and creativity.

Late one night after three weeks of moping I lucked upon an interview with Seth Godin on his book Linchpin: Are you indispensable?

One thing he said was (more…)

Peta Brugel, running for other peoples lives

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This is the fourth featured interview in 52 Weeks of Passion!

At 30 years of age, Peta Brugel has already lost several friends through mental health issues. Now fiercely passionate about the topic, Peta is raising awareness by running from Canberra to Sydney in 7 days to raise money for survivors of childhood trauma. For Peta, 2012 is the year to (more…)

The moment when everything changes… A goodbye story

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Once upon a time…

There was a girl who decided to change her life. She blogged about each part of the adventure and people started to get involved and be part of the journey. Magical things started to happen.

One day she decided to leave her home and travel to wonderful places and meet wonderful people. But she pondered… what if the travel could have some meaning? Just as that very thought crossed her mind, whiz-bang-pop! a lovely lady appeared who said (more…)

Why blog? 3 reasons why a blog will blow your mind!

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Six months ago I partnered up with my good friend Amanda to start a new blog: Single to Married in 12 Months. Amanda had noticed some patterns in her love life and I had some theories on the topic that I was preparing for my next book.

My theory is that finding “the one” is all about mindset. Amanda was keen to test my theory, so the 12 Months challenge was set and the blog was born.

From my own experience blogging has been life changing and opened many doors. What rocks now is to see was that Amanda is now experiencing the same effect! As well as front page of the paper this week, she made her first TV (more…)

3 bouncing baby websites for you to love!

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This is the best bit!

Once again I am the proud mother of some bouncing baby website owners! This week I interviewed three of the October Website Launchpad participants about their new websites, please check them out and if you like what you see, download their eBooks and follow them as they take their first steps. (more…)

Turning your health change into a life change

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It’s week 3 of 52 Weeks of Passion!

This week we took some time to interview Janet Cameron who took control of her health problems with such passion that she made a career out of it.

Where did it all begin?

The catalyst for my ‘Good Life Crisis’ was struggling with my health. I had a lot of surgery, but the main thing that (more…)