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The Spirit of Christmas
December 21, 2011
If you are currently rushing around buying Christmas gifts, think for a moment that this can be a time for giving other things as well – non-material things that can ultimately have a much higher value.
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Gifts Found in Unlikely Places
October 13, 2011
What you may call a disaster could actually become the greatest gift in your life. This is what I learned when Zeehaen, an eighteen-meter steel yacht my husband and I had bought to sail the world, foundered on a sandbar while at anchor.
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Making Dreams Come True
May 30, 2011
Mark and Rowan Sommerset had a dream of creating children’s books when they first met ten years ago. Read about how they achieved their dream and won the coveted Children’s Choice Award in the 2011 New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year Awards, or listen to Mark’s story in a podcast.
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Jimmy Buffett: An inspiration to share your talents
January 30, 2011
Using one of Jimmy Buffett’s songs during a drama lesson with children and noticing their delighted faces, made me reflect on how connected we all are and that by sharing our talents, we can positively impact so many people and create good in the world.
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Finding Utopia
January 13, 2011
It was the noise that started it…my sudden desperate search for Utopia. It began to intrude upon me like an unwelcome guest the day air brakes squealed and whiffed repeatedly as a huge truck…
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Gifts Come in All Shapes and Sizes
December 22, 2010
How much more happiness could you create this Christmas through giving, or even by changing your perception of family, friends, or past experiences?
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New Zealander of the Year
December 11, 2010
Emma Woods, voted this week as New Zealander of the Year, embodies all the above qualities, and what Christmas is really about. She found the courage to move through her grief and anger to a place where she found forgiveness by getting to know…
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The Antidote to Violence
August 31, 2010
Violence in the home can create psychic wounds that may never heal. It can cause children to ‘harden their hearts’ by shutting down their feelings to enable them to survive it. It has also, I believe, created a silent epidemic of PTSD…
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Don’t Quit
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
Have you ever thought about quitting something that was important to you to do, or even quitting on life? Here are a couple of stories to inspire you not to quit and to find what is really important to live a rich life.
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What do you want to do that for?
Friday, 18 June 2010 10:41 p.m.
“What do you want to do that for?” was the response to my unbridled enthusiasm about writing a children’s book on self-esteem. It echoed within a hollow past of stolen dreams until they collided with similar words that had silenced my tongue as a child.
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Be positive about mistakes
Saturday, 5 June 2010 5:37 p.m.
Mistakes allow us to learn and grow, yet for many, making mistakes can be deeply shaming. By changing your perspective on mistakes, you can become a positive role model for your children, enabling them to cast fear and shame aside to develop the courage to learn from them instead.
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Dealing with self-doubt
Thursday, 27 May 2010 8:24 p.m.
Overcoming self-doubts to share your gifts and talents with others can inspire them to grow through difficulties to reach their potential.
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