“I’ve had to push through lots of fear: literal fear for my safety but also fear of failure. The worst thing I can do for me – for my mental and emotional health – is not do it.” Zoe Daniel. … Continue reading
Engaging Voices
The tech exec
As managing director of Twitter Australia, Karen Stocks is used to talking in 140 characters or less. I convinced her to say a little more. Here, she shares what it’s like to work for the social media juggernaut and how … Continue reading
The pro vice chancellor
“The fact I’m jetting off to Harvard because I’ve been invited to join the Harvard Kennedy Women’s Leadership Board – in my wildest dreams would never, ever have happened – but it has happened because I reached out.” Catherine O’Sullivan. … Continue reading
The app developer
Gold Coast mum-of-two Neva Elliott, who has been busy sprinkling her version of parenting magic into the world. She’s produced an adorable App with an extensive library of low-cost ideas to help little imaginations thrive, a book and website Busy Little Kids. … Continue reading
The Telstra business woman of the year
“At 16 I thought you could change the world, I actually went off to uni and studied science. Whilst I was there I started to meet people who were working in other areas so I swapped into social sciences. I … Continue reading
The young businesswoman of the year
“We lived for two years on about 200 dollars a week. Failure was not an option because we would have lost everything… But it’s worth it, they say you work hard enough, smart enough, long enough and eventually you’ll get there.” … Continue reading
The digital publisher
“You know I’ve had bad jobs; I’ve had bad relationships, I’ve had really bad circumstances in my life but I’ve always been very, very driven to change them.” Mia Freedman. What is it about Mia Freedman that drove her … Continue reading
CONGRATS THE NAPPY COLLECTIVE
It’s hard to fathom how much The Nappy Collective has achieved in just one year. For one they’ve collected a whopping 109,669 NAPPIES. Giving practical and emotional support to so many mothers and children in crisis. SERIOUSLY AMAZING. I was so honoured to … Continue reading
The inspired adventurer
“He led me around the corner to a tiny apartment and we went in the room and before me was a tiny, very elderly man and he was surrounded by so much light, you just felt his energy. (I’ve met … Continue reading
Quentin Bryce AO
This image was taken almost two years ago as Australia’s former Governor General Dame Quentin Bryce gave my baby boy Keaton one of his first cuddles at a charity lunch. I was anxious to take such a young bub … Continue reading