Yearly Archives: 2019

‘Here’s to strong women, may we be them, may we know them, may we raise them.’ Anonymous It’s a great quote, I love it. I have posted it and shared it myself a number of times. And yet like all quotes, have you ever really stopped to think about what […]

Holding Hands with Strong Women

13 May, 2019 in May 2019: Holding Hands tagged community / kin women / parenting by Jodie McCarthy

“More than one-quarter of us feel lonely for at least three days a week.” Australian Loneliness Report Throughout our life, we will hold hands with many different people. We begin by grasping our mother’s finger, a friend in the playground and eventually the hand of the one we love, and maybe finally, as […]

Loneliness – You Are Not Alone

10 May, 2019 in May 2019: Holding Hands / Radio Scripts tagged #fear / anxiety / community / connection / holdinghands / isolation / loneliness / radioscript / wellbeing by Penny

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Fred Rogers Yesterday I stood and watch the classroom from my first year of primary school get demolished. […]

To walk alongside

6 May, 2019 in May 2019: Holding Hands / Radio Scripts by Amanda

I have a friend and her name is Anne she is an amazing friend, Mother, Grandmother and business owner and she is a very compassionate clinical psychologist. I met her many years ago, but over the last couple of years I have gotten to know her really well. There is […]

How does it make you feel?

1 May, 2019 in 2019 April: Keeping it Real tagged #curiosity / #emotions / radioscript by Amanda

“Show them what crazy can do.” Serena Williams – Nike It is 11 at night and I have just returned from being at the gym because my teenage daughter was inspired by the vision and words of the amazing tennis athlete, Serena Williams when speaking for the equality of women […]

Show Them What Crazy Can Do

30 Apr, 2019 in 2019 April: Keeping it Real tagged balanceforbetter / equality / genderequity / passion / radioscript / womensrights by Penny

How do you explain ‘keeping it real’? Often we use terms like vulnerability, authenticity and honesty. But I think there is another important dimension. Audience. For me ‘keeping it real’ is just as much about the other person. How well do they know me? How much of my story or work […]

Who are you speaking to?

30 Apr, 2019 in 2019 April: Keeping it Real / Radio Scripts tagged #story / radioscript / sharing by Kelley