socialmedia

Four billion people have access to the Internet and more than half of them have smartphones. Three billion people access Social Media platforms every single day. At a scroll of a finger we can communicate globally but many of us struggle to find the words to say hello to our […]

Disconnected by technology

31 Jul, 2019 in July 2019 Look Up / Radio Scripts tagged communication / community / socialmedia by Amanda

Recently I was sitting on our freeway here in Perth, in gridlocked peak hour traffic. As I looked across the cars on our highway I could see an open platform of our train station. On that station platform, there would have been 100 people standing there in the cool of […]

Phone addiction: Look Up

6 Jul, 2019 in July 2019 Look Up / Radio Scripts tagged community / disconnect / socialmedia by Amanda

Recently I sent an email out to my readers asking them how they were going in the realm of friendship. My latest manuscript is about connection in a disconnected world and I wanted to here from them what they thought. I was overwhelmed by the response with over 95% of […]

Keeping it real in friendship

30 Apr, 2019 in 2019 April: Keeping it Real / Radio Scripts tagged friendship / radioscript / socialmedia by Amanda

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen. Brené Brown In this world of social media, with its carefully-curated Insta feeds […]

Who can you be messy with?

1 Apr, 2019 in 2019 April: Keeping it Real tagged #keepingitreal / community / socialmedia by Jodie McCarthy

In ninety seconds, you can tidy your desk, change your clothes, or audition for a role in a TV commercial or movie. In ninety seconds, you can put on your makeup, brush your teeth, or win an Olympic gold medal in the 200 metres. In ninety seconds, you can control your emotions […]

Ninety Seconds of Hesitation by Elaine Fraser

8 Nov, 2017 in 2017 Certainty tagged #90secondsofhesitation / #anger / #certainty / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraserauthor / #elephantjournal / #inninetysecondsyoucan / #jillboltetaylor / #ninetysecondsofhesitation / #opinionspectrum / #spacebetween / #uncertainty / conversation / kinwomen / no regrets / regrets / socialmedia / women by Elaine Fraser

Sharing Your Difficult Story Safely We are living in an age, with our various medias, and in particular social medias, when it is so easy to tell our story. The challenge I often observe is that some people are sharing their ‘difficult life stories’ unwisely and the response by others […]

Sharing Difficult Life Stories Safely

4 Oct, 2016 in Oct 2016: Story tagged #L.M. Montgomery#Hope For Tomorrow / contribution / difficult life stories / kin women / kinwomen / media / no regrets / penny webb / safety / socialmedia by Penny