Media

so… you want to know more about me?

OK, here’s more… I have included a list of articles, media, presentations, books etc that I have either featured in, or written. I include them by way of introduction, to not only inform you but also to give you more of a sense of who I am, if you’ve not gathered as much already…enjoy!



Here I am, that’s me on the front!
Chapter 11 is on the inside

This book gets you up close and personal with
thirteen amazing women,
who share the stories of
what got them to where they are

As well as Chapter 11 in Secrets of Inspiring Women Exposed, the following is a number of media articles and keynote addresses about “DOing it my way” (feel free to read them by clicking on links, and please, don’t forget to come back!)

and including being the Westpac’s Ruby Connection resident blogger on all things EXIT execution excellence!

11 Dec  Australian Businesswomens Network… “Start with the End in Mind TODAY”

11 Dec Mums On The Go – Working Girls…”Why…Start with the End in Mind TODAY”

11 Nov Mums On The Go – Working Girls…”Start with the End in Mind TODAY”

11 Sep Dale Beaumont’s Business Blueprint magazine, in the Hot Seat!

11 Jun Family Caper’s “Start with the End in Mind TODAY, regardless of how old your Mother of a Business is…”

11 Apr commenced as Westpac’s Ruby Connection resident blogger on all things EXIT execution excellence!

11 Feb Mums On The Go – Working Girls…”7 Tips for Doing Business in 4 Hours or Less”

10 Sep Mums On The Go – Working Girls…”How to Build a Mother of a Business”

10 Sep Dale Beaumont’s Business Blueprint magazine p16-17
“How to Build a Mother of a Business – 7 Tips for Doing Business in 4 Hours or Less ”

10 Jul The Herald Sun Melbourne “Smart Parents Have Good Kids

10 Mar “How to Build a Mother of a Business” article,
included within the “Stepping Stones to Business” on Family Capers.com.au

09 Sept the entrepreneurial mothers guide to “How to be a Working Mother“ checklist approved and submitted to the Business Victoria’s Business tools and templates library.

09 Aug Chapter 11 on Action, included in the eBook
The Law of Attraction PROVEN! and How to Make it Work for YOU! by Dieter Aschenbrenner

09 May-Dec weekly contribution (i.e. Travel Tuesday) to the “CurrentMom” blog, based out of the USA

08 Oct Entrepreneurs.About.com. Startup Stories #2
(part of The New York Times company)
My Entrepreneurial Mother Story

08 Autumn/Winter “Inspired” magazine Mothers of Reinvention

08 June Key-Note address
Annual Deakin Alumni Community Breakfast Geelong

08 Apr Key-Note address
Annual Deakin Alumni Community Breakfast Melbourne

08 Mar Key-Note address
Celebrating International Women’s Day luncheon Mornington Peninsula

07 Nov The Sun-Herald Sydney; The Australian
Success in Business and Baby Balancing Act

07 Sept GradNet University of Melbourne Alumni Profile

07 May The Jump Report Inspiring Women – a hidden labour market

07 May Chapter 11 of the Secrets of Inspiring Women Exposed

07 Mar Business VIC aCE talentNET case study

05 Dec HomeStay Magazine The devine Ms Hall

05 Aug BRW The New Gender Divide

Believe me, in case you’re new to being the entrepreneurial mother®, or aspiring to be more of one, the one thing that may be holding you back right now I suspect is a form of fear! It’s OK, and quite normal…which is why I’m here.

I’m sure I don’t need to remind you that you potentially run the risk of not doing what you want to do, if you’re either too fearful and/or not confident enough to believe you can. It doesn’t have to be that way. YOU CAN DO THIS…and I’m here to help you every step of the way.

Here’s the thing…
as Leslie Bennetts – author of theThe Feminine Mistake says:

”The promise of the fairy tale – that Prince Charming marries you and takes care of you forever – usually remains far more powerful than the realities women see all around them. No matter what catastrophes befall their friends, sisters or neighbours, the lure of dependency keeps them mesmerised by a mythology that no dose of reality could break its hold on true believers – at least until such shocks are visited upon them personally.So the main thing I want to say to other women is this: PROTECT YOURSELF.Given the likelihood that you will have to fend for yourself (and even your children) at some point in the future, maintain the capacity to support yourself.Protect your childrenby making sure you can support them financially should anything happen to you, or their other parent.Protect your future happinessagainst the doubts harboured by frustrated stay-at-home mothers who can’t shake the guilt and regret they feel about failing to explore their full potential.Protect yourself against the desolation of the empty nest, which inflicts the deepest sense of loss on full-time mothers with no other identity to sustain them.

Protect yourself against the feelings of uselessness and isolation experienced by so many women who didn’t cultivate meaningful work that would nourish them in later years. You’ll be glad you did.”

I invite you to come and join me
Cheers