By: Susan Sohn
A number of years ago my parents made the big decision to move from our farm and family home into our small, very quaint town. As many of you know, a move like this is huge.
Lifestyle
How to Stay Safe from Sharks – Tips from a Surfing Legend
By: Hope Media
If anyone knows about safety in the ocean, it’s someone like two-time World Surfing Champion like Tom Carroll – who’s probably spent more time in the saltwater than the rest of us put together.
A Simple Tool to Help You Make Sense of Life
By: Sheridan Voysey
According to the experts, writing in a journal can help you reduce stress, increase creativity, solve problems, and manage conflict.
How to Choose a Great Financial Adviser
By: Alex Cook
A potentially risky yet more often beneficial thing you can do with your money is finding a great financial adviser. I say risky because there is no shortage of stories of people who visit someone holding themselves out to be a financial adviser only to lose their life savings.
5 Things I’ve Learnt from a New Year Dawning
By: Susan Sohn
Being in my late forties, one thing I’ve come to realise is that New Year’s resolutions just don’t work for me. I have failed every time that I have tried to put something in place whether it be getting into better shape, quitting sugar, spending less time working and more time savouring life. By January 10th I’ve fallen off of every well-intentioned wagon I’ve set myself on.
The Best Books I Read in 2018 (and Some Not-So-Good)
By: Sheridan Voysey
What a gift great authors are to this world. Pulling together my thoughts for you on the best books I’ve read, those I’ve had the honour of endorsing, plus the not-so-good titles from this past twelve months has become a favourite annual tradition of mine.
The Importance of Creating Simply For Your Own Joy
By: Susan Browning
It’s so easy to get stuck in our ordinary, wouldn’t you agree? If anything motherhood has opened my eyes to the ways I used to be creative when uninhibited by obligation, or creative deadlines. Or well, life. Creativity accesses the child within us all, and when modelled it can pass onto Kingdom expression to the next generation – which is why I think creating for joy ourselves is such an important aspect of our lives.
How to Deal With Trolls (Hint: Don’t Get Even and Don’t Give In)
By: Sheridan Voysey
“You need to get a life,” Laura told me. “There’s plenty you can do to help children without being a father.” Then there was Maya: “Forgive me if I don’t cry a river when men suffer the indignity of infertility when women have suffered that stigma for millennia.” And Charlie had his say: “Get over your ego and adopt.”