August 15, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Taking the drop Like every sport I have done, learning to surf – and I am not sure I will ever not be learning to surf – is filled with metaphors and lessons for life. Taking the drop is when your board goes off a steep wave, and as you jump to your feet...
August 14, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
This is a perfect holiday Surf for two hours at dawn. Coffee. Breakfast. Surf again. Lunch. Sleep. Surf. Dinner sleep. Repeat. Sleep like a dead person. Eat to fuel. Soaked in the ocean for hours. The water temperature like a bath. This is a perfect holiday. Spiced...
August 13, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Elephants, surfing and staying young Yesterday we met an elephant on the road. He clearly knew that if he stood on this road he would be fed many bananas. He was a happy elephant. (I was also a very happy human to have an elephant encounter like this, meeting him in...
August 12, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The adventure continues I am writing from the very tip of the teardrop that is Sri Lanka. The waves are crashing, the swell having travelled thousands of kilometres across the Indian Ocean. On our morning walk, the street dogs, motorbikes and tuk-tuks felt familiar,...
August 11, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
On adventure, travel and change I am sitting in Brisbane International Airport about to embark on an adventure to Sri Lanka for three weeks. I am excited and feel incredibly lucky to be able to do this. I love stepping into other cultures with all the challenges of...
August 5, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Are you kind I am an immigrant I have lived on the threshold of homelessness. I know what it feels like to have the ‘heavy’ show up at your door to repossess your car. I know what it is like to walk the lands of the West and never feel looked at for my melanin. I...
