Written by the amazing Hollie Hughes from our blog team. Being a university student is hard enough – between balancing classes, assessments, part-time work and a social life, often the most important aspects can be left behind, including making a budget and sticking to it. Dealing with all the pressures of living out of home …
Review by the wonderful Samantha Edwards from our blog team. Spanning decades and continents, Dr Edith Eger’s beautifully told memoir takes readers on a journey through the challenges and triumphs of life as a genocide victim and Holocaust survivor. From Auschwitz to America and eventually Australia, Eger is now a great-grandmother and has built her …
Post by the excellent Ameliija Swaffer-Selff, one of our 2018 Leadership Competition winners. The Power Trip was a truly amazing experience that I will never forget. It was a week full of inspiring workshops, motivational speakers and networking opportunities, interacting with just some of the many powerful women who play a vital role in our …
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Post by the amazing Hannah Whytcross, one of our 2018 Leadership Competition winners, sponsored by AgriFutures Australia. Winning the Power Trip for 2018 was such a life changing trip. The trip itself had many parts I enjoyed, mostly the friendships and connections with high-profile women in different workplaces/industries. I didn’t realise how much of a …
Written by the beautiful Rebecca Pickering from our blog team. As women, we hear one word in particular mentioned an awful lot. To some, this word prompts thoughts of loved ones, friends and family alike. Some think of themselves, and others think of the scenery that surrounds us, in art and in nature, in their …
Post by the wonderful Maddie McShane, one of our 2018 Leadership Competition winners. Upon finishing school, I found I didn’t know what to do with myself. I had loved my last 13 years of schooling from start to finish and wasn’t entirely sure what label I was to wear if it wasn’t as a “schoolkid.” …
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Written by the amazing Louise Miolin from our blog team. This post was also featured on Pltform. For as long as I can remember, menstruation has been a topic shrouded in secrecy and shame. The first time I ever seriously thought about periods was when my Year 6 teacher sent all the boys outside to …
Written by the incredible Emma Angstmann, one of our 2018 Leadership Competition winners, sponsored by AgriFutures Australia. It all started with an idea, a dream, a passion; a hope to touch the lives who needed it most, to empower and inspire. When Project Empower made their 32,000 kilometre journey, they managed to reach a tiny …
Written by the wonderful Isabel Blundell, one of our 2018 Leadership Competition winners, sponsored by AgriFutures Australia. Winning the Country to Canberra Power Trip was life changing for me. My name is Isabel Blundell, and I am from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. More specifically, I live in a small community called Nhulunbuy, where …
Post by one of our incredible bloggers, Louise Miolin. For the past six months I have been studying abroad in England. I’m the youngest of my parents’ four children; the baby of the family in a big way. I guess it made sense that among teary hugs and shared excitement, the final piece of advice …
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