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Are you having fun yet?

August 6, 2025
One of my mentors once said, ‘Your audience can never have more fun than you are having.’…
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Storytelling Key Note Speaker @ INCENTIVISE LIVE

July 29, 2025
Australia’s best storytelling keynote speaker.…
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How to Hot Play Your Life

July 23, 2025
You can’t algorithm your way into magic but you can say yes to the small stuff.…
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The Shocking Truth About Grit: Why Winners Quit (Proven)

June 26, 2025
Everything you know about success is probably wrong.At least that’s what Eric Barker claims in his book Barking Up the…
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Whoops, I did it again. (And again. And again. And again)!

June 13, 2025
The irony? I had just finished telling you that people connect more with flaws than perfection.…
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Imagine Socrates With A Smartphone. On The New York Subway.

June 5, 2025
What if your next presentation felt less like a lecture—and more like a live subway debate?…
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Love conquers all

June 3, 2025
And while the world has changed, this idea still holds.…
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What I love doing in my spare time

May 22, 2025
Yesterday, I was leading a tour as a voluntary guide at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) when a visitor…
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If you’ve never eaten rice off a banana leaf

May 15, 2025
Melbourne Design Week reminds us: the best design doesn’t shout. It just works.…
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I admit, I love this

May 8, 2025
Why presenters and fashion icons have more in common than you’d think.…
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A Big Warm Hug of Hope and Belonging

May 1, 2025
But one thing kept surfacing: almost every writer confessed to having an unfinished manuscript tucked away in a bottom drawer.…
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5 Proven Ways to Command Attention When You Speak

April 9, 2025
I wanted to love Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Stoic wisdom? Ancient life lessons? Yes, please. But the audiobook? It felt…