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Best Indie Author of the Year 2024
I am incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded the “Best Indie Author of the Year” by the prestigious 8 and Halfilm Awards in Italy. This recognition came as a delightful surprise and I am deeply grateful for it. This journey has been a testament to the power of dreams and the magic…
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Finding hope
Over the past month, I’ve had the opportunity to be interviewed by Georgia Free, Hope 103.2FM broadcaster and producer. I shared my story with her on three separate occasions for over 3 hours. Georgia could see from sharing my story that it won’t be the usual 30 minute episode for her Finding Hope podcast, it…
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Light a candle of hope
It’s homeless week 1-7 August 2022 Light a candle this week for those who are homeless, or better still come to the book launch this Sunday to support StreetHeart with the volunteer work they do with homeless people across Sydney and NSW. I was homeless at 16, it’s definitely a vulnerable place to be and…
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Holding onto Hope
How do we hold onto hope when we are overwhelmed and consumed? We can do more for ourselves than we realise. In this short episode, I share those moments in my life, and it includes the first public reading of my new book Sleeping Under the Bridge. This is the first book in the trilogy on…
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Empowering You
I started my first podcast show, LivingWell Talks, in July 2020. This was the very first episode I recorded that shares some of my story that is written in the first book of my up-coming trilogy series – Sleeping Under the Bridge. From nearly taking my life at 16 years of age to empowering people…
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The offering of hope
It was a crisp morning, waking up was easier than the day before especially amidst the surroundings of Kangaroo Valley. Who of us would have thought we would be here, gathered amongst the green gentle slopes, the echo of many different species of plants and animals calling us to be serene and one with ourselves and…
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Sometimes we fall
It is dark and raining. I enter my 1-bed apartment and crash on the white leather lounge. I barely have enough energy to take off my Navy uniform and heavy black boots. The room is moving from side to side like I am still rocking at sea in the warship. I haven’t been in this…