New Year NewsI was going to start this blog by wishing you a happy new year but it’s already February and a bit too late for that. (Or is it?  Anyone got a Christmas tree fading in the corner?) In any case, I realised I was in time...

Going homeI’m writing this on a plane, going home. It’s my umpteenth flight in the past three months, on a trip involving three cities in five days. Why? Because sometime during 2017 Springday caught the attention of the insurance industry, not...

Ageing wellHow long do you want to live?According to scientist Aubrey De Grey, the first person to see their 150th birthday has already been born. Furthermore, within the next two decades, we’ll produce babies who can expect to live...

Kind comfortDear friends,In Melbourne last week an Uber driver and I got into a conversation about kindness. The driver lives in Mount Isa, and his local facebook group was talking about a homeless man with no shoes. My driver,...

Breaking BadWhat is it about winter that makes us drop healthy habits? I know it's cold outside and the doona beckons, not to mention a glass or three of red and a bar or two of chocolate...but still, every year from June to October...

Everyone's problemOn May 1 this year, Lifeline hosted a particularly important event. It was the first National Stop Suicide Summit and it brought together leaders from a range of backgrounds to bring new thinking and new solutions...

Sharing the futureThis has been a pretty exciting time for me. I’ve just emerged from the world’s biggest and best mobile event, the World Mobile Congress (MWC). It’s a four-day tech extravaganza, a Disneyland for geeks. It’s held...

Still sitting?My six-year old son, Henry, started year 1 this week. This got me thinking about school and about learning in general – how kids lap it up and how our education shapes our whole lives. And I thought it was time, like...

Taking risksThe holidays are almost here. What are you planning to do this year? Something exciting? Or are you just going to chill out, get over the year just past and look forward to 2017?Me? Glad you asked. Remember last year when...

Gut feelingsWe all talk about 'swallowing disappointment', having something leave 'a bad taste' or having 'butterflies in the stomach'. Now science is discovering why we do this, how it happens and how knowing about it can improve...