by Chris Fox | Oct 13, 2017 | Uncategorised
Ageing well How 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 for 1,000 years.Do you want to...
by Chris Fox | Sep 1, 2017 | Uncategorised
Kind Comfort Dear 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, instead of ’talking about it’, took old...
by Chris Fox | Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorised
Breaking bad What 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 we put on our...
by Chris Fox | May 4, 2017 | Uncategorised
Everyone's problem On 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 to our national suicide...
by Chris Fox | Mar 17, 2017 | Uncategorised
Sharing the future This 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 each year, in Barcelona (I know, the...
by Chris Fox | Feb 17, 2017 | Uncategorised
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 Henry, to learn a few new skills.So...
