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Sometimes I wish I could submit written answers to everything in life. The pace of real time talking often feels a little too fast. I say things that I don’t quite mean, or things I don’t even mean at all. As such, I have found it much easier to write my book than talk about it.
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I’ve got a couple of long podcast interviews coming up and, after bombing in one (thank you to @litupshow for letting me re-record) I thought I better sort this problem out. If @therealdeal_photography could help me relax enough to take a decent photo (proof here. Pip, bravo, no small feat) perhaps there is someone out there who could help me talk out loud about the book and myself without descending into a Karl Ove shame spiral.
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There is. Meet Andrea Clarke @careerceo ... she mainly helps CEO types communicate better and she’s just published a book called Future Fit about how to stay relevant in the workforce, but let me tell you she worked wonders on me despite the fact I am whatever the opposite of corporate is.
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I had a four hour session with her in Sydney. She forced me (in a good, bossy way) to organise my thoughts and answer questions with beginnings and endings while Rich the camera man recorded everything. It was excruciating at the beginning. Like a cross fit class. And then, by the end, not so bad. While I’m certainly not about to anchor my own talk show, I do feel much more comfortable about the whole process now. If you need to sort yourself out to be able to clearly talk about something that is important to you, Andrea is your woman.
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Thank you to @philhux for the intro. .
Pic by @therealdeal_photography

“Mum can you please go?”
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The children are flying the coop, off on parentless camping adventures and trail rides and whatever else they do when I can’t see them. (They can definitely ride a motorbike and drive the manual ute better than me now). The march towards independence is beautiful.

Cannot tell you how much joy these Miscanthus grasses bring to each and every backlit afternoon, and how they magically make the greater beyond feel like part of the garden too. @carolynrobinsongardendesign you sure do know the right plant for the right spot.

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