TERRI HARDWICK.
31st May 2003 TOPIC:THE SECRET OF BEING CONTENT.
Everyone would love to be content ! Ask any woman what she wants most out of life and the answer is likely to be " I just want to be happy". Yet in our busy, educated and affluent society, people are less happy, less content and less satisfied than ever before. In our desire for more and more, we end up losing the one thing we wish for.
TERRI HARDWICK has been married for nearly thirty years and is the mother of six children and the grandmother of one (so far!). Terri has learned first hand that it is not " things" that make you happy. In the early 90's she and her husband suffered the loss of their home, business and financial security, but this "mess" has now become an inspiring 'message'. Terri is the founder of Mothertime, an interstate network of care and support for mums and also has a wonderful website Mothercare Australia, a site that offers help and advice for mothers . She was a state finalist in the Telstra 2000 Business Women's Awards, is a popular speaker and the author of Turning the Tables on Tiny Tyrants, a book on effective and loving discipine. Terri will encourage and inspire you in sharing her journey towards finding and lasting contentment.
SONJA RIDDEN.
8th March 2003 TOPIC:KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS.
All of us are in relationships. Whether they are good , bad or indifferent will have a huge impact on how we feel about ourselves and our loved ones. There are a number of keys that will unlock relationship success. Sonja, the author of "Hell...p! I'm a Stepmother" is a therapist who daily works with relationships. She's been married for 22 years and is the stepmother of 2 and the biological mother of 2 children. She is a trainer, public speaker and the originator of a popular website, The Step Stop, that is dedicated to assisting ( step ) family relationships. Come and enjoy Sonja's fun, inspirational and motivational epxloration of the keys that lead to success in YOUR relationships.
Mrs SALLY LONGLEY.
16th November 2002 TOPIC:SIGNPOSTS IN THE DARK Sally has been a University lectuer, a University Chaplin and a Director of a cross-cultural missions training programme. She is the wife of a former politician and the mother of two children whom she is currently home schooling. As as young adult, Sally spent two years in the darkness of depression. COnvinced that she was owrthless and further damaged by destructive relationships, her self esteem hit rock bottom. Suicide seemed the only option. Come and here Sally sharing how finding herself in the depth of despair became the beginning of a journey of healing.
Dr. ROBYN COSFORD.
31st August 2002 TOPIC:Life is a Choice Dr. Robyn Cosford is the mother of five children and director of Norhtern Beaches Care Centre, a multidisciplinary complimentary medicine centre. She lectures nationally and internationally on topics related particularly to childrens health and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ( CFS) and is involved in ongoing research in autism and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with the University of Newcastle. Her personal walk has involved recovery from many years of chronic illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and coming out of a dysfunctional family background and an abusive marriage with many years of adverse consequences. To walk out has required consciously choosing life not once, but continually.Life is a choice
PETA CONDON.
1st June 2002 TOPIC : BALANCE. Have you ever aksed yourself how you can walk Peta - a life coach, pastor and pharmacist who has survived Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ( CFS ) and an episode of severe burnout - explores the keys that unlock balance in our lives and enable us to cae for ourselves whilst still caring for those around us. Throughout the journey of life we encounter challenges that may seem like mountains. Peta shares from her personal as well as her professional experience how, as women of faith we can conquer these mountains with a sense of exhileration rather than exhaustion.
the balance beam of life without tumbling off ?
ANNE IULIANO.
27th October 2001.
Anne is vibrant, dynamic, 100% involved in life ( AOG Chaplaincy co-ordinator, chaplain to RNS, chaplain to Sydney's Olympic & Paralympic Games, grief counsellor corporate speaker, mother of three teenagers .... and loving it.) Anne, who some years ago found herself overwhelmed by a multitude of pressures and her daily busyness, shares the important principles that have led her from chronic stress to enjoying every aspect of her life.