The problem with telling the truth about your depression is the fallout afterwards. Depressed people don’t tell the truth because: People with depression can’t get life insurance. People with depression can lose their jobs either once the illness is discovered or when they have to take time off for the invisible illness that makes them bedridden for …
The writer Elizabeth Gilbert said something about wanting to live a bigger smaller life, when downsizing her world. I get that. It’s what I aspire to in my own day: I work to live, but I don’t live to work. I like my work, and the people I work with but I can leave it …
Yes, finally my very own social media channel where I don\’t have to deal with bigots or racists, or self-serving idiots with no critical thinking skills or self-awareness. In the light of the news that social media is apparently making us stupider and less tolerate, and that it is addictive as a hit of cocaine …
I was reading that resilience comes from talking to people about your troubles. Sharing the moments that scare or confuse you. That the act of talking it through is in itself a decision to be resilient. This year I experienced an extreme act of professional bullying. It wasn’t just aimed at me, it was aimed …
While I organised an event last week for a luxury property launch in Sydney, it cemented my opinion that there are different sorts of luxury. What luxury is to some, is merely mainstream to others. Yet luxury brands rely on the mainstream buyers to make their money. The designer fragrance from Gucci, the Miu Miu …
I was in the art class, looking at the naked model in front of me. The quiet chorus of titillation had dulled into a few red faces of the owners of the easels on the outskirts. The teacher walked around the room, ‘Look at him, draw him as you see the body, not as you …
In 1989, I was eighteen, and I worked in my first real job as a watch salesperson at a fancy jewelry store. I could spot Longines at 500 paces and silently judged you for your choice in an electric blue fake snakeskin band. With my first real pay check, I bought a Filofax, and a …