There is a father and daughter in front of me. She’s supposed to be doing homework but has been seduced by her phone. She’s about 9 or 10 I’d say. The father, on the other hand, has his laptop open, to do work I suppose. But I haven’t seen him type anything. He also has […]
I want to take a moment and fill you in on a how our coaching with conscience business model came to be. First, some back story… So, for a while now I’ve been exploring ways that Wide Open can give back to the community. I’ve been pondering what it would look like for Wide Open to […]
Recently, Wifey and I got a few hours of space away from the kids. We went out for dinner and as per usual, the menu was amazing! I wanted to try most of the items, but of course that’s not possible. I had to select something, and leave the other dishes for another time. Navigating […]
Nearly 1 in 4 Australian teenagers meet the criteria for having a “probable serious mental illness”, a joint report from Mission Australia and the Black Dog Institute has found. via ABC. Read that again. Let it sink in for a moment. 1 in 4 Aussie teens is likely to have a serious mental illness.
“It’s OK to not be OK” is the suicide prevention catch cry which rings out every September. It’s become a day of international significance, and rightly so. But how do we ask for help? How do we actually go about telling someone that something is up? Not necessarily with feelings of suicide, but with struggles in our […]
There are hundreds of thousands of people living a lifestyle they’d rather not be living. Their bodies are failing them, their emotional health is a sewer of stress, they are bitter toward their family, their career is simply about the next paycheck and they have no idea what the purpose of it all is. Creating a life […]
I sat on the couch to scroll through my Facebook feed. I stumbled upon one of those slick motivational talks from a supposed business guru. The words rolled of her tongue like she’d been rehearsing for months. It looked, shiny, sharp and sort of fake. The longer I watched the more I fell for the message. I […]
For most of my life I’ve fought with the laziness gremlin. My school report card in year 3 read “if Travis spent less time talking with friends and spent more time focusing he could achieve a much better grade“. Or my U17 footy coach told my Dad after I won the best and fairest that “next year will […]
If you’re like most people, you desire to improve your life in simple ways. We want to learn, to grow and to try new things. Whether it be to exercise more, finishing writing a book, read more, host a party, find a partner, run 5k or travel the world, improving your life is the underlying motivation for many […]
It was Socrates that said “the unexamined life is not worth living“. Whilst that may be a little dramatic, there is truth in the statement. Taking the time to review and evaluate the past 12 months offers us the freedom to cry out the pain and leap for joy at the success. It also provides a launching pad into the […]
