Posts in Tourettes

How to drive forward… and leave the past behind us.

I read a book recently. Regular readers of my blog know I am an avid reader, I[…]

Nurture Your Mind Today

I think we all know that it is important in times like these to ‘guard our hearts[…]

Find the Hero in You

Given the world’s present situation, we must decide more than usual how to strengthen our own foundations.[…]

Writing My Life Story with Tourettes

I have recently been encouraged to write out my own life story. The encouragement is coming from[…]

Thank you and see you in 2020!

In a mood of review, I am writing to thank you for reading my posts this year.[…]

Reflecting on Life

How often have you found yourself metaphorically lighting the lamp in the dark, hoping it’s a candle[…]

Digging Deeper

In careers counselling, we often have to dig deeper than just helping someone find a job. In[…]

Where is your Focus?

Focus is an important skill. Focus and persistence can get you through the darkest days until you[…]

The only common denominator in the many success stories I have read about is summed up in one word: Persistence. Alter your dreams and know when something is not the right path and let it go.

Rest and Awareness

We know how important persistence is in our successful career lives. The only common denominator in the[…]

Winning by Volume

Have you heard of the phrase ‘winning by volume’ in your worldly travels? It works like this.[…]

Limitless Skies

There is an ancient biblical story concerning the patriarch, Abraham, who was described as a friend of[…]

Small Acts of Generosity

Speaking in my presentation about the power of small deeds daily in our lives, I heard this[…]

Collaborating for Success

Often people who are in service industries or speaking positions are advised to keep their best materials[…]

Survive, Belong and Become

In the many diagrams of human needs, it appears that the different points are all condensed down[…]

Small Steps

Many years ago in a business studies class, the teacher told all of the students to begin everything[…]

Equality of Opportunity

The Brebner’s were never known for our desire to just sit and talk about the weather and[…]

Reading the Waves

I was talking to a minister friend of mine a while ago. He shared with me that[…]

Security v Risk

One of the big needs of humanity is security. We see and hear people selling us security[…]

Persistence for the Win

So many of the ‘greats’ who we honour in life made many big mistakes and had significant[…]

My Story

A person with Tourette’s Syndrome and its related behaviours was not going to fit the mould of[…]

People of Influence

A short time ago, I ran into an old friend who was very angry. He ranted about[…]

Your Ideal Employee

People with Tourette’s syndrome often have a challenge in finding work, particularly in the public eye. While[…]

Your Biggest Asset

I recently read a letter Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Empire, wrote to his 16-year-old self.[…]

Supportive Culture

“The future is coming!” I heard someone claim in a talk to an amused audience several years[…]

Building Community Attitudes

Have you seen the preview of the upcoming Australian television show ‘Employable Me’? Our very own ABC,[…]