by wordsofbek | Jun 6, 2019 | resilience
The idea of resilience is like experience – you only get it right after you need it! I believe we can practice resilience, make it an art, flex it like a muscle, grow it from an idea into reality. Practice. Like anything, practice takes time. A small part each...
by wordsofbek | May 27, 2019 | resilience
“I’m inspired by people that are marginal. I’m excited by their resilience. ” ―Mira Nair I did the life coaching qualification thing before Susan became one on “Neighbours”. It was in that moment I stopped calling myself a coach and stopped claiming that as a...
by wordsofbek | May 16, 2019 | resilience
Bek: Image Credit @Pam Hutchinson Photography I was privileged to be invited to the BPW Geelong group to speak at their annual breakfast event, themed “moving On Up”, held at the GMHBA Stadium. It was an incredible view over the grounds as the sun came up. ...
by wordsofbek | May 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
“it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back, so shake him off’ Florence and the Machine – Lyrics from “Shake It Off” We have a name for it now. That feeling of inadequacy and the doom that shrouds us when we consider ourselves, particularly in...
by wordsofbek | Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
WORDS OF BEK I was to have travelled to India to speak at the Women’s Economic Forum (WEF) 2019. It is a conference where women (and men) come together to exchange ideas in the hope that sharing experience, knowledge and networks can support economic and personal...
by wordsofbek | Apr 4, 2019 | guest Blogger
Jodie Lane – Author The best part about having two female protagonists is I get to write two strong, but very different, women. I can explore what it means to be a strong woman in different settings, without stereotyping what it means to be strong. Case in...
by wordsofbek | Apr 1, 2019 | Keynote Speaking
WORDS OF BEK Redland City Bulletin with a story on the upcoming Women’s Economic Forum in New Delhi. “I am super excited to be a part of this global initiative as well as having three speaking spots over the course of a few days,” Ms Paroz said....
by wordsofbek | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Coaching and mentoring are the new way of saying trades and apprenticeships for those industries that used to use clerks. That period of “junior internship” type of arrangement that is less practical and prevalent than it used to be. Instead now we have many...
by wordsofbek | Mar 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
(extract from Words of Bek published October 2018) International Women’s Day 2019 Special Release by Top Ten Women to Watch 2019 YMag Australia “… Highly skilled women succumb to stereotype-driven expectations. It begins early when girls as young as six stop...
by wordsofbek | Mar 2, 2019 | guest Blogger
A GUEST BLOG BY: Maree Ashford of Chrome n Silver Photography Still hating yourself in those photos? Are you the nominated “photographer” so that you can avoid having your image recorded for a lifetime? Do you still judge your image harshly because you...
