"so TRUE. showing gratitude changes attitude. i figured this one out when i was having a slump lack of sleep feeling very switched off kind of day. working in a team the way i think everyone does these days, you tend to take for granted that people…"
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Isabel Taco commented on Janine Ripper's blog post 'It Can’t Be Done…Oh Yes It Can'"thanks so much janine for posting that - the screen became blurry for me too. I think its because we can all relate to being related to women like her mother and grandmother. Amazing speech."
Isabel Taco commented on Yee Pei Wong's blog post 'Biography of Fay Ann D'Souza'"Very well written Yee Pei. Loved reading. Fay! miss you! wound have loved to have heard your speech! you have to tell me how YWLP is going. xx"
Isabel Taco commented on Calisha Bennett's blog post 'People Don't Buy What You Do.....'"LOVE that quote - and its so true."
Isabel Taco commented on Cam Allen's blog post 'The Beauty of Grey'"Thanks for sharing Cam - when I first heard someone say to 'see the grey' - I thought they were being negative - until I realised that they had meant that things should not be seen in black and white and absolutes. thanks again."
Janine Ripper commented on Isabel Taco's group 'Be The Change!'"For those that don't already know, I have a personal blog - Reflections from a Red Head - where I have just commenced a series titled ‘The Beauty of Difference’. In the wise words of Confucius: ‘Everything has its…"
Isabel Taco added a discussion to the group Be The Change!
We need a picture!
Hey everyone!I know, its a really busy time - exams, assignments, deadlines, christmas decorations already going up in shopping centres - we'll blink and it will be Dec...Taking time out to unplug from really nifty devices (iphones, apps, ipads, laptops...) and refocus really helps to ground you (well - it does with me! Not missing the irony that I am infact typing this on a laptop...)The point is - we need a picture for our group! What have you been up to? I'm wondering if you guys have some…See More
Isabel Taco commented on Shane Fisher's blog post 'The iPad – is it any good?'"I just bought one of eBay - for my dad - as a way to encourage him to use AND LIKE all things tech. I'll see how he goes .. Poor dad! I kind of made him accept my gift - even after he insisted he had no use for it..."
Isabel Taco commented on Susan Broughton, CFP's blog post 'Vivacious Elegance (Inspired Fiction)'"Wow loved reading this dude! And that quote ... I'm so reading that book.
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Janine Ripper replied to Isabel Taco's discussion 'what projects are you currently involved in and where do you hope to take it, what do you hope to change?' in the group Be The Change!"It has hasn't it. Where does the time go? Email me!!! And we need to catch up real soon x"
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Be The Change - New group on Emergen!
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 3:45pm 7 Comments 6 Likes
Due to the increasing interest in Volunteering activity we have decided to form a space on Emergen where everyone - i.e. YOU - can tell everyone else your volunteering achievements, your passion for social justice issues and your ideas of how to make change. This space - i.e the new group - will be called Be The Change.…
Continue Try answering these...!
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:25pm 0 Comments 1 Like
It was actually the lovely post Piri wrote that made me think about this again. There is this book called "Yesterday I cried" by Iyanla Vanzant. There is a question list in it - one I answer when I get confused about stuff e.g. who am I again? Who have I become?
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How can we increase the number of Indigenous health professionals in WA?
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 11:30pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
My family moved from Peru to Australia in 1988. They told me the story of how they decided to move so many times. I was 2 yo and they were talking about one of their friends who had just left for Australia. Dad had said, "hey, maybe we could apply to migrate?" Mum had said, "Why ever for? We are doing fine. We have a house. We both have jobs." Dad had said, looking at us 4 kids playing on the floor, "we wouldn't be doing it for us; we would be doing it for these little ankle biter." They…
Continue International Women's day!
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 5:02pm 1 Comment 2 Likes
Wow - last night at the international women's day Hall of Fame was amazing. 100 women who do amazing things. I will seriously google each of their names to find out how they have impacted their community. And I finally got to hear the medical legend that is Dr Fiona Wood speak. Having heard so much about her and her 6 kids and doing one of the most boy's club area of medicine, surgery - I gotta say - every girl who studies med have already or will continue to talk about her for years…
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- At 11:08pm on July 21, 2010,
Amal Osman said… - Welcome! :)
- At 11:30am on June 21, 2010,
Alicia Curtis said… - Welcome to the yGen club!
yGen is more than a website it’s a community. There are lots of resources to have a look through on the yGen community - articles, ebooks, discussions and videos. Please read the community guidelines section to get started here. Yet the real benefit of membership to the yGen community is in the interaction. We hold face to face events in Perth, webinars across Australia as well as giving you the opportunity to
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