Ideas and opportunities can come any time, any place. Often they just start as a thought that pops into your head. They can arrive completely randomly, or be triggered by something you see, or hear. I like to think ideas come from a greater source, something we can’t fully understand, but that is more powerful than just little old us. As such, an idea is a gift and it should make you do something, take some kind of action – but how often do we get great ideas and not do anything with them?
Jacqui's latest thoughts
Denying Your Emotions Can Make You Sick
February 24th, 2010
It’s all very well to think positive and to choose to be happy, but what if you don’t actually feel happy and positive? What if actually you really feel scared, angry, sad, disappointed, hurt?
It has become common to view these so called negative feelings as bad. It’s not socially acceptable to spend too much time being angry or bitter, or moping around being miserable. In response to that we tend to then deny these feelings when they arise, but the problem is, by denying them they don’t go away, they just get buried beneath the surface. And that, I believe, is dangerous and unhealthy. Beneath the surface they fester, and eventually explode in some way – either emotionally, or physically.
Jacqui Loves - Personal Favourites
Belinda Duffy – Duffy Design
March 9th, 2010
It’s no secret that website design and development has been a major cause of grief for me over the last three years. But finally, several web design companies later (not to mention thousands of dollars, hundreds of chocolate bars and countless gray hairs!!) I now have a website that is fully functional AND looks great…. and I love it!!
The woman behind showing me that successfully creating a website IS actually possible is the fantastic Belinda Duffy of Duffy Design. Belinda was recommended to me by a friend who had endured three years of my website woes over numerous coffees. And bless her, Belinda took it upon herself to personally guarantee that I would have a positive website experience, resulting in a fantastic website. And she certainly delivered.
Fiona Tomlinson Photography
February 5th, 2010
I have used many professional photographers over the years and Fiona Tomlinson is by far the best of them, hands down, in terms of both her photography and her personal and professional approach.
I first met Fiona through the Woman’s Day when she photographed me for my new magazine column. She has since done five shoots for me: a mix of magazine shots, professional branding photos and portraits of me and my daughter, Samantha.
