Be the Cause – charity begins at home within yourself
Visionary leadership – the hot flush revelation
Blending my past women’s life coaching and healing work where the important pivotal turning point for women was finding their voice, and my advocacy of many causes in the role of MC, fundraiser, event organiser, writer, promoter and presenter, my mid-life calling and reinvention, I believe, is visionary. Thanks menopause!
The Bold Women Speak movement uses turning points and life transitions as a catalyst for something better – turning women’s pain into palpable life purpose and fear of speaking up or silence into revolutionary, well-needed change.
The heroines – inspirational women shout-out
For more than two decades, I’ve stood behind many feisty women. They’ve overcome infertility and baby loss, stepped boldly into creative ventures, reclaimed kids after relinquishing them, conquered obsessive eating and body image challenges, left a religious cult, healed their abortion loss, navigated cancer or other health problems, and I’ve been witness to many other captivating, courageous “women stories” of grief, guts and gorgeousness.
Biz has never been my thing. But lifelong, I’ve been called to help the unseen, the unheard and the undervalued one-on-one. I’ve also contributed to many causes, charities and movements - being generous of spirit and multi-talented when it comes to dynamically engaging with people and being of influence and impact.
With a strong interest in women’s issues, health, social change, family, grief and loss, disability and freedom of speech, I have been privileged to contribute to the following as MC, event organiser, fundraiser, writer and advocate.
Infant Loss Remembrance Day – participant, speaker, Karanga spiritual call
Sisu not Silence – Emilia Lahti – Proceeds to Jigsaw Central Lakes – Interpersonal violence
CatWalk Spinal Injury Trust – Fundraiser, Event organizer, Speaker & New York marathon runner
Eden’s Nourish Programme – Eating Difficulties Education Network – Promoter
Discovery for Teens life-skills programme – Advocate and Parent Participant
Anita Johnston – Expert in Eating Difficulties – Supporter of her work and speaker alongside of her
Casper – Suicide Prevention – Advocate – Haka for Life at Waitangi
Hibiscus Coast Hospice – Volunteer, MC, Fundraiser
Blood and Leukaemia Foundation – Shave for a Cure Cvent Co-organiser and MC
CanTeen and Project K – parachute opportunitiy – Fundraiser and Volunteer
Oxfam Trailblaser – Fundraiser and Participant in 100km event
Good Trade Charity – Video presenter and Concept-design support person
Sexuality & Gender -the revised NZ school curriculum – Bob McCoskire – event promoter and MC
Fluoride is the New Lead – Mary Byrne and Dr. Neil Waddel – promoter and MC
Common Law – Heather Meri Pennycooke – MC and ad writer
Counterspin Media – MC - Stories from bold voices during the Pandemic
My influencers – a massive shout-out
Being witness to many women going through womanly, motherly and loverly challenges, and having dipped, dived and soared in personal growth through my own grief and grit (we do have to walk the talk!), these bold voices made impact on me and my service to women and the world.
Mayo Angelou - Advocate & Poet - Still I Rise
Jeffrey van Dyk – Courageous Messenger – DNA of messaging
David Kessler – Grief Expert
Christopher Howard – Platform and Presentation Skills
Anita Johnston - Story-teller - Eating by the Light of the Moon
Marie Curio – Copy Cure – Content Writing
Christiane Northrup - Energy Medicine - Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom
Carolyn Myss - Medical Intuitive - Anatomy of the Spirit – Sacred Archetypes
Jon and Missy Butcher – Mindvalley Life Book
Regen Hillyer – Manifesting and Energy
Other “femmes fabuleuse”
Ooh, la, la. Can you tell I’ve got a French husband?
Lisa Lister – The Sassy She – was the impetus and inspiration for me to write my book Dancing in her Own Full Moonlight – the ebb and flow of being fully woman.
Oriah Mountain Dreamer – Soul-listener - The Invitation, The Call, The Dance.
Dawna Markova - I will not Die an Unlived Life
Mama Gena - School of Womanly Arts - Pleasure Queen Medicine
My Sassy Writing
Words that Change the World – contributor – Bold Voice Medicine for Humanity – I Rise, We Rise. Released December 2025.
Dancing in her Own Full Moonlight – the ebb and flow of being Fully Woman – my women’s journal and poetry inviting you to embrace the highs and lows of womenhood.
The Peacemakers - Restoring love in the World through Stories of Compassion and Wisdom – contributor - 21 visionary women from around the world - Why I wasn’t a failure leaving my marriage
The Light Within – a collection of poetry and prose – poet – The Roar of the Lion Soul
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Grief, Grit and Gorgeousness
“I see grief as grace that expands our experience of life to new heights and depths we never imagined. We become fuller, richer human beings. In gratitude for grief I’ve felt, grit I’ve discovered and the gorgeousness my soul has encountered, despite the gravity of grief that has often felt unshakeable.”
– Janelle