The Life List Series

Claire Davis reached out to me on Facebook. She and her husband run an incredible business out of the UK and Spain called The Midlife Mentors. Let’s chat, she said,…

Back in the 1980’s in Australia when you finished high school, the choices for an 18-year-old woman were not eye watering in their vastness. The school career counsellor (if there…

Gender was never an issue for Sheree Rubinstein until she started work as a lawyer. But in some respects her discovery that gender seemed to matter, while disappointing, was a…

Kate Halfpenny has always been in a hurry – I wanted to get life happening from 15, she tells me. At 18 she landed a cadetship at the Melbourne Herald,…

Leonie Dawson’s dad was a farmer. Her grand-dad was a farmer. And her great grand-dad was a farmer. When it came to career advice for his daughter who was desperate…

Sam White has dialled in from the UK. It’s early morning for her and early evening for me. She looks fresh and energetic and has just been to the gym.…

When she can, Kate Roffey escapes to her farm to make furniture. Not the type of furniture that comes in a flat pack with an allen key and an assortment…

I met Lou Barrett last year when I was speaking at a News Corp event. She was the woman wearing fluro leggings who bounded onto the stage to congratulate her…