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    Your Online Presence

    by admin March 21, 2020

    Over the last few weeks, I have been thinking about people’s online presence and behaviour more than usual. 

    I have listened to two podcasts about online trolls, both of which were disturbing (Conversations’ Life After Troll Hunting and Finding Fearless). I have also watched social media implode with fear about the COVID-19 virus. And I have also been asked to give some advice to a group of online business-women about some current litigation around misrepresentations made online and solicitation. 

    All these issues are related, I think, because we seem to behave differently online than we would IRL (in real life).

    But online these days IS REAL LIFE. 

    We can no longer separate our online self from our off-line self. Hence, I strongly believe that we need to behave online in the same way that we would off-line. Your online presence should be synonymous with your real personality.

    In relation to the trolls, particularly ordinary people who just get themselves so angry, and then jump online in that state and actually PUT SOMETHING IN WRITING. Let alone attacking someone with horrible name calling and threats. Some of these ordinary people are very highly educated and well-respected in their fields. Yet somehow they justify acting in this way online. 

    I teach my young lawyers: pause before you put anything in writing. Either in correspondence, or email. But this really applies to anyone that can write something straight online while they aren’t thinking clearly.

    It also seems that the online space, particularly social media, can amplify your emotions. Yet, prior to social media, we had some space to be able to breath and release that emotion. Now, it’s too easy to feed and amplify the anger and fear, and then post something from that emotional space.

    In relation to the fear around COVID-19, I have been sitting back and observing the media’s reaction, and the reaction on social media. Many people in my bubble are all preaching calm and rationality, and yet there are many who have hyped themselves up into a crazed state. Posting onto social media while you’re fearful will feed someone else’s fear. Don’t do it.

    It’s like my mother used to say: “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”. Hence, no social post is better than anything related to fear.

    Finally, the behaviour of people in business online can sometimes blow my mind. Most posts on social media are not anonymous, and the same laws apply to defamation and misrepresentations online as they do in any other advertising. Hence, if you say something that damages another person’s business, there can be consequences. Even to the extent that what you post is illegal.

    There are consequences for your behaviour online, just like IRL. There are financial and legal consequences. We are going to be less and less tolerant of poor behaviour online moving forward than we have in the past. Law enforcement is certainly catching up, and businesses certainly know the importance and damage that social influences can have.

    Be aware of your presence and behaviour online. Please, behave with the same integrity and thoughtfulness that you do off-line and IRL. 

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    The beginnings of a menstrual revolution

    by admin February 2, 2020

    A while ago I bought a book publicised by the Victoria Women’s Trust – ‘About Bloody Time’ by Karen Pickering and Jane Bennett.  I hadn’t read it until this week. But…

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    Manifesting Generator

    by admin August 18, 2019

    I recently discovered Human Design and had my chart done! I’m a Manifesting Generator, which explains a lot! Manifesting Generators move faster than everyone else. They can do the amount of…

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    About Bloody Time

    by admin June 30, 2019

    I recently supported the fund-raising for the publication of a new book called “About Bloody Time: The menstrual revolution we have to have”. It was a Victorian Women’s Trust initiative, with…

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    WOW Women Event in Shepparton

    by admin May 26, 2019

    On Sunday 26 May 2019, I attended my second WOW Women One Day Event in Shepparton. I have sponsored the event both times, and the format has changed slightly each time.…

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    My Meditation Journey

    by admin February 4, 2019

    I started using some guided meditations a few years ago. There is a podcast that I have used, and there’s also a lot of guided mediations on YouTube. I have also…

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  • DietHealth

    Why I Frequently Fast, and Suggest that You Do Too

    by admin October 6, 2018

    There are a couple of diets around now that suggest fasting, because there are claims of a number of benefits to fasting, which I tend to believe. So I do frequently…

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    Is Your Organisation Causing You Stress?

    by admin November 26, 2017

    We live in a society of “joiners.”  We like to join churches, clubs, committees, and community organisations.  We like to join classes and magazine subscription drives.  We simply enjoy being with…

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  • Health

    Turning a Spotlight on Anxiety Disorders

    by admin November 19, 2017

    You may be restless at night, tossing and turning in your bed because of excessive worry.  You may find yourself cracking under pressure, whether when preparing for a test or when…

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    How I Gave Up Hating Myself

    by admin October 8, 2017

    I have always thought there was something wrong with me. I have always thought that I needed to change, to fix my looks and behaviour, and that I have always thought…

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    Yoga as a Form of Corporate Stress Management

    by admin September 18, 2017

    In a corporate environment, one of the things that makes a critical difference for employees is a relaxed congenial environment.  The headquarters of Google is one of the most productive places…

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    News Junkie Stress

    by admin August 19, 2017

    Perhaps you’ve been watching news channels, or national news updates religiously for its coverage of the war on terror, ISIS and the economy.  Or maybe you spend hours glued to the…

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    Different Meditation Techniques for Self Mastery

    by admin July 8, 2017

    I am not good at meditation, but this is a form of meditation that I have used for a while. I didn’t know it had a specific name (fractional relaxing), and…

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