Women and Careers

There is something about raising girls that induces equal parts fear and worry into the minds of even the most relaxed parent. So it is perhaps not too surprising that…

Dear Danni, My teenager is obsessed with the idea of becoming a full-time, professional YouTube star. How do I convince her this is ridiculous? I was visiting a primary school…

Just what advice on starting university would one be so bold as to offer the youngest ever Nobel Laureate?

Employers who think that paying staff well is enough to ensure their loyalty are in for a rude awakening — especially if they are hiring millennials.

The internet isn’t just making us dumb, it’s making us angry. And it is women who are among the fastest adopters for venting their rage online.

What’s the one word we need to teach our daughters to be more comfortable saying?

What do a cage fighter, a quantum physics professor and an award-winning crime novelist have in common? They’ve all messed up.

Want to help your children succeed? Then focus on their mistakes. As adults, the single biggest mistake we make is our carefully staged, micromanaged, Instagram-filtered focus on perfection. We’ve created…

The following guest post is by my friend and colleague Nina Funnell. It was first published by Mamamia. Nina is a Sydney based journalist, author and speaker. Her writing has…

This week I am hoping you’ll indulge me and allow me to share two projects I have been working on behind the scenes that have both just been launched. As…

On Wednesday of this week I had the enormous privilege of attending the In Style Magazine Women Of Style Awards as a Finalist in the Charity and Community category. I…

The last few weeks have been something of whirlwind. I have been presenting to hundreds of teen girls in Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney – and am off to Melbourne and Singapore…

I was thrilled to be asked to contribute to “Destroying The Joint – Why Women Have to Change The World,” an incredible new collection of writing initiated as a response…

I am thrilled to announce that for the second year in a row, Enlighten Education has been announced as a Finalist for the incredibly prestigious Australian Human Rights Awards in…

I was absolutely thrilled to have been asked to join the panel discussing the topic, “All Women Hate Each Other” at The Sydney Opera House’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas. The…

I was honoured and thrilled to receive an Australian Leadership Award at the ADC Future Summit. But, oh irony of ironies, one of the lasting impressions I took home from…

The following guest post is written by Nina Funnell and was first published in The Age newspaper, 28th March. Nina is a sexual ethics writer, author and women’s rights advocate.…

If I asked you to name five great scientists or inventors, chances are you wouldn’t have much trouble coming up with a list pretty quickly. But how many on that…

As mentioned in a previous post, Enlighten Education were Finalists for the NSW / ACT Small Business of the Year, Children’s Services. The Awards, hosted by Precedent Productions and sponsored…

I want to share with you some very exciting news – enlighten education has just been short listed as a State Finalist in the Small Business Champions Awards, Children’s Services…