Today I am excited I can welcome to my blog the first of the wonderful
connections I made at the #womenCAN conference in Port Douglas recently.
Hosted by the Women in Focus team of the CBA, the event brought together
140 women who are positively disrupting their industries through the businesses they run.
I was grateful having been invited to learn, but also to share so many inspiring stories and moments with women from around Australia. (I will blog my own gratefuls ASAP).
#womenCAN l-to-r: Alexx Stuart, Emma Isaacs, Cathy Reid and Naomi Simpson
Cathie Reid is one of the women I got to spend time with, talking about
life in general, and some fantastic fashion as well (see her gorgeous outfits above and
below!)
Cathie is
APHS Managing Partner and APHS Packaging Founder but that’s
not why she’s blogging today. I invited Cathy to share her gratefuls because I
think she’s not only deadly in business, but also on the dance-floor.
Cathie says she is grateful for…
1. Opportunities. I am so
grateful for the opportunities that continue to present whereby I am able to
attend amazing thought provoking, stimulating events that also allow me to
catch up with existing connections and make new ones. Last weeks Women in
Focus conference was a great example, and delivered a wonderful new connection
with the amazing Anita Heiss!
2. Health. Good health is an
asset that so many of us take for granted, but when friends undergo health
challenges it is a salient reminder of how grateful I am for the good health I
enjoy, and the responsibility to do everything I can to maintain that.
3. My family. I have a wonderful
husband and two great kids who support and encourage me in everything I do,
even when it involves spending time away from them. They constantly find
ways to surprise me and light up my world, and I am so grateful that they are
in my life.
4. The sheer joy women get from each
other’s company. The Women in Focus conference illustrated this in spades
as we all embraced the opportunity to dance like loons to 80s music in the
middle of a rainforest, with laughter and new friendships fizzing like champagne
bubbles. Women supporting other women is such a powerful force, and I am
grateful to be part of supportive communities with like-minded women who love
to celebrate being in each other’s company.
5. Living in Queensland. After
leaving beautiful sunny days in Brisbane to head to equally beautiful sunny
days in Port Douglas my arrival into Melbourne to a temperature of 14 degrees
was a rude shock. As I shivered in my shorts I was so grateful that life
enables me to live in a climate that suits my cold blood!
#womanCAN Cathie Reid with Adele Blair - another Brisbane business-babe
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I can relate to all Cathie’s gratefuls – except husband and kids, and I’m
good with that. How many of Cathie’s gratefuls can you relate to?
You can follow Cathie on Twitter!
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