Too many women believe that “I’m not (good/smart/experienced/confident) enough… to grow my career or make the difference I can in the way I know I have the potential for. This mindset of ‘not enoughness’ is an insidious worm burying within, corrupting our health and integrity. Believing We Are Not Enough feeds a pervasive narrative that […]
Wait…What? If you know my work you’ll know that I don’t think this is true – but it is one of the most hidden and widely agreed upon limiting mindsets. It plagues organizations and it impedes personal and social breakthroughs. The mindset shift I want to focus on today is moving From ‘Not Everyone is […]
Mojo is energy and life force. We all have access to it, but sometimes it feels like its been drained. It can be a gradual thing – we seem a little less inspired, and a little more like we need that wine after work. Sometimes though, mojo seems to vanish. Poof! Where did it go? […]
Thirty one years ago I learned to meditate. I remember my first attempt. It was supposed to be for twenty minutes and I lasted for one. But I’ll never forget the thrill of that first minute. It was amazing. To actually stop and be. Meditating even for one minute shifted my world view. I thought […]
In September 2001 I visited Mahatma Gandhi’s ashram in Gujurat India. The twin towers had just been attacked. US naval ships were steaming toward the Indian Gulf. War had not yet been declared – it was a moment between breaths as the world scrambled for answers and responses to that horrific attack. I was working […]
You’ve probably heard how your mindset can either hold you back, or be the key to your success. Mindsets are beliefs which influence what we do, and how we show up in life. They are usually not obvious to us – a bit like the water a fish swims in. Mindsets are unexamined assumptions which […]
I am enough. Just as I am. What a radical thought. Who I am is enough – to be loved, to be cherished, to make an impact, to have mattered. I don’t need to change myself in any way for this to be true. I am enough, just as I am, to move in the […]
Three things are needed to be able to wield power effectively. But before I say what they are, did you flinch when you read the words ‘wield’ and ‘power’? It can feel uncomfortable thinking about using power, or seeing our self as a leader. It has connotations of super sized egos running amok in organisations […]
Cathy Burke, speaker, author, and global change maker has served as CEO of The Hunger Project Australia for nearly two decades, and has traveled extensively across the villages of Africa and South Asia in her work of ending hunger. Cathy has been profoundly changed by what she has experienced. The women and men she has […]
As Vice President and Global Leader, Partnerships for not-for-profit The Hunger Project, Cathy Burke has spent a lot of time with some of the world’s most incredible leaders. But they’re not the people in the top jobs, the rich or running countries – they’re actually some of the most marginalised women in the world. Here, […]