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20.01.2022 As another Father's Day draws to a close I reckon I've survived unscathed. No drills or building tools from Bunnings or worse, from Aldi. What is it about Father's Day gifts being targeted towards construction or home handyman appliances? It's not really a gift it's more of a slur. The not too subtle implication to get off your arse and fix that thing that needs fixing that you said you would, and you never did. What if you are a tradie already and someone gives you a tool or... a new chuck to tighten up your drill bits? Imagine giving someone who works in the trade something for their job. It would be like a doctor getting a set of scalpels and syringes. So if you're a bloke and you've received a tool, chuck it in the bin. Don't even get me started on undies and socks and who actually uses handkerchiefs these days. You've got to realise that they're buying it for you because they probably haven't got a fucken' clue who you really are. What's probably even worse is most blokes don't even know who they are themselves driving their gift buyers nuts. Maybe they're struggling to get a deeper emotional connection with you. They're saying it with a meaninglessness gift There should be a moratorium on buying anyone a gift for fathers Day till we break through and have an emotional connection with every father/son. Maybe the only way to get this connection is for compulsory Father's Day service. A bit like the military one where you're forced to give over time and sit in the same room with no alcohol or gifts. All you're left with is your thoughts on what you feel about the other person. Maybe Father's Day should be officially 'speak the truth' about what you actually think about your father. Get all those emotions out to the open. You never loved me, you always undermined me, why did you marry that loser, blah blah blah blah blah that so many people go on and on and on about. How their father never gave them what they wanted, or their son or daughter never turned into the person that you thought they should be. Or your mother's to blame for turning me into the sad man who I am or turning you into the disappointment who you are. Maybe then we might just clear the air. If you have cleared your air then just hanging out with your people. You don't need any drill bits. Just bits of conversation based on the truth of how you feel. If all parties did that, then maybe, we might start to park some of this intergenerational angst and allow everyone to flourish. Happy Father's Day and Sons and Daughters day. George Mandy Nolan and Dr George Catsi run Authentic You Masterclass to empower people to speak in a powerful voice. Like our page to stay in touch.

18.01.2022 When the rich and famous move to your neighborhood - perhaps they need to look out for the poor and insignificant.

17.01.2022 Interviewing the legendary Jimmy Barnes for his booklaunch - Covid certainly has changed how we do things!

16.01.2022 My book is here! It’s beautiful! So happy with how it turned out - thanks to all those who supported me by prebuying books! Its lovely to feel the weight of my opinions between my fingers!

15.01.2022 Staying Positive in Corona I am one of those relentlessly optimistic people. In the bleakest times I have always remained hopeful. Things will get better. I have always known that. It’s tattooed in the core of my being. It’s the cornerstone of my resilience how I survived a childhood marred by domestic violence. Even at it’s worst I chose to believe that things would change. And they did my father died, and my life got better. That’s pretty fucking awesome confirmation fr...Continue reading

15.01.2022 Morning people ! Come to our speaker performance on Sunday at 1pm at Byron Theatre !

13.01.2022 This is Emily - She truly embodies everything we talk of when we talk about authenticity. It has been such a pleasure working with her!

12.01.2022 Monsters are Real Earlier this year some legislation slipped through in Victoria making it a crime for victims of a sexual assault or rape to speak to the media, publish autobiographies or do any advocacy work under their real identities once a guilty verdict is in place. So who does this protect? And why are we silencing the important stories of victims? This law protects convicted rapists and pedophiles by silencing the story of the victim. Why are we hiding our monsters? ...Continue reading

10.01.2022 The Menace of Intimate Terrorism I was reading The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday and two articles sat side by side. One was titled "Full of Menace and Violence.' The other, 'Intimate Terrorism: why the murders must spark change'. They both talk about the hidden, insipid, violence and cultural terrorism that is buried deep in protocols, conditioning and I think importantly, the turning a blind eye to the injustices....Continue reading

08.01.2022 An apology letter to those living in country Australia To all the people living in country Australia, I apologise. I apologise for not knowing you, or seeing you, or having any understanding of you. I thought I understood that Koalas need trees to live in, but I am wrong. I hear you on the radio airing your legitimate concerns, ‘why should we lose jobs over some fluffy animal’. I apologise for not understanding that the word conserve is the root word of conservative con...Continue reading

07.01.2022 Do yourself a favour in the new year and join one of our Masterclasses in public speaking. Melissa James, Managing Director of Inclusive Tourism Pty Ltd - did our Stage 1 course - enjoy her presentation talk she gave on the last day of the course. Isn't she amazing! We have Wollongong Feb 21/22... Gold Coast March 20/21 and Byron Bay May 1/2 More info go to: authenticyoumasterclasses.com/book-here See more

05.01.2022 Please Hate Me Online hate is poisoning our brains. Online hate can have real physical consequences. Constant exposure can send your body into survival mode causing anxiety, insomnia and depression. Hate is making us sick. So why have we become so hateful? Pre the era of social media it was hard work to hate people. If you wanted to say something vile you had to really commit. It was awkward and a bit terrifying. You had to stop a person in the street, or shout abuse at them...Continue reading

05.01.2022 Year of the Yoni A few years ago I had a vagina. It was fairly common. All women I know had one. I was pretty happy with it, I think like most, mine was standard issue. It did the job nicely, thank you very much. I never really thought I needed the upgrade, but sometimes you don't get a say in it. Like a cosmic cootie coincidence, all at once we had our vagina's upgraded to the new improved more spiritual and endlessly more complex model: The Yoni. Who decided this shoul...Continue reading

04.01.2022 Well, we have arrived in the 21st century and activated our Instagram account. We'd love you to love us, then we can you love back that little bit more. Between the two of us we might just start a fire. https://www.instagram.com/authenticyoumasterclass/

03.01.2022 This post from writer Charlie Kauffman I think speaks to the heart of what we are striving to do in our Authentic You work. Speak your truth, talk openly, don't try and sell, but change the way you 'be' so that others have the freedom and the opportunity to just 'be' with you.

02.01.2022 I don't know...is getting a tattoo that says 'authenticity' actually authentic if the reason you got it was because you saw it on insta?

02.01.2022 In our AY workshops, we talk a lot about vulnerability being one of the pillars of authenticity. Our greatest fear is that publicly when speaking or performing we will make a mistake and everyone will see. However, it is our ability to stand in that and own it and recover and move on, where one shows their true strength. In fact, it makes us human. We love humans, not robots. This longer interview (16mins) singer Patti Smith talks about her performance of Hard Rain for Bob D...ylans Noble Literature Prize (you can look that up) where she froze, forgot the words and hard to stop singing. She recovered and moved. she talks more about risk and creativity and being focused on what you do rather than what others want you to be. Who has had, or been in the audience of, an epic fail on stage or when giving a public talk? A great listen. Enjoy https://youtu.be/lVQ4UUWgs2Y See more

01.01.2022 Really looking forward to hosting this conversation tomorrow night it goes out live probably Australia’s biggest book launch! It’s free so logon http://www.killingtime.jimmybarnes.com

01.01.2022 12 years ago I developed a comedy program sort of by accident for people with dementia - although there's sadly been no funding for some time to run this program - but so great to talk about it again...with a feature in a mag in Amsterdam!