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Aldwyn Altuney A former journalist turned media master is on a mission to spread good news to the masses and says digital currency has the capacity to bring communities together in the face of the global pandemic.    The bestselling author and journalist of 36 years who established her own media agency in 2002 in Southport on the Gold Coast, is launching the 8-day ‘Global Good News Challenge’ on 3 August in an effort to help combat suicide, depression and anxiety ...

 Sue Silcox A BRISBANE grandma will host two free webinars during Seniors Week from August 15 to 22 to help empower families and caregivers of older people with dementia and other disorders. Sue Silcox, age 74, aka as the Brain Connector, will deliver elements of her 9-step signature program Brainsparks DISCOVERY during the webinars on August 15 and 19. DISCOVERY (which represents disorder, individual, sensory, communication, opportunity, value, engagement, reality and you) aims to empower caregivers to learn what they ...

Hans Jakobi A BUNDABERG grandad has come out of retirement after 11 years to inspire Aussies to Bounce Back to Freedom after Covid-19 with a road trip from Bundaberg to Darwin from July 13 to October 25, 2020. Author of 7 books, Hans Jakobi, 66, has gone from being suicidal and surviving multiple tragedies, including three serious bushfire threats to his home and an eight-year drought, to being a successful businessman and funding his own retirement at 55. Known as ...

OF the 200 million websites created globally every year, most of them are useless because they do not include fundamentals of a successful website. Positive Business Online founder Nik Cree, aka The Web Master, said many websites he had seen in his 21 years of business were nothing more than an online brochure with no clear goals around the purpose of the website. “New statistics show that 547,200 new websites are created globally daily which equals 199.7 million per year,” ...

Isn’t it about time we had more good news in the mass media? If you answered ‘yes’, you will know that when you watch constant negative news, you will end up depressed and suicidal. Did you know nearly 1 million people a year kill themselves worldwide? Personally, I have had depression and had 4 friends who took their own lives before the age of 45. Not because they knew me by the way. Just want to clarify, I don’t have ...

AFTER having clients continually gain results, even during Covid-19, Brisbane sales/ performance strategist Andrew Cominos has re-branded from Surge Solutions to Surge-The Results Guy. Mr Cominos said while some businesses were suffering during Covid-19, his clients were consistently gaining results following his systems and strategies. “All my clients are blitzing it with results,” he said. “Having been in contact with over 1000 businesses in the past month, many others are panicking, freaking out (which is making them incapable of solving ...

Teressa Todd WITH Mother’s Day on May 10, a Gold Coast naturopath/ author has launched new free weekly online webinars with tips to help mums who are feeling stressed from becoming a home-schooling teacher and working from home during Covid-19. Teressa Todd surveyed Gold Coast mums and clients during April 2020 and found more than half of them were taking on the role of teacher and worker during Covid-19. “Mums, already feeling frazzled and exhausted with the current stress and ...

Andrew Cominos BUSINESSES will not survive the COVID-19 crisis if they don’t change the way they operate. Brisbane sales/ performance strategist Andrew Cominos said even though small businesses could access the new Australian Government bailout schemes due to COVID-19, he said these would not save businesses unless they changed their business model to fit with our current climate. “During these uncertain times, you need to plan, diversify, create the right offer, change the way and how you do things,” Mr ...