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11/10/2017

Happy International Day of the Girl! 🙏🌏💙
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This day is to celebrate the potential of girls all around the world and of all cultures but also to highlight the issues that girls around the world are facing. Every girl deserves a better education, better protection from child marriage and sexual assault, better access to health products and resources. Overall, they deserve a better future!
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If you want to help change the world for girls everywhere, share a post, talk to your friends, families and colleagues or even donate to this cause to spread awareness and help build a better future for every girl.

26/08/2017

We're just gonna leave this here 🤣

08/08/2017

Do you want to HAVE, DO and BE MORE?

Spring is the perfect time of year to cleanse your body, mind, home and work spaces and start to focus on what you really want.

Take this opportunity to invest in yourself and join the bourn. team for two nights and 3 days in an intimate setting to:

- Build on your vision for your career, relationships and wellbeing
- Connect with like minded women
- Learn from leaders within their field
- Learn feminine practices in health, fitness and mindfulness
- Unleash your creativity and harness your self-expression

Registration is $990.00 inclusive of luxe accommodation, all meals, programmed guided activities and guest speakers.

Register through www.trybooking.com/QDLC or visit www.bourn.com.au/experience for more details

06/08/2017

: Melissa McCarthy is the ultimate funny girl - but mostly we are loving her smarts on self-esteem, confidence and winning!
If you would like your own boost of self-confidence, join us for the Spring Retreat, Friday 22 - Sunday 24 September. https://www.trybooking.com/QDLC
OR visit www.bourn.com.au/experience for more details!

03/08/2017

Being nice at the office means so much more than you think!
If you would like to work on how you "show up" positively in the workplace, join us for the Spring Retreat, Friday 22 - Sunday 24 September. https://www.trybooking.com/QDLC
OR visit www.bourn.com.au/experience for more details!

Often times it’s that little act of just being nice that sticks with people much more than if you answered your email at lightning speed.

31/07/2017

: What does it take to get a Leadership role at work?
See 5 useful tips to apply today!
Go get it GIRL!
https://www.bourn.com.au/single-post/2017/07/15/5-Tips-on-Getting-a-Role-in-Leadership

As you move up the career ladder, senior positions get fewer and the competition gets fiercer. To make it to the CEO chair takes a lot more than an impressive t...

30/07/2017

It makes so much sense now!!!
Yes, mood swings are a real thing!
Want to learn how to effectively maximise the natural cycle that comes with your period? Here is everything explained in just two minutes!
Understanding your natural cycle is the first step to being able to be kinder to yourself, allowing the ups and downs.
Learn more about this at the bourn Spring Retreat, 22-24 September!
www.bourn.com.au/experience

29/07/2017

Anna Kendrick is the best friend we don’t have yet… but really really really want! 👯
We love her! 💘

Happy Saturday! 🌈☀️

26/07/2017

Enjoying your morning coffee?
There is always conflicting messages and research done on whether coffee is good for you or not! And we are so confused!
So we have turned to our favourite holistic nutritionist Sita Huber of Mind Body IQ who visits us and speaks at our bourn Retreats, to give us the light and dark of coffee drinking here!
We love you Sita!

Is coffee good or bad for hormones? I explain this important connection and how to use your coffee wisely. Ps it's not all bad news 😉 Check out the full article 👉 www.mindbodyiq.com.au/holistic-health/coffee-longevity-and-your-hormones/ ☕️

26/07/2017

Gender equality. What, how, where and why…
Women want it, but we can’t do it on our own. �Women’s Agenda shares 10 Ways to engage men on gender equality.
Has your workplace tried any lately?
https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/eds-blog/ten-ideas-engaging-men-gender-equality/

Men play a fundamental role in addressing gender inequality and there are a number of fundamental tools that can help, according to Lisa Annese. The CEO of the Diversity Council of Australia tells me her organisation is pragmatic in its approach to assisting its member organisations in their diversi...

25/07/2017

Is bourn just for women, or can its learnings and events apply to men too?
Ahead of the game, a friend of the bourn team, Jason McCurry, shares his learnings on the age old Happiness Trap.
Male or female, we all fall into the same trap!
https://www.bourn.com.au/single-post/2017/07/15/The-Happiness-Trap

You know what, it's interesting... the bourn team often have the discussion of how we could share our learnings and events with men, because we know that guys s...

24/07/2017

The future is female-friendly.
Mogul's list of Top 100 Companies for Millennial Women in 2017, honours those companies leading the charge on initiatives to achieve gender equity in the workplace.

Do you work for one of them? http://bit.ly/2s8NDZb

Based upon two years of HR interviews, employee surveys, and research conducted from 2016 to 2017, The List provides deep insight into the companies that are creating supportive environments and are working to increase the percentage of leadership positions held by women -- currently at a mere 10-20%.

Supporting female employees leads to innovation and company success.

With estimations indicating it will take up until 2085 for women to reach leadership parity and until 2152 for wage parity at the current rate of change, Mogul set out to identify the companies worldwide leading the change and paving the way forward for the future of the workplace. With millennials…

23/07/2017

Happy Birthday to our co-Founder, Decathlete Steve Cain (AUS)! Thank you for always sharing your wisdom and philosophy on health, wealth and fun with us!
Thank you also for always listening when we have lots to say and letting us be big dreamers 🌈☁️ and then helping us find a way to achieve those dreams! 🏆

19/07/2017

Meet Carla Harris: ✔️PhD ✔️very small kids ✔️studying an MBA ✔️building a game-changing business.
In this enlightening and in-depth interview with Women's Agenda Carla shares how she's:
➡️ making it all work
➡️ changing the game when it comes to how women retire…

Why is that game-changing?
Because women continue to retire with significantly less in savings than men…

“I love learning new things and find I get bored so need to keep myself challenged. I think the combination of those two things have helped me make seismic shifts in my career without being to daunted by it.”

https://womensagenda.com.au/leadership/game-changers/8-months-pregnant-decided-change-retirement-game-carla-harris-getting-entrepreneurial-hustle/

When Carla Harris was eight months pregnant with her second child, she started thinking about how she’d plan for her retirement. Also studying an MBA at the time, she and some of her fellow students saw a great opportunity to change how all of us plan and save for our futures. They set up Longevity…

18/07/2017

Gillian Lynne didn’t have a problem. She had a gift.
Watch how a “trouble-maker” girl in school goes from kicked out of class to stage and screen success! How else are we judging our kids incorrectly?

17/07/2017

Local award-winning business Organic Angels, founded and operated by husband and wife team, Sarah and Scott, share their learnings and advice to budding entrepreneurs:
- how they got started in their chosen business
- challenges they have had to overcome
- what their support network looks like and
- what they are finding rewarding on their journey so far

Latest blog here:
https://www.bourn.com.au/single-post/2017/07/15/Organic-Angels

For our Autumn retreat, we were committed to provide high quality seasonal produce for our guests.  Who better to supply this than our local award-winning Organ...

15/07/2017

You can do it! We believe in you!
But it is Sunday morning... so you just go on and do what you WANT to do! Give yourself permission to rest if that is what you need.

02/07/2017

We would love to hear if you are doing a Plastic Free July!
Is this something that you care about?

Choose to refuse single-use plastic for a day, a week, or the month of July!

30/06/2017

Summer bodies are made in winter!
It's July now.... how is your New Years Resolution going with getting that fit healthy body?!
If you need a motivational kick start, join us girls Sunday morning, 9am in Box Hill North for a fun full-body workout!
Comment below to let us know you'll come!

28/06/2017

Registrations for the Win @ Work event are now open until Friday morning as we still have a couple of spots to be filled!
Book ASAP to secure your spot and learn great techniques to be applied to your professional & social life that will truly make a difference!

PS. We also always give out awesome gifts at our events....but you have to be there to receive! 😜😎🙌🏻

https://www.trybooking.com/QQUT

28/06/2017

Serena Williams Is Glorious as Always. Pregnant And Fierce On The Cover Of Vanity Fair.
A must read article.
📸Annie Leibowitz.
📃Buzz Bissinger.
Does not get any better.
http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/serena-williams-cover-story

Last January, on the eve of the Australian Open, Serena Williams handed her fiancé, Alexis Ohanian, a paper bag containing six positive pregnancy tests. It was just the latest surprise in an unlikely pairing: the world’s greatest tennis player and the geek co-founder of Reddit. From their first date...

27/06/2017

Free Fun Fitness…
We’ll be getting together for a fun-45-minute-fitness circuit for a full-body-workout that includes body weight resistance and a touch of cardio!
Get your heart rate up & bodies moving to some fun beats!
Invite & bring along your girlfriends - the more the merrier!
Lead by our resident , Danielle!

Date: Sunday 2nd of July
Time: 9am
Location: The basketball courts of Box Hill Gardens, Irving Avenue, Box Hill North

Comment below to let us know you’re coming!

25/06/2017

Sunday night, getting ready for the work week ahead...
Imagine if you had the power to call the shots in your own career, relationships and life?

Guess what babe, you do!
https://www.trybooking.com/QQUT

21/06/2017

NEW BLOG NOW LIVE: 6 Challenges Professional Women Face - which ones do you struggle with?

Whatever you feel you need to work on, endeavour to gain it, achieve it and claim it. If you need more knowledge or training, go out and get it.

On Saturday 1st July, the bourn. team will be hosting an interactive workshop with guest presenter Zey Basarin to have you WIN at Work and Life.
Register here: https://www.trybooking.com/QQUT
(Registrations close Wednesday 28th June)

Date: Saturday 1st of July
Time: 11am - 2pm
Cost: $47.00 (including lunch!)
Venue: Concrete Boots Bar, 381 Burnley Street, Richmond

https://www.bourn.com.au/single-post/2017/06/20/6-Challenges-Professional-Women-Face

Women are designed to be super powerful when she communicates effectively for success. While women speak around 250 words a minute on average, men clock in aro...

21/06/2017

Happy World Yoga Day Yogis 🙏🏼📿
21 June was chosen by the United Nations General Assembly in 2014 as the day in which the benefits of Yoga would be shared and celebrated across the globe.
175 nations now officially celebrate the day 💕💕
Combine breath, movement, meditation, focus and flow, open your heart, free your mind, let your body sing ✨
Image: Sjana Elise 🦄

19/06/2017

The results are IN: Having Good Friends At Work Makes You Better At Your Job!

“When employees are afforded opportunities to socialise with one another, higher-quality relationships are more likely to develop, which can open the door for the exchange of ideas.”

Tag your work bestie to let them know you're grateful to see them everyday on the grind!!!

http://www.elle.com.au/culture/having-good-friends-at-work-makes-you-better-at-your-job-13477

A study has shown that having good friends at work makes you better at your job, and is better for companies overall.

19/06/2017

Welcome to Monday.
What is the biggest reward in life?
According to Oprah... "living a life of substance, substance through your service, your offering of your whole self."
Watch the video through... it will give you the goosebumps that moves you to do something!

16/06/2017

Cultivate Spring-Time energy by strengthening your daily disciplines, create new goals and creative projects, transform your dietary habits, and cleanse your body, mind and soul!

The bourn. Retreat - Spring will give you the reset you need after hibernating in the winter for renewed possibility, inspiration and action in the right direction!

https://www.bourn.com.au/experience

16/06/2017

'We Should All Be Feminists'
The world's biggest stars have something important to say.
What does "being a feminist" mean to you?