I’m South African and have been living in Australia since 2009. Before coming to Sydney I also lived in the US for 4 years while completing a doctorate. Since 2021 I left my academic career after 27 years and reinvented myself, became an empty nester, and moved to Port Macquarie, where I did not know anyone. I’m now living my dreams of living by the ocean, doing meaningful work in an enabling, stimulating environment, without having work consume my life. I love reading and have voraciously consumed the seminal personal growth literature. I’m a keen traveller (usually solo) and love exercising- weight training, walking, cycling and a bit of swimming.