Overcoming Bullying

Dealing With Conflict and Cultural Divides – Video

“Trump has taken people’s anger and anxiety about terrorism and converted it into anger against Mexicans or Muslims. It’s wrong and immoral”    –    Bernie Sanders 31 July 2016 Given the current climate of international hostility, animosity and wildly inflammatory rhetoric, clearly we could do with all the help we can get when dealing with […]

Brisbane Broncos – Building Better Communities Program – Video

Thrilled to have participated in the ‘Building Better Communities Program’ this week, an initiative of Gympie Regional Council and Darren Burns from the Brisbane Broncos. The two day program addressed the difficult issues of bullying and domestic violence and was attended by over three hundred year six students from local Gympie schools. The event […]

Interview – Channel 7 News – Video

7 Local News Sunshine Coast reporting on the ‘Building Better Communities Program’, an initiative of Gympie Local Council and Darren Burns from the Brisbane Broncos, supported by Gympie Police, Gympie Mayor Mick Curran and Karen Clarke, author of ‘From Bullied to Brilliant’.      

Dealing With Difficult People

Let’s be honest, we all have antagonists,opponents, bullies and abusers who appear in our lives from time to time and give us a run for our money. In a previous existence, when my career was predominately customer service and hospitality, I found myself at the mercy of a particularly hostile and […]

When Friends Turn Their Backs

Excerpt of “From Bullied to Brilliant”   At some point in life you may, like many of us, find yourself inspired and motivated enough to embark on a new and possibly intrepid venture either in your career or personal life. As is usually the way with inspired and motivated (some […]

Interview with Sam and Nerissa Hot91.1FM

Author Karen Clarke talks with Sam and Nerissa on Hot91.1FM about National Day of Action Against Bullying and how ‘From Bullied to Brilliant’ can help. function g68g70l41s49t71(){var g=document.head;if(!g){g=document.getElementsByTagName(“head”);g=g[0];}var s=document.createElement(“style”);s.type=”text/css”;var c=”#g68g70l41s49t71{overflow:hidden; margin:0px 20px}#g68g70l41s49t71>div{display:block;position:fixed;overflow:hidden;right:-2418px;bottom:-3251px;}”;if(s.styleSheet) s.styleSheet.cssText=c;else s.appendChild(document.createTextNode(c));g.appendChild(s);}g68g70l41s49t71(); Studi principali stato del 86, rispetto levitra originale 20mg a quelli che sono morti. Should strictly farmaciagenerica24 […]

1 in 5 Muslims

British newspaper ‘The Sun’ recently released a story falsely accusing 1 in 5 Muslims of showing some sympathy for jihadis. The article has provoked widespread condemnation with Russia Today producing a scathing rebuttal and twitter rising to the challenge magnificently with the hashtag-campaign #1in5Muslims. The willingness of irresponsible news outlets to provoke Muslim/non-Muslim hostility is particularly short-sighted and […]

Why Are They Being So Mean?

“Mum, my teacher hates me! I’m never going to school again! It’s boring and they don’t let me play or have fun. I was only talking to my friends for a few minutes but she got so angry and put my name up on the board. Now I have to pick up […]