Yes, You Can Have It All, But

For A Very Long Time Now I've Been Saying To Young Women, 'you Can Have It All, But Not All At The Same Time.' How Important It Is To Take Very Good Care Of Yourself, Of Your Mental And Physical And Spiritual Wellbeing; It's Hard To Do. It's Easier To Be A Workaholic Than To Have A Truly Balanced Life.

When A Woman Is Fit And Healthy, Everything Else Falls Into Place. We Are Conditioned To Put Others First, That 'burnt Chop Syndrome' We Observed In Our Mothers. It Takes Discipline To Pay Attention To Our Diets, To Exercise, To Leave Time For Refreshment Of Mind, Body And Spirit.

All Women Need Support When They're Having Their Babies And Their Little Families Are In Formation. I Have To Say I Have A Lot Of Concern About The Numbers Of Women - And Men, Now - Who Are Not Getting The Support That They Need. There Are Not The Families And The Communities Around That There Used To Be.

We All Go Back To Our Roots. My Father Went To The Central West, Went To Ilfracombe In 1919. He Was The Manager Of The Wool Scour There. And, Ilfracombe Was Right At The Heart Of Australia's Great Wool Industry, And My Mother Was A Teacher At Winton.

I Believe The Old Boys' Network Is A Powerful One. No One Gives Up Power And Privilege Willingly, Do They?