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A woman on a mission; to build a resilient, compassionate world, one person at a time.

Book me for your next event and empower your audience with resilience and growth. Angharad is a woman on a mission; to build an anti-fragile, compassionate world, one person at a time. Angharad was born in the USA, grew up in the UK and chose to migrate to Australia as a young adult. She frequently says she is American by birth, Welsh by heritage and Australian by choice. She was the second of four children until her sister’s untimely death from Malignant Melanoma when Angharad was aged 20. Angharad was in the middle of her Undergraduate Degree in Psychology and Business Studies when her sister died. Finishing her Honours Degree and simultaneously a Graduate Certificate in Marketing in the midst of her loss and grief are amongst her greatest achievements. Angharad started her career as a Marketing Executive with Newsweek International before migrating to Australia to join her family on Christmas Eve 1990. Angharad had a sliding doors moment when she was turned down from her application to be a Marketing Executive for a major airline but accepted the role as a Direct Care Counsellor with a large Non-Government Agency in Sydney. Her fate was sealed and she went on to gain her Masters Degree and her registration as a Psychologist. Angharad became a Board Authorised Supervisor and Adjunct Fellow with Macquarie University and after working at the pointy end of the Community Services Sector for over 30 years she medically retired in 2023.

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13/10/2026

Have you ever looked at someone and thought, “How do they keep going after everything they’ve been through?”

I’ve learned that resilience isn’t about being strong every single day, pretending everything is fine, or always knowing what to do next.

Sometimes, it’s about finding a way forward when life looks nothing like you expected. Sometimes, it’s about asking for help. And sometimes, it’s simply about getting through today.

But what if we’ve been looking at resilience the wrong way all along?

I’ve been exploring what resilience really means, how we build it, and why the little things we often overlook can make such a difference.

There’s more to resilience than just bouncing back. Sometimes, it’s about discovering a completely different way to move forward.

Curious to read more? I’d love for you to explore the full blog post and discover a fresh perspective on resilience.

Read the full blog here: https://www.angharadcandlin.com/post/let-s-talk-resilience

11/10/2026

Hi Everyone - I often share Freedom Forest Lodge’s posts on my personal pages, but this time I want as many people as possible to see it, so am sharing it here. I’ve got to know Andrew and Natsumi well over the last few years and am honoured to be involved a little bit in this project, even if it’s just cheering them on from Sydney.

Andrew’s life has been full, to say the least and I’m so glad you’ll be able to read his story in my next book; In Celebration of Boys and Men, which I’m hoping against hope will be out next year (pretty confident my publisher is too lol).

Freedom Forest Lodge has been Andrew and Natsumi’s vision for over 30 years. Truly, a glorious piece of natural bush on the NSW mid-north coast which they have painstakingly been transforming into a genuine shared space for people with disabilities and those without disabilities.

There has been block after block over the last 30 years, no investors, no big teams of muscle, just Andrew and Nat and a very small committed team. Andrew was paralysed when he was a young adult, and he has succeeded where many would have pulled up stumps and packed it in. Their resiliency is remarkable.

When Andrew told me about this latest obstacle, to do with insurance, I got really cranky - without even needing to hear the details. The thing about becoming disabled after 50 years of not being very disabled is that the light is switched on instantly and brightly. There has been no gradual introduction into the “isms” that comes with disability. You know like sexism, or racism or ageism. Disabilityism is a whole other thing entirely.

People with disability are constantly told no. They are constantly told they’re too expensive, too difficult, take up too much space, are entitled, can’t expect to live normal lives.

The world is a dangerous place for a person with a disability. I cannot tell you how many times I have been in near-fatal situations because of appallingly up-kept roads and pavements in my local area. I can’t tell you how many people with disabilities refuse to travel because they are afraid their wheelchairs will be broken (because they are, in their millions). I can’t tell you how many people with disabilities aren’t able to work because buildings or culture or attitudes are inaccessible.

So when an insurance company says no because people with disabilities are so precious and vulnerable that they might be injured and are therefore too big an insurance risk, boy oh boy do I see red. The hypocrisy is palpable. People with disabilities live in an unsafe world, where mostly nobody gives a toss, and are expected to just get on with it. Finding our own creative ways to just live normal lives, creates an incredible amount of resiliency and out of the box thinking. And then when someone with a disability is so resilient and creative and passionate they come up with Freedom Forest Lodge, they should be celebrated and helped as an example. But then someone without a clue gets out a red pen and says I think you’re too precious and too expensive for us to insure you. Get real. The only thing about life that can impact everyone exactly the same is dying and disability. That person with the red pain saying no today could be the person in hospital tomorrow with a spinal injury. And so could you.

So this post is for my influencer friends. People with disabilities need you to do what you do best and influence. If you know anyone who would be interested in backing this project to get this last push finished - please have the conversation with them. I’m happy to come with you, so would Andrew. If you work for a company that needs to up it’s Corporate Social Responsibility commitments - contact me or Andrew. If you know someone who has influence in an Insurance Company that is willing to take a risk on a couple who are the most resilient people I know, call them.

Morpheus Publishing
Justine Martin
The Women Changing the World
NRMA Insurance

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07/10/2026

This is such an incredibly important message about bystanders.

06/10/2026

Given the conversations that are happening this week about Cornell, I thought I had a responsibility to weigh in, given the things I write about.

Firstly calling the crime that occurred at Cornell in 2024 the Cornell 7, misses the point entirely. It was not just 7 men, it was over 50 men that we know of. Seven men happen to have been arrested/investigated but over 50 men are still freely wandering the streets and getting on with their lives simply because there isn’t a law that they have broken at the moment.

What I can say confidently is that the community of women around those men will never be safe because whilst they didn’t break a law in 2024, their behaviour tells me that in the future they most likely will. The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour. I wonder what would happen though if laws were created so this kind of bystander behaviour is criminal? My opinion is that we have enough evidence to push governments to make this kind of bystander behaviour a crime.

I strongly recommend everyone start reading Jackson Katz’s books on bystander behaviour.

If you want to do more, write to your local members of parliament and ask them to represent you by asking the government to draft legislation about this type of bystander behaviour.

Stop using the term Cornell 7 and start naming Cornell, the institution, because I can guarantee that if it happened this time, it’s happened before and the victims have carried the burden alone for fear of ongoing retribution.

Do not EVER let the term “not all men” enter your brain or come out of your mouth.

But most importantly be the person who intervenes by calling the police and being the ally to the victim NOT the perpetrators

05/10/2026

During September, I facilitated some practitioner sessions around coercive control and domestic violence. I asked the, mostly newish, practitioners when it’s most lethal for women who are victims of DV. Some knew it was when she leaves, others didn’t. The second most lethal period is when she’s pregnant, none of them knew that. Did you? Then I asked them when were the highest number of DV assaults. No one knew. There were lots of guesses; birthdays, parties, getting sacked. I clarified that I meant the highest number of reports of DV in the same period of time. Christmas and New Year’s Eve had the largest number of guesses. They were all somewhat perplexed when I said no, keep guessing. No one guessed. The answer is last weekend and this weekend because they are Grand Final weekends.

The largest number of DV assaults happen on Grand Final weekends. Brace yourself Australia, if the last couple of weeks wasn’t bad enough - it’s going to get worse.

I’m going to share my story, for the first time really, of when I was first assaulted by males. I was about 9. My mum sent me to the corner shop to get some milk after I got home from school. I will never forget, I was wearing my favourite burgundy corduroy skirt. This was the 1970s so the milk probably cost 10p or something. We lived in a small city in the north of England, not some hugely dangerous capital city. I went into the shop, was served by the adult shop keeper and got the milk.

I went outside, where a group of teenage boys who were hanging around, huddled me into the middle of their group and demanded I give them my change from the milk. I was terrified. They then assaulted me multiple times; pulling my long braided hair, punching and kicking me, I ended up on the ground whilst they were doing that, until I gave them what was probably 2p.

Then they dispersed, I got up and ran all the way up two massive hills to get home. Mum called the police who came and interviewed me. I don’t know whether the teenage boys were ever caught, no one told me.

But do you know what I remember the most? Not the assault, that’s got vaguer with the passing of time. It was the fact that not one single person intervened. I was right outside a set of shops. It was after school, there were adults inside the shop, outside the shop and driving past. I was 9 years old. No one intervened, no one got those boys off me, no one checked whether I was ok, no one rang my mum, no one rang the police.

That is bystander behaviour. Sometimes, usually, it’s not safe to intervene directly - but every single person can pick up a phone and call the police. It’s 2026 now, not 1976. No one has the excuse of not being able to find a phone.

This weekend - don’t be the person that stands by.
Next week - don’t be the person that stands by.
Next month - don’t be the person that stands by.
Next year - don’t be the person that stands by.
Just don’t ever be the person that stands by and does nothing.

As a post script - I’m trying to come to terms with AI so I described my real life story to chatty to create a visual - the image blocker, blocked the original request and came up with this more sanitised version. I asked it to make the child (me) look younger, create a street scene outside some shops and give me white socks instead of tights. The image blocker prevented any of those edits. Even AI is protecting boys and men who perpetrate harm and sanitising the experiences of women and children. Chatty did apologise for its insensitivity at sanitising my lived experience, which was something I suppose 🤨

24/09/2026

2026 AusMumpreneur Winner | Disabled Business Excellence 🏆

There are some awards that mean a little bit more than others.

Being recognised as a 2026 AusMumpreneur Winner in Disabled Business Excellence is one of those moments for me.

Disability awareness is so important, but for me, it goes beyond awareness. It’s about making sure disabled women are not just accepted, accommodated or included, but actually seen, valued and celebrated for what we bring to the table.

That matters.

I know how easy it can be for disability to become the first thing people see, rather than the person, the ideas, the determination, the creativity, the business and the contribution behind it. So to receive this recognition is incredibly meaningful.

A huge thank you to AusMumpreneur for recognising the work and the journey, and to the wonderful founders, Peace Mitchell and Katy Garner, for creating a space where women in business are celebrated for who they are and what they are achieving.

And, of course, thank you to Justine Martin for your ongoing support, encouragement and belief in me. It means more than you probably realise.

I’m incredibly grateful.

And perhaps most importantly, I hope recognition like this continues to remind other disabled women that there is absolutely a place for us in business, leadership and everywhere else we choose to be.

Not just included.

Celebrated. ❤️

23/09/2026

I wanted to take a moment and share a lovely moment as I was leaving my local shopping centre yesterday. As always, I’d been running the gauntlet of people transfixed by their mobile phones, not taking any notice of their surroundings or people around them having to get out of their way. I’m sure everyone reading this knows exactly what I’m talking about. But then appeared a girl who looked like she was in Year 7 or 8, trailing along behind her mum and brother (I assume). Why was she trailing along? Not because her head was glued to her phone, but because her head was glued to the book she was reading.

Yep, her book was held high, right in front of her face and she was wandering along totally oblivious to everyone else. I thought here is a girl who is going to be a world leader one day. Who isn’t afraid of doing life on her terms and isn’t afraid of what anyone says because, and oh how I can relate, the characters and storyline in her book are far more interesting than anything else. I am sure her parents must get entirely frustrated when they ask her 6 times to come down for dinner because she genuinely doesn’t hear them but they have to be given a round of applause for raising this young woman right.

PS I’m having fun with ChatGPT now and just asked it to create this image from a description of the girl I saw - it’s almost entirely correct and no, it hasn’t passed me by that this could be an image of me at the same age.

21/09/2026

It’s lovely when your publisher is town and you get to spend time with each other signing and selling books. This time we were at the Celebrating Women event in Darling Harbour encouraging women to finally find some time to write the book that’s been sitting within themselves, sometimes for decades.

What was particularly special was talking to women about The Anatomy of Domestic Violence: Emily’s Story and their appreciation that finally someone had written a book detailing their lived reality of domestic violence, some who had never spoken to anyone about it before. I was also very happy that Justine donated copies of Anatomy to the raffle, raising money for and gave one to Jodie Harrison MP who opened the day.

By the way, Justine and I want to get this book into the hands of every police officer and Judge/Magistrate in the country. If anyone can help, please reach out.

PS Full transparency, I’m (reluctantly) upskilling my use of AI so that I can add graphics and photos more easily to my presentations. I’ve been practising on my photos - the only AI in this photo is that I asked it to take the shine off my face because it was a 30 degree day and we were HOT!!!

15/09/2026

Very tired but excited to say I just won gold for Disability Business Excellence at the Ausmumpreneurs Awards dinner this evening. Disability awareness is so important so when disabled women are not just accepted but celebrated it means a lot.

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