Andrew Solich

WOW! Have we got some fabulous content in the May 2012 issue of Golden Pen Magazine™…

Before we go there, we want you to know that we have a very special BONUS OFFER.

Buy the May 2011 issue of this magazine and we will donate $2 from the sale to Maiti Nepal (see our feature article).
AND we will send you a copy of the Inaugural Issue as a bonus.

Publishing Editor, Hayley Solich shares her experience interviewing CNN Hero 2010, Anuradha Koirala from Maiti Nepal:

When you hear someone’s story first hand, it has the power to change your life. Listening to Anuradha Koirala share about the young women she works with at Maiti Nepal, I soon realised for me it was a life changing moment. I had heard about the words “Human Trafficking” and certainly knew it was a situation that was morally not right, however, I had never connected with the pain and suffering that the people affected by human trafficking go through and so it was easy for me to push it out of my mind. It wasn’t until I watched the documentary commissioned by Melinda & Bill Gates, that I started to really understand the devastating cost of Human Trafficking. I also realised that once your eyes have been opened, it is a lot harder to shut out the message.

As a Westerner it is far too easy to say, oh, that’s just happening to them over there. But according to Dr Gillian Yudelman, the reality is that every country of the world is either a source, a transit or a destination. And this is why Golden Pen Magazine™ has decided to donate $2 from the sale of every May 2012 Issue to Maiti Nepal. Anuradha has given 100% of her energy and she now needs others to take up the fight by helping her to raise the finance to continue the work of not only rescuing people from trafficking and domestic violence, but restoring their dignity. This work is a demonstration of what one person can do to change the lives of literally thousands of people; to see lives transformed from shame and degradation to joy and hope.

So we present to you our feature story, “Stolen”, and hope that you will be as moved as we were with the plight of these young women and children.

88 Pages of great content

Other articles in this issue are:

* Solving the Justice Puzzle – We interviewed Priscilla Collins, Telstra Business Woman of the Year 2011 (Community) and the CEO of NAAJA (North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency) where we discovered first hand the plight of the Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory who are becoming victims of the justice system. Priscilla doesn’t pull her punches in this all revealed, no bars held, article and she is not afraid to ask the hard questions and to make recommendations about how it could be done better.

* Painting Saved Me – Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich MP bares her soul and reveals the role painting played in maintaining her mental health as a politician.

* Less is More – Interior Stylist, Karen Creith, reveals why less is more.

* Hanging Out: The Sad Face of Addiction – Pharmacist, Sue Crawford, explains the dangers of over the counter codeine based medications due to their addictive qualities.

* A Strange Democracy – Nathan Quigley tackles the current political climate.

* Was Democracy a ~~good~~ God idea? – Hayley and Andrew Solich trace democracy back to it’s roots and Celebrity Apprentice’s Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickerson is quoted in this article, as he gave a timely commentary about the best form of government during the show in 4 May, 2012.

* Playing a Bigger Game – Award winning business woman, Meredith Collins, reveals the woman behind the video marketing business.

* The Unwitty Entrepreneur – Janene Samuel, creator of the Game Tag Ninetendo DS accessory talks patents and the lifestyle change experienced when inventing a new product and getting that product to market.

* Time: Is it Your Friend or Enemy? – Hayley Solich examines the issue of limited time.

* Confessions of a Shopaholic – Jill Chivers bears her soul about her journey out of addiction to shopping.

* Change your Food Change Your Life – Dr Maya Nahra prepares us for lifestyle change.

* Nourishing Your Mind Part 2 – Dr Jenny Brockis continues her unveiling of the perfect road map for brain fitness.

* How Simple is Too Simple? – Debbie Ducic asks us some hard and deep questions about the future and what it might look like.

* Are You Drowning in a Sea of Stuff? – Sara Hall gives us some tips on how to start to take charge of your home and get order.

Help us stop Human Trafficking in Nepal.

Buy your copy of Golden Pen Magazine and we will send $2 from every sale to Maiti Nepal.

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Issue 1, 2012 is out now!

We are so excited to be launching our Inaugural issue of Golden Pen Magazine™. Suffice to say, we have broken open a bottle of bubbly and I hope you will join us in sharing in our joy now that the proverbial baby is out of the oven!

Firstly, thank you so much to all the fabulous contributors who have helped to make this issue so inspiring, full of WISDOM and a resource that will have relevance for years to come. I think you will agree that Jessica Smith looks amazing on our cover and a very special thank you to Michael Vanderzanden from Studio Classique. Love your work, Michael and the fact that you make the women you shoot feel like a princess by keeping it fun and making them feel so special.

“The beauty of wisdom is that it’s value is like gold; it increases with time and it is with this heart space and mindset that we present to your our first issue,” says Publishing Editor, Hayley Solich.

As you read the pages of Golden Pen Magazine™ I ask that you open your heart to hear wisdom whispering to your soul. Be it clues on how to find your flare in your home as shared by Interior Stylist, Karen Creith or discovering what your relationship with money is like as shared by Financial Educator, Christine Camp or even the simplicity of challenge from Aspiring Writer, Debbie Chilton about giving, I know that wisdom will be beckoning to you and it’s value is more precious than gold.

So what exactly can you expect to find in our Inaugural issue?

Articles about…

* Body Image – Paralympian and Motivational Speaker, Jessica Smith, our cover model, shares with us her Body Image video and story of overcoming bulemia and anorexia and how she is now campaigning for body image acceptance.

* Fair Trade – Frances Carrington, owner/designer of label Eternal Creations is changing the landscape for Tibetan Refugees by creating fair trade enterprises that distribute to 200 stores worldwide.

* The Getting of Wisdom – Charles W Slack, 83 year old reformed drug addict & alcoholic, who dined with Einstein and experimented with Timothy Leary, shares about his addiction to LSD and how it led to him losing his career as a Professor of Psychology and what he learned from that whole experience about Wisdom.

* The Golden Girl – Betty Cuthbert’s story behind the story of being an Australian Champion athlete and what helped her to win three gold medals in the Olympic Games.

* Desexualisation of Children – Comedian and Campaigner, Julie Gale, talks children, sex and the need for tighter regulation of advertising.

* Food Glorious Food – Grace Maiolo’s Fettucini Pasta Bake for you to try at home

* The ‘A’ List – Motorcycle Mechanic, Andrew Solich shares tips about the best buys in motorcycles and who he thinks will win the Moto GP races in 2012!
And so much more!

Golden Pen Inaugural Issue

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* Finding Your Flare – Interior Stylist and Furniture Shop Owner, Karen Creith, shares her top secrets on how to get started on giving your home the WOW factor.

* The Great Australian Family Adventure – Claudia Bouma shares about how she went on the road with her husband and three children under three for the adventure of a lifetime that lasted two years.

* Addicted to Praise? – Hayley Solich asks the question, “Are we addicted to praise?” and “Is this why we are so passionate about Social Media?”

Suffice to say, there are 108 pages of PURE WISDOM for you to enjoy at your leisure from your laptop, desktop, ipad or mobile phone! And lots of stunning photos and videos to support the message. Golden Pen Magazine™ will be portable and easy to navigate, presented in a magazine flip page reader for your convenience, with the options to print should you so desire.

Electronic media offers so much more than a standard printed magazine. We will be inserting videos where possible to make our magazine interactive. There will be click links for you to get more information about our stories and also we invite you to comment and to interact with us. We invite you to comment and help us to fine tune our magazine.

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