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2017.

2017.

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Happy New Year!

Oh my, how quickly the years pass. In the blink of an eye 2017 is upon us and we are faced with the notion that this year MUST be better than the last. Pressure much?

Late last night I found myself focusing on the negative – Shit Sam! It’s nearly the 5th of January and what have you achieved? Apart from some serious Christmas weight gain and an addiction to sweets you just can’t seem to shake. Ha! Focusing on “Goal Setting” and “New Year Resolutions” had sent me into a rather downward spiral.

What do I want to achieve in 2017? what are my short term goals? what are my long term goals? do I even have any goals for 2017? of course I do but the pressure to define my intentions for 2017 within the first week of January was keeping me awake.

Too much emphasis is placed on “New Years Resolutions” and the definition of “Goals”. Our intentions for growth are fluid. They change with circumstance, oppurtunity and drive. Being pushed to define goals and aspirations based on the time of year can have an adverse effect. I made a decision somewhere between 1-2 am that I am going to celebrate what made 2016 such an amazing year. Since our launch on December 14th I have received emails from women expressing their thanks, expressing their desire to connect and be connected.  2016 was humbling and inspiring.

Don’t get me wrong, 2016 had some immense downs; the loss of a much loved family member, starting a publication in the middle of building a house, daft. Some people spend the better parts of January, February and March trying to make-up for the previous years perceived failures, rather than living in the moment and enjoying the now.

It’s rather easy to lose sight of your achievements when society is always asking you to improve or grow, all in the first week of a New Year no less. I implore you, don’t sweat the small stuff. By all means set goals, intentions and plan. Grow, change and evolve. Just don’t subscribe to the notion that it should be done within the first few weeks of January.

Learn from your mistakes, make some more and learn from those too. But please, for the sake of your sanity do not dwell on the negative, I promise if you learnt from the mistakes or “failures” of 2016 you will not carry them with you into 2017.

Peace & Love – Sam

A Heartfelt Thanks.

A Heartfelt Thanks.

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Well, THANK-YOU Tasmania!

What an overwhelming response we have had this week.

My inbox has been inundated with well wishes, thanks and offers of contribution. Thank-you so much, if I have not yet replied I apologise. I promise I will respond as soon as I can.

We officially launched LOIS. on Wednesday the 14th of December at The Rosny Barn with Susan Parr – Chair of the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) opening the event. Susan and I have known each other for years, in fact Susan has known me for nearly 20 years so it was pretty special to have her involved in launching this exciting project.

Susan is a pioneer. She is the first woman to Chair the TCCI in it’s 164 year history.

I spoke briefly (and tried not to burst into tears) about LOIS. our mission and about our cause Ovarian Cancer Australia.

During the evening we chatted, laughed and celebrated the milestone of bringing this publication to life.

Thank you to my lovely friends and family for ensuring the launch ran smoothly. For making sure I had plenty of water, a glass of champagne and for helping make our launch so special.

I have been truly humbled and blessed to connect with so many wonderful Tasmanian women over the last week.

I crave connection and I am excited to get out and about over the next week to meet more wonderful Tasmanian business owners.

It’s all about people, LOIS. is not just a newspaper, together we are building  community and I am so excited to see where 2017 takes us.

I want to wish you all a very happy holidays, be safe and love one another.

Samantha X

The Beginning

The Beginning

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Hello and welcome to LOIS. Tasmania’s first and only FREE community newspaper for the women of Southern Tasmania.

image1I guess I should introduce myself, my name is Samantha and I am the editor & creative director of LOIS.  I am a tactile reader and just love the smell of books, newspapers, coffee and petrol (don’t judge me). I love community. Growing up in a small town on the Tasman Peninsula “small town” community was something you either loved, or hated. I truly loved it. Print has always been in my blood, I often jest that I am fuelled by newsprint, coffee and wine. 

I have been inspired by many people in my life, non more than my mum.

After moving to the Tasman Peninsula (which in those days was remote) with two small children, my mum found herself in an unemployable position. Having worked with newspapers from age 19, my mum came from a time when you didn’t need a university degree to prove you could market the shit out of something… Alas, there just weren’t that many job opportunities in our small slice of the world. To cut a long story short…she acquired the local community “rag” and took off like a rocket, turning what was an A3 piece of paper, folded in half into a full tabloid publication.

I have worked with her for six years. Three publications later, soon to be four and here we are.

“I owe a lot to this woman”. 

She birthed me, moulded, shaped and created me. She has nourished me in every way physically, spiritually, mentally, financially and emotionally. I have never felt more supported, loved and cared for and that is what I want for other women – to be supported by each other.

LOIS. was born out of my need to bring women closer together and if I’m being honest, stems from a REAL need to bring myself closer to her namesake Lois Wright, my Nanna (not just mine she had seven grandchildren). This is the woman that taught me how to read for goodness sake! In the folds of this publication you will find parts of her (Lois), my mum and myself, three generations of strong-willed, passionate and stubborn women.

Cancer. It’s a word we know all too well, it’s a disease that touches many.

Ovarian Cancer, it’s something that we (women generally) should be talking about, educating ourselves about, and educating each other about. We will be talking a lot more about this in issue one. 

Let’s start celebrating each other, instead of knocking each other down.

Let’s start loving our bodies, our differences and nurturing what makes us unique.

We have some exciting and inspiring stories coming your way, about some truly amazing women, along with some great articles on women’s health, beauty, fashion, food and our home state of Tasmania. 

I hope you enjoy LOIS. as much as I have enjoyed her creation (or rather reincarnation).

Samantha. X

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