JDW Blog
November 19, 2022
What Are You Hiding Behind Those Sunglasses?!
Bonus Episode with Lisa Clifford
November 14, 2022
June Dally-Watkins absolutely believed that patience is a virtue. But nowadays is patience really a virtue? Patience in this new millennia seems to be old fashioned and somewhat passé. Certainly, when Miss Dally said ‘patience is virtue’ she wasn’t preaching […]
November 12, 2022
"I said pet, I said love, I said please." Bonius episode with with Leigh Buchanan.
November 8, 2022
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” Matthew 7:12
Join Jodie and our guest Margaux Parker as we discuss all things online etiquette, from the art of the perfect unfollow, airbrushing and what this projection of “perfection” is really sayin
November 1, 2022
Women have for millennia been taught to nurture and please those around them. Smile sweetly, sit nicely, take up as little space as possible and put their own wants and needs last. That just doesn’t cut it. Women are doing […]
October 2, 2022
“Leave a room the same, if not better than the state in which you entered”
Join Jodie and Grace Hayden as we discuss all things intergenerational behaviours and the modern social media landscape.
September 29, 2022
What a pleasure to welcome you to the first of our June Dally-Watkins blogs! Every two weeks check out your Inbox for a deeper dig into: What Would June Dally-Watkins Do? Because as we try to navigate a way forward […]
September 25, 2022
“Manners are the sensitive awareness of the feelings of others” - Emily Post
Join Jodie as we ask Lady Mayoress, Nina Schrinner, all things respect, kindness and etiquette when it comes to talking to people of importance and how she teaches manners and
September 17, 2022
“Think Bimbi, only see Bimbi, only speak Bimbi and Bimbi heart.” - Maureen Watson, Proud Birri Gubba Woman.
Join us as Jodie asks Guyala Bayles, a proud Birri Gubba and Wonnarua model, poet and actor, how to respectfully ask questions about race and cult
September 11, 2022
“Good Manners, Dress Well and do Everything Properly” - Dick Reynolds
Join Jodie and Steve Haddan as we discuss how problematic the sporting culture really is and if perhaps we are expecting too much of our young players.
September 4, 2022
“Dressing well is a form of Good Manners” - Tom Ford
Join Jodie and Dianne Cant as we dissect how synonymous good style is with good taste, and how to avoid being rude by committing a fashion faux pas!
August 28, 2022
“People may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
Join Jodie and Damien Anthony Rossi as we discuss etiquette superpowers, masculinity in manners and the other “C word”.
August 21, 2022
“To Thine own Self be True” - Willliam Shakespeare.
Join Jodie and Cynthia Morton as we discuss the need for humanity above etiquette and decide whether there are times when rudeness is acceptable.
August 14, 2022
“The fundamental ingredients that define a genuine civilization are civic virtues, courtesy, consideration and good manners.” - Prince Charles.
Join Jodie and Lisa Clifford to unpack the need for universal kindness and patience.
August 7, 2022
‘To use bad taste, you have to know the rules of good taste’ - John Waters.
Join Jodie and our guest Leigh Buchanan as we bring all things ‘bad taste” to the table.