I’m delighted to be joining Women’s Fitness Adventures for an online chat about my book Turning Down the Noise: The Quiet Power of Silence in a Busy World.
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Freelance writing offers freedom and flexibility, not to mention a valuable revenue stream while you're working on your next novel. But in 2021, the industry will be more competitive than ever. Learn how to get paid for good writing at my Masterclass.
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What do you do when the life you want to live looks nothing like your day to day reality? For Adelaide Writers’ Week, Rick Morton and I take to the stage for a free panel discussion about stepping out of your comfort zone.
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On International Women’s Day, I will be joining Mary Hoang and Linda Marigliano at the Sydney Opera House to discuss how women can build a toolbox for mental wellbeing and a stronger, calmer life.
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Jackman a self-described cynical journalist and disenchanted Catholic, delivers an insightful exploration of the potential of contemplative practices. Citing contemporary neurological research and her own experiences, Jackman argues that Buddhist monastic traditions and contemplative prayers can improve mental health and lessen anxiety.
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A couple of years ago I came to a realisation – that ever since I first left Brisbane in the late 1990s, when I was posted to New York as a foreign correspondent for News Corp, I’d been rushing. I was stuck on this express train called my successful life, and the best I could do was catch glimpses of their faces as I rushed past their social media platforms: ‘Facebook, Instagram . . . next stop Twitter.’
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In today’s Summer Reading book extract, Brisbane writer (and InQueensland columnist) Christine Jackman, in a quest to rediscover quiet and silence in a noise-filled world, went on two silent retreats. She gives an insight into why.
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Christine Jackman, in her book Turning Down the Noise, highlights the noise and busyness at work as barriers to achieving silence and mindfulness.
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In a world of sensory overload, journalist Christine Jackman went searching for a quiet space. Her book traverses the history of silence from Benedictine Monks, to Buddha, to the Brisbane 'burbs. Join her in conversation with Essential's Peter Lewis.
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Whether it's a retreat, a long solo walk, or living alone in a remote area, many people find solitude essential to their well being. Philip Clark was joined by Christine Jackman, the author of Turning Down the Noise .
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In this episode Blake sits down with Christine Jackman to discuss her book ‘Turning Down the Noise.’ Blake and Christine unpack a range of implications of noisy lives, both internally and externally, and the effects on today’s workers and learners.
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Christine Jackman is a talker. Bring up just about any subject and she can converse – fluently and entertainingly – on the topic. She is not the sort of person you would think would be eager to go on a 10-day silent retreat. That, however, is exactly what she did. And then she wrote a book about it.
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Jackman's literary achievement is both timely and valuable. Was there ever a greater need for solace than being trapped inside a social media maelstrom? Or a better chance to seek silence in a pandemic lock-down?
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This eloquent and timely book opens with the four-year-old Christine Jackman taking refuge in a cubby house at kindergarten because she needed peace and quiet.
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What are you hoping the reader will take away from reading your book?
That if they are feeling stressed, anxious or overwhelmed, there might be a good reason for it: there has never been a noisier time for human beings to live, and our brains don’t like it!
Who hasn't thought the world has gotten faster, noisier, busier, more digitally demanding, and more stressful? Writer and journalist, Christine Jackman, was a frantically busy communications executive who realised she needed to try and slow down, seek silence, and live a better, calmer life. Paul Barclay asked her how we can achieve more clarity, simplicity and silence in our lives.
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Journalist-turned-author - and Luttsy's cousin! - Christine Jackman felt overwhelmed by 'noise' of all types in her life. 'Turning Down The Noise' is about switching off - and not just technology!
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What does silence mean to you? Is it something you fear and fill up with distractions or something you actively seek out as an antidote to a stressful lifestyle? For journalist Christine Jackman, silence became a really important part of her own quest for calm.
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Unfortunately, enlightenment tends to be a messier and blurrier process than that bright, crisp word ‘enlighten’ suggests. And ‘the getting of wisdom’ is only a straightforward linear narrative in the book by Henry Handel Richardson. In real life, it’s more like a game of snakes and ladders: we try our best and advance a few steps, but then we slip back into bad habits and have to start inching forward all over again.
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A 10-day Vipassana retreat offers a way to turn down the volume on modern life. But first, boredom, tiredness, sweat and the fires of hell must be endured – with equanimity.
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