Melina Schamroth

Melina Schamroth

Managing Owner
Multi-award-winning social entrepreneur, inspirational speaker and author Melina Schamroth is in the business of making a difference. Melina is the Founder of m.a.d.woman (making a difference). In addition to her own charitable efforts, she created hundreds of programs and events to connect people with each other and with their communities. Melina has inspired and engaged 8000+ people to help her to support nearly 400,000 others facing social, physical, mental or financial disadvantage in Australia, New Zealand and beyond. www.melinaschamroth.com

Articles by Melina Schamroth

How stopping can keep you going

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By Melina Schamroth

More more more! How much are you squeezing into every day? How much more do you think is possible? Never before have people pushed themselves as hard as they do now, and an unfortunate by-product of this is the dreaded ‘stupid mistake’. A stupid mistake is something basic and fundamental that you do when you […]

Tis the season to be planning…

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By Melina Schamroth

Have you laid out some plans for this year yet? How a plan for this week, or even today? This time of year is often really good for crafting plans and setting up our agendas across short, medium and long term time frames. It’s an opportunity to think about what you want! Before things get […]

Set it and don’t forget it!

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By Melina Schamroth

Exercise more! Give up coffee! Save money! Start a business! See family more! Lose weight! Give up junk food! Get a promotion! Did you pick any of those on New Year’s Eve to tackle for the year ahead? It happens every year. People I know get ambitious with their resolutions and goals and can actually […]

What I learned from lunch with Ita

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By Melina Schamroth

I was the envy of many friends and acquaintances this week when I was asked to MC a luncheon where Ita Buttrose was to be the guest speaker. One of a handful of people who are known just by their first name, Ita is the woman of the moment, enjoying a deserved resurgence in popularity, […]

The business of relationships

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By Melina Schamroth

  Personal relationships are very much like business relationships in that you need to keep investing in them to get great returns. I am lucky to be in a great relationship – although as one friend tells me, the harder you work, the luckier you get. Believe me, to meet my guy, I worked really […]