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Renowned and highly trusted in the 1990s and 2000s for her striking and distinctive flair as a professional photographer, Sarhn photographed four Australian Prime Ministers, immortalised numerous celebrities, and vividly captured a plethora of sporting legends through her lens.

After retiring her camera, Sarhn followed her passion for martial arts into founding a karate dojo, channelling her desire into making a profound and positive impact on the lives of her students. Imparting invaluable life skills such as strength of character, compassion, respect, self-awareness, focus, courage, determination, discipline, and confidence.

Her commitment to empowering the next generation is now vividly captured in her debut novel, ‘Osu,’ where she continu Renowned and highly trusted in the 1990s and 2000s for her striking and distinctive flair as a professional photographer, Sarhn photographed four Australian Prime Ministers, immortalised numerous celebrities, and vividly captured a plethora of sporting legends through her lens.

After retiring her camera, Sarhn followed her passion for martial arts into founding a karate dojo, channelling her desire into making a profound and positive impact on the lives of her students. Imparting invaluable life skills such as strength of character, compassion, respect, self-awareness, focus, courage, determination, discipline, and confidence.

Her commitment to empowering the next generation is now vividly captured in her debut novel, ‘Osu,’ where she continues her mission to inspire healthy self-image and resilience in young adults and teenagers.

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Osu: A Coming of Age Novel - An Empowering Book of Self-Acceptance and Resilience

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What are Good Audiobooks for Teens? Sensei Sarhn on Empowering Young Minds

What are good audiobooks for teens? For years, my world was seen through a lens. As a professional photographer, I captured the faces of four Australian Prime Ministers, sporting legends, and global icons. I was looking for the perfect shot, the one that captured the essence of a person. Now that I have retired as a professional photographer, I wanted to do more than just capture a person’s spirit

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“Those who achieve great feats, are not carved from a different stone,

nor are they superhuman.

They just know and do things differently.

All of which can be taught and learnt if one is open.”
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