ByEileen Bennett
It really doesn’t matter how or where or when you’re born; or how, or where or when you die. All that counts is what you do with the time in between the moment you gasp your first breath and the moment you release your last. Once we get through childhood, most of us go through…
ByGuglielminotti Trivel
The appeal of my inner winter. Last week I was waiting for my feminine cycle to start and I was doing my best to enjoy the end of my feminine autumn; at the same time I was really looking forward to experiencing my feminine winter. My winter inner season is the moment when I enjoy…
ByTeri Dluznieski
I was following a discussion thread the other day. I forget now what the original topic was about- that happens when discussion threads take on a life and energy of their own. But there was one point, one response in this exchange that caught my attention, and I felt drawn to elaborate on it. Someone…
ByAnn Peckham
I was the eldest daughter of a farmer’s daughter who was determined that I would have all of the opportunities that she never had. My childhood was filled with extra classes most days of the week. Mum was determined that I wouldn’t grow up with an accent so I had elocution lessons. I was always…
ByEileen Bennett
Everybody has a sad story to tell. Everybody has experienced loss, pain, fear, lack and heartache -sometimes all at the same time! You never have to look very hard to find a pity party or a whinge-fest or a place to compare scars and swap horror stories. However, if you’re alive and aware enough to…
ByGuglielminotti Trivel
My love affair with the sky started when I was born! I think I fell in love with it since I opened my eyes, because I can remember since ever that I always looked at the sky, the clouds, the light refracting through the clouds at different times of the day, in different seasons and…
ByCatherine Green
I have just listened to the BBC 5 Live radio phone-in regarding the issue around taking your children into work. This has been raised after Scottish MP Kirsty Blackman took her children to a Westminster committee hearing, apparently unable to find appropriate childcare at short notice during the Scottish summer holidays, which start earlier than…
ByEileen Bennett
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned in my time on this planet is that a grudge does most damage to the person who holds it. ‘Holding a grudge’ means hanging onto past hurt with the intention of, some day, some how, inflicting pain on the person who hurt you, by way of retribution….
ByRasheed Ogunlaru
Happiness is an illusion – it cannot exist without sadness. What’s more, ‘who you THINK you are’ is not who you are … for you are what is before, between and beyond what you think you are’ . Rasheed Ogunlaru Rasheed Ogunlaru is an acclaimed life, business and corporate coach whose simple…
ByEileen Bennett
There’s an old song that goes ‘if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.’ While that may not be the best relationship advice, it works really well for other aspects of life. For instance, ‘if you’re not in the job you love, love the job you’re in.’ Or, ‘if…
ByEileen Bennett
Imagine how mind-numbingly boring it would be if life was perfect and you never felt stressed or sick or angry or cold or wet or miserable. Imagine if all day, every day, everybody was smiling and happy and content and serene. On the one hand, we all think we want life to be perfect and…
ByAnn Peckham
Do you feel the tiredness and weight of increasing age and equate that with a loss of ability and capacity? The skills and experiences that you have acquired throughout your life are not lost through aging! They are not lost, instead, they lie dormant while you acquire wisdom. Now is the time to wake up…