Why I Love Winter

It is cold, windy, damp, freezing, snowy, muddy, humid, uncomfortable, challenging, solitary, disheartening, raw, harsh, tough, misty and … The list can go on and on … This is what I feel in winter and I wish I were an animal and could hibernate till spring, but I am a woman and can’t hibernate, strictly…

Is St Valentine’s Day Triggering Self-Love or Self-Hate?

We are in February, the month of love ‘par excellence’ and of course a very big commercial opportunity. I remember when I was a teenager and then later on a young woman how I felt when St Valentine’s would approach. All my uncertainty, self-doubt and body concerns would come up, either I had a boyfriend…

Why January is Not the Right Time to Review Your Year and Set Your Goals

We are in the month of goal setting frenzy and year review and everybody seems to be so willing to change everything in their lives …I wonder though, is it the right time to do this? This is what the outer landscape can look like in January! I am a woman and I have been…

My Perimenopausal Years: Uncharted Territory

Lately I have been living in uncharted territory. My female cycle has been really unpredictable and so are my emotions and thoughts. My ‘inner seasons’ are not what they used to be any more and I have been experiencing utter uncertainty and unpredictability.  I am writing about this because not many women talk about it…

Wilderness and Me

I was a city dweller for a long time … I was born half a century ago in Turin, a big city in the North of Italy where I lived continuously till I was 32, except for holidays. After working in the Maldives for three months, I moved to London, as I met a Brit…

Is Having Fun Optional?

Are you having fun in your life? I mean real fun, the type of fun that feeds your heart with laughter and joy, not just entertainment! There is a huge difference between the two: the former is an activity that recharges your batteries and feeds your soul, whereas the latter helps you to kill time…

Finding Your Inspiration in Your Menstrual Cycle

Knowledge of your menstrual cycle will open inner doors to deeper creative power and feelings of pleasure and wellbeing We are all taken by so many things nowadays in our daily life that most of the time we feel torn apart by different interests, commitments, duties, hobbies, desires, etc. We are also bombarded 24/7 by…