Is being a recluse a bad thing?

Ok I admit it- I’ve not been going out to a lot of things recently.
This is partly because the time between December and March is my no earning time. I made it to the beginning of February reasonably ok but now it’s starting to hurt. So going out means I’m going to have to find [...]

The OTHER side of the Bed

I spent alot of this week being unwell. My daughter caught pneumonia, and when I went to get the other two diagnosed I discovered I had it too. Which explained the fact I was finding it harder and harder to get through my gym class, and was having long afternoon sleeps!
I’ve long learnt that you [...]

Look at all the lonely people…

I found an article on the TVNZ website today saying that loneliness is contagious. I found it so interesting because the truth of loneliness isn’t about whether you’ve got a great social life, you’re being invited to parties, have friends and fun everywhere, or you’re stuck at home every night with only the tv and [...]

COMMENTS on AVATAR: Letting Things Be

Getting to watch Avatar the day after Lovely Bones was incredible. Here are two extraordinary films- yet both so vastly different from each other.
There is of course no comparison, as they are both so different. To say one is better than the other, when they are both completely different genres and have a different message [...]

BREAKFAST: Home Alone this Christmas? Can you be festive and single?

If I had a dollar for ever time I’ve heard about a relationship breakdown in the last few weeks I would have had enough for a wee overseas holiday. It’s a common occurrence for this time of year for a variety of reasons.
I spoke on surviving the festive season as a singleton this morning on [...]

Catching a glimpse of your “other life”

I was thinking this morning about the two lives we lead- the one we live every day, and the one we thought we’d be living if things were different. Sometimes I feel moments where those two lives cross over and I catch a glimpse of the “other” life with is a little less stressful and [...]

GIVEAWAY: New books- pick the one you want

I’ve got some more books to giveaway and we’ll follow the same format as last time- you get to choose the one you want, tell me why you want it (just add a comment after this post!), and at the close I’ll choose my favourite answer for each and post them out
So really [...]

Mamma mia made me a misty eyed mummy

Before the curtains even rose at the civic this evening I was in tears.
I had my three daughters sitting alongside me, there on a Sunday night, about to see the show they have longed to see for months. And somehow I’d got them there (with the financial help of my sister in all honesty) But [...]

FIRST DAY ON BREAKFAST! : Why women should be selfish

Oh it was fun on breakfast this morning! We talked about why women need to be more selfish
HERE IS WHAT I SAID ON BREAKFAST (Well what I would have said if Paul Henry hadn’t sidetracked me ! )
What? We are meant to be more selfish? That hardly sounds like a good thing for [...]

GUEST BLOGGER: Life Coach Claire Macpherson

Stepping out of our ‘comfort zone’
So how do you feel about your comfort zone?
Do you enjoy doing new things and constantly push yourself or would you rather stick to what you know??
Everybody has a comfort zone, it’s an invisible sphere of activity which we feel comfortable doing. Our comfort zone is a constant environment in [...]

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