I recently read a very interesting article in one of the major tabloids which explained the difference.  Our life span is the total number of years we live, our health span is how many of those years we remain disease...

We all face challenges and difficulties in life, which come in all shapes and sizes. It is easy to feel beaten and overwhelmed, but facing and overcoming these challenges is how we learn and grow.  When we avoid dealing with...

It is good to adopt better choices that enhance our health and lives but we have to make room for them. One of my 2023 goals was to make a conscious effort to make healthier food choices. To help myself...

My mum’s friend Lisa has at last fulfilled her life long ambition of writing a book and she finally put pen to paper and had it published. “Finding Happiness When It Hurts” After reading her self-help book I am learning...

It is a tradition to start the new year by making new years resolutions, planning goals and ambitions you want to achieve. The struggle is how to keep them… I have decided to not make any new years resolutions this year, but instead I want to...

The start of January is a time to reflect on our past year and make new resolutions or goals for us to achieve. Journalling is a great way to see how much you have achieved in the past year. Clare...

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day and enjoyed opening your gifts. It got me thinking about giving and receiving gifts. Apparently human brains are wired to gain pleasure from giving, it’s a real mood booster. It’s not necessarily...

With Christmas fast approaching many of us will have parties, functions, family or religious celebrations to attend over the festive period. These precious moments of celebration make us stop and appreciate what is really important in life. Even enjoying mini...

Change can come into our life for many reasons and we cannot avoid it.  Last week my partner and I completed on our first house. It took 7 long months to actually get the keys which was a lot longer than anticipated...

The winter blues are very common. Although there are parts of the colder months I love such as Christmas and evenings by the fire, there are times where the weather and darkness can bring your mood down. Seasonal affective disorder...