The scourge of modern day living … STRESS! Believe it or not some of stress is good. It helps us get out of dangerous circumstances and prevents us from being complacent in situations that don’t serve us. However, to be wound up to the extreme so we have insomnia, or...
In January 2021, Children in England didn’t return to school after the Christmas break. Back then, we were living in our third national lockdown and home-schooling again. When my children where much younger we were indoors for a considerable amount of time. I was...
The third January in the year (18th Jan this year) is said to be the saddest day, Blue Monday. Some say was a PR stunt by Sky Travel who worked with Dr. Cliff Arnall in 2005, to find out when the saddest day of the year occurred. The aim was to encourage people to...
‘Friends will carry you but they will never bring you back’ that was a popular refrain in my house, when I was growing up. There was always more interest in my academic achievements than my friendships. Now, this isn’t a dig, that’s just how it was back in 70’s/80’s....
We often talk about a lack of cleanliness in terms of social faux pas. Other times, maintaining a tidy home becomes a matter of morality. These perspectives seem important as parents pass these ideas down through the generations. Still, they’re not the reasons you...
