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Reviving the Art of Reading: Top 5 Tips

Humans who make reading a regular habit win at the game of life, so says author Robin Sharma. I fear reading is becoming a lost art. It is drowned out in a world that is not just digital. This world is increasingly driven by short form video content and sound bites. That “TLDR” is a…

Inner Work: Finding True Connection with Yourself

There’s a special place in my heart for the people who make me feel seen. When we feel seen, heard and respected, we feel safe. And feeling safe is having our most basic needs met. I’ve been thinking lately about the people who make me feel seen and by virtue of comparison I find myself…

How Fostering Dogs Changed My Life

I’ve never been a dog hater, and I’ve owned dogs a couple of times over the years, but I was never a “dog person”. So when I recently declared I was going to foster a rescue dog, my loved ones exclaimed “but you don’t even like dogs!”. The idea seemed practical enough: support a local…

Revolutionizing Style: Chat GPT in Everyday Fashion

The phenomenon that is Chat GPT is wrapping its fantastic tentacles around more and more of our everyday processes. Planning a holiday itinerary. Designing a tattoo for my son. Writing a fun limerick for a loved one’s birthday. Calculating a break even on a house price. The applications are seemingly endless. Side note: this article…

The Connection Between Red Flags and Your General Health

I’ve just emerged from major dental surgery. A cracked tooth that could not be saved, requiring extraction, implant and, in another 3 months time, a new crown. Here’s how it happened that I found myself thousands of dollars out of pocket and how it might have been avoided, or at least slightly less traumatic. For…

Top Value Skincare Products for Mature Skin

Since my teens I have taken skincare seriously. My Mum was an advocate for Avon and, later, Nutri-Metics, so we were always trying new lotions and potions to optimise skin conditions. A morning and night time skincare routine, from an early age, modelled to me by Mum, was the most natural thing in the world…

Understanding Addiction and Sobriety: Beyond Drugs and Alcohol

Brene Brown has said that a key pillar of her sobriety is no longer gossiping. When any of her friends or network start talking about another person and it smells anything like gossip, Brown removes herself, or calls them out on it. At first, I didn’t understand what Brene meant. I thought sobriety was about…

5 Mood-Lifting Prince Songs to Brighten Your Day

Don’t you just love Prince? So said Julie Roberts in “Pretty Woman” back in the 80s as she sank into a bubble bath with her Walkman headphones on… Well I still love Prince, God rest his fabulous soul and on a recent drive home after a long and intense day, I was totally mood lifted…

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