Relationships. So many of us struggle to live with them, and struggle to live without them.
A common thread of discussion among my friends, and with my clients — people looking for a relationship, wan...
A couple of Sundays ago, I headed down to Devonshire Rec to the Sir Stanely Burgess 5km race. I wasn’t running though. I was there to cheer on the participants, particularly the 70-odd runners at the ...
Driving the other day I pulled into a line of slow moving traffic. Wondering what the hold up was, it wasn’t until we turned a corner that I saw, six cars ahead, two people wobbling away on their red-...
Politics can be pretty distasteful. “My team is better than your team.” There is a lot of posturing, manipulating information and situations, trying to take credit or discredit where possible … all to...
I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend. Personally I could not have asked for a nicer time. Making memories with family, hanging out with friends, kite up on the first pitch … chocolate — all made...
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Watching “The Sound of Music” at the Rosebank Theatre, is one of my earliest childhood memories.
I couldn’t have been more than six. Sitting in the dark, mesmerised, I had a realisa...
This week’s instalment wings it way to you from Jolly Old England … on a high-speed train to Bonnie Ole Scotland to be precise.
It’s a long story as to how and why, but as they say, “Change is as good...
“But I haven’t got a creative bone in my body …” I hear people say.
Chances are no, the last time I checked the human skeleton isn’t formed with one. But we all have the potential of creativity within...
What does is mean to be ‘empowered’? To empower ourselves or others?
Originally it was a legal term that broadened to include a more general definition of enabling or permitting. ‘Empowerment’ took on...
Steps to Success: ‘Daaahlings!’ I once worked with a theatre director who called everyone darling, but said in that wonderfully pretentious way that only true luvvies can pull off.
I assumed it was af...
