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This weekend I spoke to a friend about beginning again. They hadn’t been training for a while and felt frustrated. It’s one of the most challenging things to do for sure. We all do it. And we do it over and over and over again – we keep stopping ou...

Raygina Fox was ready for the trip of a lifetime – a seven-day hike up Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro. A week before her departure she learnt the $1,950 she paid to an American booking agent for the trip was part of a $38,000 lump sum that he mysteriou...

“Don’t be a leaf … be a tree!” Charles M Schultz This past week I read a very poignant article regarding the challenges of accomplishing personal growth in the public eye and it reminded me of the quote above by Charles M. Schultz, creator of the bel...

Giving of your best for long periods is hard going — especially when you are left to fend for yourself — but that is essentially what we ask from our garden. Mother Nature portrays herself in many guises — from hot, dry scorching days to raging hurr...

Angel Burgess is on a mission and hoping animal lovers in Bermuda will help. She is trying to get seven rescue puppies and their mom in Jamaica adopted by people here. At the moment, they are being cared for by Gary Riley, whose small shelter, Dream ...

Only two months before Zakiya Francis-Jones was due to give birth, she lost her job. As hard as she tried she could not find a new one and having once been homeless did not want to find her way there again. She was terrified she would not be able to ...

The night the wind howled through the ancient trees of Tao Garden nestled in the green mountains of Northern Thailand, Bill and I lay awake listening – to it and the rain. The air was spiced with the smells of the jungle and rice fields. We had been ...

“No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” Alfred North Whitehead As we round the corner between autumn and the advent of the holiday season, I suddenly find myself t...

At 35 years old Roslyn Cure weighed 300lbs. Her weight put so much stress on her joints that doctors predicted she would need knee and hip replacements before she hit 40. “I remember it took me 20 minutes to climb a flight of 13 stairs to my door an...

OK here we go! The Halloween candy is in the stores, making shopping trips torturous for all parents everywhere. It’s normally placed at kid-height to capitalise on pester-power. As parents, we know we shouldn’t give in but after a long, long day a...