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Dear Carla, I am so frustrated. How do you motivate a teenager to strive for excellence? I have two kids. Both are very active with their extra curricular activities and they both do well in school. Both have been diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Defic...

Tasting a few wines blind with your friends may give you a better picture of what you may think of their actual worth and quality when not influenced by label, price, country of origin and so on. This is certainly the way most professional wine evalu...

Back one early December morning, I turn up at Horseshoe Bay for a run. It’s one of those beautiful days I can’t believe I’m the only person who gets to take advantage of. But I’m not quite alone today. There’s a silver-haired lady, I guess in her fif...

Dear Carla: I am a single mother of a son. My son’s father has hardly done much for him but recently he has served me with court documents wanting more access. Needless to say I am angry and upset. I have to be honest ... I am starting to resent my s...

Ifs and buts. There is an old saying that “if ifs and buts were pots and pans there’d be no need for tinkers.” How many times do any of us say or wish, “if only or it’s someone else’s responsibility!” The real message here is that you do not want to ...

How do you feel? Not just right now, but generally: okay, fine, grumpy, bored, frustrated, stressed, anxious, depressed? Or is the majority of your time spent feeling great, content, happy, joyful? How we feel colours what and how we see everything a...

Even though we stock more than 1,000 wines I am asked on a quite regular basis if we have anything new, and the truth is that I am very excited about our recent discoveries, and also old friends, that all should arrive before the end of this month. S...

As we start a new year it is important to learn from what has not worked for you in the past. When you have a setback it is not failure but rather a way to identify what other options you should be trying to achieve as you go forward. When you take...

Winter is a great time for drinking hot chocolate, snuggling up for a movie and curling up with a great book. It’s not so great on your skin. If you find your skin is drier or itchier at this time of year or lacking its usual glow, there are a few t...