Do you find it difficult to get to sleep, or wake up a few hours after going to bed and find it hard to drop off again? My sleep was affected when I was struggling with long distance care of my elderly parents, and it was a huge relief to discover the Insight Timer app… [read more]

It sounds a bit silly, doesn’t it, not wanting to reveal your age. It seems to show a ridiculous level of vanity, or insecurity. But age is a much more serious issue in the workplace, where sexism and ageism appear to be rife. (I say appear to be because it’s a long time since I… [read more]

Happy Valentine’s Day! And how lovely if today you’ve received a card, flowers, chocolates or any gift showing love. It may be a blatantly commercial anniversary, but it’s got to be a good thing to have a day to celebrate love, surely? And this year I see more reason than ever to celebrate, with new… [read more]

I recently had to clear my parents’ house following the death of my mother and the move of my father to residential care. How do you sort through the lifetime’s possessions of one or both parents, decide what to keep and what to get rid of, while in a state of shock and grief, and… [read more]

We can all be Perennials Which generation are you in? Do you know? I’m at the tail end of the Baby Boomers but I have very little in common what they are supposed to stand for. They are seen as competitive, defined by their status at work, in possession of accumulated wealth and property, and… [read more]