I have been talking and writing about the need for connection a lot lately. And now a study conducted in Australia (as reported by the BBC – bizzare) has confirmed that "Good friends promise to be there for you, and their presence can actually help you live longer, researchers say." "It was found that close [...]

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OK, this is one of my bug-bears and I can ‘rant’ on this for ages.  Let’s see if I can limit myself today to just explaining myself, getting to the point, and providing some positive suggestions… please comment and let me know how I did? Being an employer (well, my husband is), a manager, and [...]

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Fear lesshope more;eat lesschew more;whine lessbreathe more;talk lesssay more;love more;and all goodthings will beyours. Swedish Proverb

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Those of you whose kids are still under 12, I am sure you have heard horror stories about raising teens, and in some way I think we all think to ourselves … yes but that will never happen to us, our boy/girl is a real good kid.  We communicate.  They are sensible.  They have never [...]

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To continue on with my ‘theme’ of connection, today I’d like to talk about a couple of quick ways to connect with those family and friends we haven’t spoken with recently – whilst fitting it into our busy lives. Instead of emailing or sending an SMS, pick up the phone and talk to your friends [...]

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My last post was on connecting women with women to create change… and then I read Chris Owen’s blog on Bad Apples, where she talks about women being bullied and how insidious that can be – especially when the bully is another woman.  If you haven’t found Chris yet – her blog Take A Bite [...]

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I have been thinking a lot lately about community and connection.  About how women thrive when they have the chance to really connect with others.  I talked about it in an earlier post Woman you are not alone… – how we can be validated by seeing that we are NOT alone – that other women [...]

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I’d like to share with you the following advice for parents written on behalf of the kids, as printed in my son’s school newsletter this week. Youth’s Code for Parents Keep cool.  Don’t lose your temper in the crunch.  Keep the lid on when things go wrong.  Kids need the reassurance that comes from controlled [...]

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You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.   Mortimer Adler When was the last time you did nothing?  As women who do too much, we tend to view ‘doing nothing’ as wasteful, lazy and unproductive. [...]

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A friend was talking to me about my recent blogs, and pointed out that I had done one about peace and quiet, then one about the music of your life…seemingly at odds? Not really, I say.  Music is as much about the space between the notes as the notes themselves.  It is about the gap [...]

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