A few months short of my 8th birthday my father Bruce, passed away suddenly, leaving my mother with 5 children under 16 to raise and care for. The only way forward for my mother was to return to the work force to try and make ends meet. My brother, sisters and I then had a…
I have a cat named Freddie, and he’s a little strange…to put it mildly. He’s one of those odd cats who actually like human interaction and likes to snuggle in bed between my girlfriend, Kara, and I or on Kara’s stomach. While trying to work out what to write about I came across a site…
It’s taken me 24 years, but I’ve finally decided what I want to be when I grow up… I want to be happy. I always struggled growing up knowing what to be. Which was a frustrating experience as the question of “What do you want to be when you grow up?” seemed to be a…
We all get up each week day morning, shower, get dressed, have breakfast and head off to work to earn a living – maybe not all in the same order, but something like this scenario! However, how many of us really love what we do, and portray how we feel about our chosen career in…
I was going to write a blog about an interesting article I read in the Time magazine written by Dean Ornish, clinical professor of medicine at the University of California. In the article he talks about how “lifestyle medicine” is cheaper and, depending on the illness, can be as effective as drugs and surgery. With…
Do you ever take the time to think about what you think about? Let me put it another way ‘Do you ever take the time to reflect?’ In a busy world that never stops, it can be hard to take a bit of time out, especially if you think that time could be used to…