Lessons from cheeky chicks (on our summer holiday)

Making plans for the summer holiday? What do you have in mind? The summer holidays present a wonderful opportunity to explore the outdoors, to get fresh air, to climb and run and feel free.  To get wet and not worry about catching a cold, to play in the sand and collect shells.  The list goes […]

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Success – Through Parenting

Or should we re-label that, success through what you are doing NOW.  And if we are lucky enough to be parents how are we going to make sure that we really are parents to the degree that we find satisfaction and fulfillment in this wonderful and weighty task. Success seems to be a big word […]

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Decluttering Your Life

Decluttering:  A recent advertisement in the local news-sheet caught my attention: “IMPORTANT NOTICE: As we are well into the cold winter season, at a time when most trees lie dormant and growth in general comes to a standstill, we would like to bring to your attention that this is in fact the best time to […]

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Breakfast – a key to health improvements!

Breakfast is quite literally what it says it is – an end to the nightly fast when – hopefully, the body has rested and therefore not taken in any food.  Now it is ready to prepare for another busy and fulfilling day and needs to be given the food that will fuel this journey.  So […]

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How to get going with healthy eating and stick with it

We have made a decision, a new resolution; we really are going to make the effort to… Make nutritious suppers. Plan lunch in advance so it is not a grab what you find as you go. Prepare some healthy snacks for those ‘picky’ moments. Sounds great, but now to pull it off the ground with […]

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