Poem of the Month – October: Warning

Warning Jenny Joseph When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we’ve no […]

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Girls just want to have fun! How friendships and having fun boost happiness

Book Review: The Happiness Project / Gretchen Rubin “Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. “The days are long, but the years are short”, she realized. “Time is passing, and I’m not focusing […]

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How to Benefit from Aloneness and Put Loneliness Aside

Yesterday I participated in a conference. Alone. It was a work-related conference, super-fancy and extremely professional. It was interesting and relevant to my work and my areas of interest. I devoured most of the content. Yet I was alone. Drove there by […]

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Exploring Loneliness and Redemption with Eleanor Oliphant

Book Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman This book caught my heart from the first page. I read it in a rush while slightly out of breath. One of the things I really enjoyed about the book was how […]

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The Joy of Travelling with Kids

When our eldest daughter was young she often used to ask us to go abroad. She wanted a family trip to a new country, an adventure. She was persistent. We were young parents, struggling to get by month to month with tight […]

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