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I had a wonderful weekend with my Poly Dollies – seven close friends I studied with at Birmingham POLYtechnic many moons ago (a long time ago 😊) and we have kept in touch ever...

I have actually just returned from Berlin and the second inspiring week of my Positive Psychology course. This week was all about recognizing our strengths and values and using them to our best advantage....

I have just returned from the UK where the bus driver greeted me on arrival with “Happy to take you to Bournemouth my darling” when I asked if I was at the right bus...

Just a short message to wish you all Happy Easter! I expect you’re all looking forward to a long weekend and hope you’re doing something nice. I am currently soup fasting in Bad Orb...

Years ago, a German friend said to me that I could get away with anything because I am British … but that was before Brexit and tmy home country‘s reputation fell to the ground...

I am currently in Berlin for a course on Positive Psychology – watch this space! In preparation, we had to write a text on a situation where we used one of our strengths. As...

On one of my spring walks last week, I listened to the following TED talk about language and how it shapes the way we think: Lera Boroditsky: How language shapes the way we think...

Hope you all had a nice weekend and perhaps, like me, attended a ‘Karneval/Fastnacht’ event. This is not something I normally go for but was surprised at how much I enjoyed a ‘Stunksitzung’ in...

I decided to make some shortbread as it had run out – a disaster in my household when family and friends visit! Making shortbread is a skill I inherited from my mother – in...